Quotes About Self-image

Once a child enters adolescence, it may become increasingly difficult to raise these issues. Because adolescence is a time of rebellion—of self-definition, of distinguishing oneself from parents and peers—there may be less communication than ever. It is also a time of great emotional and physical change—and therefore a time of intense confusion within. If the adolescent child's self-image gets lost in the shuffle, there may be years of hell to pay.

We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us. Virginia Satir, psychotherapist (1916-1988)

She had a pretty name but she knew she wasn't pretty.

your dress. Too tight.' 'You think so? It looks all right to me.' 'You're only looking at the front, love.

I think that we could be more careful about what we're saying to young women in terms of their expectations. It's unrealistic to expect people to always be in designer clothes. Girls growing up deserve more freedom in how they look and how they feel about how they look.

I've always wondered why people who love you do that to you – give you photographs where they look beautiful, you not so much.

You should totally get implants," she said admiringly in the mirror. I shake my head. "I don't yet know what I'm going to do with my life, Diane. But I'm hoping being shaped like a barbell could only be a hindrance.

A lot of very beautiful women can be a pain because all they're thinking about is how they look.

If a man or woman has something redone it is because he or she can no longer live with that part of their body, it is no longer bearable. Either they get help and find the strength to fight or they proceed with the act.

The only time I ever appeared in the 'Enquirer' was for a piece about people who let their hair grow gray. I guess I'm not much of a wild child.

Hay mujeres tan lindas que no se explica cómo no se desmayan al mirarse al espejo

I think I have the right to be able to see myself differently from how others see me, to see myself however I want and not to be forced to be this person other people have decided I am.

The needs of the eating disorder sufferer are like a warped version of the travails we all face when learning to eat.

Stripped of her calculated clothes and the careful camouflage of her make-up she was tired, unalluring, middle-aged. And that was something she would never admit to herself, for most of the illusion of beauty is the conviction of beauty.

Everyone always says, 'Don't you want to see the baby, don't you want to see the baby,' but if I did want to see a fat, bald, confused person, obviously I'd have only to look in the mirror.

these people who were supposed to be my family, who had conspired to look enough like me to serve as a critique of my appearance...

He thought about how the camera makes one fall in love with an image of oneself, and perpetuates a false reality.

Doña Flora de Cisniega era una vieja que se empeñaba en permanecer joven: tenía más de cincuenta años; pero ponía en práctica todos los artificios imaginables para engañar al mundo, aparentando la mitad de aquella cifra aterradora.

When she thinks of the toxins built up inside of her from so many years of eating carelessly, of the resentment that has grown steadily over fifteen years of marriage, of the stretch marks and the varicose veins that came from two pregnancies, only one of them fulfilled, she thinks the inside of her body must tell a story like a tree. Were she to break open a bone, perhaps it would look like the inside of a coffee mug - riddled with lines, stained with brown blotches.

Everyone likes taking their own photos and seeing themselves reflected back.

I wish that I had seen myself more reflected on TV when I was growing up, and I think a lot of people feel that way.

I don't hate what I see when I look in the mirror. Even if legions of others don't agree. I have accepted the reflection that reliably bounces back at me for its perks and its flaws.

If you take care of yourself and try to look nice, it's reflective of how you feel about yourself.

I've personally never wanted to be 'the babe', and refuse to let vanity get in the way of my acting because I don't see my job as being a beautiful person.