Quotes About Self-image

I met over a hundred preteens who told me their stories. I asked them how they felt about their femininity in today's society. I wanted to know how they dealt with their self-image at a time when social media is so important, and they have access to so much information and so many images.

He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.

I take an active role in my imaging and how I look.

When you have that long, flowing hair, you feel different - when you cut it, the framing of your face changes immediately.

I've never seen America as an imperialist or colonialist or meddling country.

I did not have implants, I just had a growth spurt.

I still describe myself as the activist with cleavage. Breast implants made me feel a lot sexier.

Breast implants gross me out. I don't think they're attractive at all.

It's impossible to be more flat-chested than I am.

My face always looks bored or depressed. It's not an accurate impression.

Nothing is as exciting - or as nerve-wracking - as being the new girl. Whether it's your first day of school or you're starting a dream job, if there's one thing that makes a first impression a lot less daunting, it's a really, really good hair day.

People usually want to show me their impression of me, which is always awkward.

I'm definitely not trying to go out of my way to create my own image or ensure my own imprint.

In the beginning, I was riddled with major complexes about my looks. Even now, here and there, these complexes crop up. But as the days progressed, I learnt to handle them much better.

I always tell people I think my mom had me when I was 5 feet, 3 inches - I don't remember ever growing.

I'm not a classically beautiful person, but hopefully it increases my longevity as an actress that my career isn't dependent on my great, great good looks.

I know people who are incredibly successful who still dress the way they did when they were 18, just because they still think that's how they look good.

I'm feeling incredibly Botox-tempted as my face collapses around my shoulders.

they pile into the house in their party clothes: dresses showing off knees that should've gone undercover a long time ago, bellies spilling over belts, the younger ones wearing outfits so tight you can see their hearts beating

The moment my father arrived in Britain as a young man, he was brutally stripped of his self-image as an individual and had to assume an imposed identity - as the visual embodiment of centuries of negative misrepresentations.

There was something Dikeledi called sham. It made people believe they were more important than the normal image of humankind. She had grown up surrounded by sham.

I have no control over what people think of me but I have 100% control of what I think of myself, and that is so important. And not just about your body, but so many ways of confidence. You're constantly learning how to be confident, aren't you?

I think it's really cool that there are people like Adele on the cover of 'Vogue' and 'Rolling Stone ' and like I think it's really important that people are talking about your body, because if they don't, then you'll never be able to break that barrier.

I don't feel famous and I didn't want my autobiography to be like a Paris Hilton story.