Quotes About Self-image

They all fuss about me so," she said. "They rub it in that I'm an old woman." "And you don't feel like one." "No, I don't, Jane. In spite of all my aches and pains–and I've got plenty. Inside I go on feeling just like a chit like Gina. Perhaps everyone does. The glass shows them how old they are and they just don't believe it.

They turned me out of one place today because I had on a sleeveless dress,' she said ruefully. 'Apparently the Almighty doesn't like my arms in spite of having made them.

People tend to deny their personal truths because it makes them feel ugly. People will do anything to feel beautiful, even if it means having to lie to themselves

Prospero, you are the master of illusion. Lying is your trademark. And you have lied so much to me (Lied about the world, lied about me) That you have ended by imposing on me An image of myself. Underdeveloped, you brand me, inferior, That s the way you have forced me to see myself I detest that image! What's more, it's a lie! But now I know you, you old cancer, And I know myself as well.

From an identity standpoint, what does it mean to have a disability? Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.

The wound is the trauma caused by exposure to overwhelming shame at an age when you weren't equipped to cope with it. An emotional wound caused by toxic shame is a very serious and persistent disability that has the potential to literally destroy your life. It is much more than just a poor self-image. It is the internalized and deeply held belief that you are somehow unacceptable, unlovable, shameful, and in short, flawed.

How we see ourselves and what we base our worth on are primary motivators throughout life.

As a teen, I was both anorexic and bulimic.

Ageism works in both directions. As a teenager in the public eye, people would talk condescendingly to me. When you get older there's this feeling that you have to start carving up your face and body. Right now I'm in the middle ground - I think women in their thirties are taken seriously.

People have told me, 'It's part of your act, you're big, it's part of your persona.' Well, as I've lost weight, my act has grown.

If I've gained weight, it's OK. This is life; this is my reality. The weight goes up, it goes down, my skin's not looking great, or whatever it is: it's part of life. I do - I feel pressure to look my best, but I think I do that in just my personal life anyway.

The 'self-image' is the key to human personality and human behavior. Change the self image and you change the personality and the behavior.

Personally, I've always loved the curvy look.

I'm 25, but I look like I'm 16 so I don't really don't consider age personally.

I've never personally been anorexic.

I think we have become obsessed with beauty and personally I'm really saddened by the way women mutilate their faces today in search of that.

People still take it really personally. They come up to me at breakfast places like, 'When are you growing your hair back?'

I don't think I even have a clear perspective of how I'm depicted in the media.

We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.

We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.

There's such a huge link with fashion, with front covers of magazines and selling products, but that's not what you go into the job for, and yet you're persuaded that's what you have to do to create the opportunities for yourself.

I hate doing photo shoots.

If you've seen a photo of me from when I was a kid, I don't think anyone would have expected that going in front of the camera was something that I was going to do. I can't believe how little effort my parents put into making me seem like an appealing little girl.

I personally have gone to photo shoots and see the pictures afterwards, and I don't look like me because I'm just so airbrushed and so, kind of, fake and almost plastic-looking, you know?