Quotes About Self-image

the thing about portraits is, you need to show people the way they want to be seen. And I prefer to show people as I see them.

In the rearview mirror she caught a glimpse of her reflection, and instead of being embarrassed to see herself stripped so naked and vulnerable, she admired the pale gleam of her own skin against the white of her bra.

Don't remember me as too nice or beautiful or funny, because then you'll be disappointed.

When you gain 50 pounds during pregnancy like I did, you fear that you'll never get back in shape.

Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride.

God gave man dominion over everything that moves upon this earth or swims in the sea. But we must know how to appropriate that authority and exercise that dominion. Even if you know how, unless you see yourself as God sees you, you won't act on it. You have to believe you have the authority to do it, and then see yourself through the eyes of God.

Oh gracious, why wasn't I born old and ugly?

What do you mean, Phib?" asked Miss Squeers, looking in her own little glass, where, like most of us, she saw - not herself, but the reflection of some pleasant image in her own brain.

Persons don't make their own faces, and it's no more my fault if mine is a good one than it is other people's fault if theirs is a bad one.

My sister, Mrs. Joe, with black hair and eyes, had such a prevailing redness of skin that I sometimes used to wonder whether it was possible she washed herself with a nutmeg-grater instead of soap.

It may be that most men do not care how they look, so long as they do not look ridiculous, and their conception of looking ridiculous is that they should look different from anybody else.

The more a woman likes her job, the better her self-image and the more she enjoys her life.

Philip owned a looking-glass, and was therefore accustomed to a very high standard of manly beauty.

Funny enough, if you are looking at people these days who are putting Botox in their face and getting all sorts of plastic surgery, we look at them and go, I can tell you've had Botox. I can tell you've had plastic surgery. You look really strange to me. But no one's saying anything. We're just accepting the fact that they're strange-looking.

I try not to be but I'm super-neurotic about diet. I'm neurotic about trying not to be neurotic! I'm like every other girl. I have to try really hard my whole life to try to be fit. And I'm super-vain. And I want to wear cute clothes.

I really like where Tony Robbins says that we're all hypnotized to see beauty this one specific way, and it's true.

No matter what you do, someone will judge you. Real or fake! Just as this post is doing. No one wants to be judged, but not everyone gets to see all side of someone. Fake, I don't think that's fake, I think that's Boundaries. I'm not saying to lie, just don't give everyone fully you. Everyone don't need to know you fully.

And now I was trying to brush my hair,you know,when I thought about it,and looking at myself in mirrors,wondering if I was pretty.Pretty! A year ago,when my haair got in my eyes I hacked it off with a knife.The only thing important about my clothes was whether they were to stiff to move fast in battle. And Fang had been my best friend and an excellent fighter.

Since I had my gastric bypass surgery in 1998, I eat like a bird. Unfortunately, that bird is a California condor.

I look 10 years younger than I am. Unfortunately, sometimes I act like I'm 10 years old.

I had a lot of failed relationships, a lot of unhappiness, a lot of shame and embarrassment, bad self-image stuff.

Haircuts are never good. You always end up being unhappy.

I hid my weight pretty well but I wasn't fine, I was super unhappy, miserable and I was working out like an animal with no results.

I have never felt 'fat;' I just didn't realise how unhealthy I was until I look back at pictures. In the moment, I felt so beautiful, and I remember walking down red carpets with my make-up done in a little sparkly dress, and I thought I was so cute.