Quotes About Self-acceptance

It doesn't inspire young men and women struggling with their own sexuality to be confident in who they are if I'm not confident in who I am.

Young men feel they have much to prove; older men, as a very general rule, tend to feel more comfortable in their skins.

Sometimes, people can be extraordinarily judgmental and closed-minded to anyone different or special, which is why it's so hard for young people in this day and age to be comfortable enough in their own skin to not listen to the people picking on them.

I think that my music is really empowering. I just want people to know - especially young people, but really everyone - that you don't have to be so caught up in what everyone else is thinking. You don't have to be the coolest, most popular person. You can just be you and be vulnerable.

My weight was a huge issue as a young person. For my mother, for my father, and for my siblings... nobody in my family is overweight. And here I come.

I love seeing a young woman embrace who she is.

I was a girl with freckles and grew into a young woman a little bit more quickly, with hips and thighs.

Nowhere have I felt so much awesome responsibility than when teaching my daughter that there is no wrong way to be herself - to be a young woman, whatever her size.

People always had something to say about the fact I was odd looking, bigger than other people, that I was awkward. When I discovered punk, I bought into it. That look, combined with being fat, made me even less of what people thought a young woman should be.

I'm a young woman, and I'm growing up and trying to do it in a way I feel comfortable with.

When our world is telling girls and women who they should be or what they should look like, it is critical that we empower those girls and young women to be confident with who they are.

We try to push such crazy ideals onto young women: the Hollywood version of what they should look like, what they should do, and the kind of Prince Charming they should be looking for. We should just be proud of who we are, because we can't be anybody else. So what's the point of trying?

When I was younger, I used to try to fit in, but now I'm much more comfortable with just being myself.

I prefer to look at a natural woman. A woman should be courageous to become older, not desperate to look younger than her age.

When I was younger, the pressure was just being cool. I never thought of myself as a cool guy. I always thought of myself as more of the goofy guy.

By the time I came out, that kind of stopped it. The bullying stopped when I claimed myself and proved that I wasn't afraid. A lot of it was when I was hiding when I was younger.

It's such a challenging time, and in my small way, I will make it so that other younger women, and maybe older women, will be able to do the things they want to do, and accept themselves and their experience.

I'll be honest: I naturally have a pretty good eyebrow shape. I always have. I would get made fun of when I was younger because they were so thick.

I see a wiser person than when I was younger: having babies, and passing 30, were the turning points. What women in their 40s - I am 39 - lack in gorgeousness, they make up for in wisdom. I love ageing, despite the drawbacks - thinner, drier skin.

At the end of the day, there's always going to be younger, prettier girls but I know what I bring to the table.

I don't think it is worth trying to look 10 years younger through surgery.

I know seeing bigger women looking great would have mattered to me when I was younger - that's why I try not to wear a black dress every day.

I have two younger sisters and I'm such an advocate of owning who you are as a person. Don't be ashamed or intimidated. Never feel like you are not amazing.

I'm younger than I once was. Internally. Less self-conscious. Less insecure.