Quotes About Self-acceptance

I am a birthday person. I am not modest about birthdays.

I think it is rather 'unsexy' to go under the knife and modify your appearance.

Growing up, I fluctuated between wanting to modify my looks and embracing them.

I have so many single girlfriends who fit themselves into the mold of what they think a guy's looking for. But being comfortable around men is about being comfortable with yourself. They gravitate toward confidence. Really, that is what they want to be around.

I always say I never felt 'latched' to a gender. I just kind of always felt like myself, and I never felt like I had to do certain things or be a certain way to fit into a certain mold.

There's this issue where I'm really doing well and got hate 'cause I'm too light-skinned. I understand why people say that - throughout history, the lighter you are, that's how it's been. But it's not my fault. My mom and dad had me! I look how I look.

This is how God made me, and this is what my momma gave me. I am proud of this.

I'm so not scary. I'm a pussycat. But what are you going to do, right? I mean, these cheekbones, and I guess these eyes, and the big nose... this is what my momma and my poppa gave to me, and that's the deal.

My momma told me a long time ago, 'not everybody has to like you.' And it's very true. I'm ok with that.

I've done a lot of work in my life and have begun to let go of that need to be perfect, and I loved that my character in 'Moms' Night Out' was going through the same thing.

I have never been a Marilyn Monroe wannabe. I have always been happy in my own skin!

I don't have the best self esteem; mine wavers month to month, but I know how to pick myself up.

I'm a big fan of people like Rachel Bilson and Kate Bosworth. I think they're so chic and have this cool edgy-rocker feel. For about a month I tried to do that, but what I realized is that I can't be anything other than what I am.

I wouldn't live with me, believe me. I'm moody.

I always thought I had a face like the moon, because I had really chubby cheeks when I was a kid, right up until my mid-20s. My face changed in my later 20s and again in my mid-30s.

As I age, I become more and more happy with what I see in the mirror. At some point, that's going to stop.

I'd be a liar if I said I didn't care what people think, but I would rather have less people who like or approve of me for who I really am than a bunch more people who like or approve me for what I'm not.

I think if I had seen more people like me who are out and proud, it wouldn't have taken me 45 years to say it - to walk in the truth.

The more successful you become the more people want to put you down. I've always been very clear on where I stand with that and I'm happy with who I am when I go to sleep.

Moreover, I am confident when I act without make-up; I feel free, as there is no hindrance.

I don't have a Kate Moss body, but I'm very proud and happy with mine.

I think it's when you take care of yourself, you love yourself that you truly bloom and look your most beautiful.

I love laugh lines. It means you've had a good life. The most beautiful women - Audrey Hepburn, Lauren Hutton, Ali MacGraw - all embraced the aging process.

I wanted to be able to go shopping without people looking to see if I really was one of the world's 10 most beautiful women. I longed to be myself.