Quotes About Self-acceptance

I don't like defining myself. I just am.

I allow myself to fail. I allow myself to break. I'm not afraid of my flaws.

I think I live in this mythical world where doing the parts I do is not going to hurt me, and telling people my age is not going to hurt me. And it actually does. It's a bit sick-making but, you know, I can't change who I am.

I cook naked, and I walk around naked. I'm very comfortable with my body.

I was born naked. I'm a natural. I'm a natural nude. So I've been on camera naked a lot.

I'm very comfortable being naked. It's one of my favorite things to do.

There's nothing unclassy about being naked, if it's appropriate.

I don't mind being naked.

Crawling around naked in front of a crew of people at the age of 53? Hello? That was scarier than anything.

I just want to raise a confident girl. I just want her to know that she doesn't need to be sending naked pictures and doing all that stuff - I'm definitely going to monitor everything. I want to raise her to know that she can go do whatever she wants in life and to be comfortable in her own skin, which I think also just comes with age and time.

I couldn't think of anything worse than getting naked in front of the entire world, it must take a lot of confidence to do it.

It's not that that I'm not comfortable being naked, but when you grow up fat, you can't take away the shame or embarrassment even though you're a model. It's not just erased.

For a long time I didn't want to date or get naked with 'anyone - I was so fat. But I changed every part of my life to lose weight and have a better life.

I feel like a fraud... My name is not even actually Ashton. Ashton is my middle name.

I remember, growing up, it wasn't sexy to be African. We got called names.

There were moments where I was called many derogatory names. I've gotten into a couple of fights. People have jumped me. You know, I've had a lot of things that have happened to me, but I look past those things now.

'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' and Paula are alternatives to what we, as plus-size women in America, have been told is our narrative, which is, you should be hating yourself or hating others for how you look.

For a long time, images of black men with big lips and a round head were used to make us feel inferior, but it doesn't need to be like that, we don't need to self'loathe. We can change the narrative.

I felt free once I realized I was never going to fit the narrow mold society wanted me to fit in.

I don't really care how people see me in my natural state, in a comfortable state.

I'm going to feel intimidated whatever: that's just my natural state. So I may as well embrace intimidation.

I'm much more accepting of myself. A lot of my body issues have naturally settled down.

I'm not really a competitive person, and I'm not naturally comfortable in front of people.

You are a perfect spiritual being. Get used to that idea.