Quotes About Self-acceptance

I went through an awkward phase with my body and was often ragged for being too thin. I didn't understand then why people were being so unkind, but I used it to make myself mentally stronger.

Remember to always be yourself. Unless you suck.

You have only one life to live, so live it without worrying about what others may think.

I always wanted to live a man's life in a woman's body

Women will never be taken seriously until they accept full responsibility for their sexuality.

Our strength is often composed of the weakness that we're damned if we're going to show.

When you meet women, don't pretend to be anything that you're not.

Women are so unforgiving of themselves. We don't recognize our own beauty because we're too busy comparing ourselves to other people.

I had the serendipity of modeling during a temporary interlude between Twiggy and Kate Moss, when it was actually okay for women to look as if we ate and enjoyed life.

Embracing yourself is important and I wish that all women would realize how beautiful they are, inside and out.

Be yourself - it's the inner beauty that counts. You are your own best friend, the key to your own happiness, and as soon as you understand that - and it takes a few heartbreaks - you can be happy.

I do not feel any less of a woman. I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininity.

Most women are starving to receive something from a man that they need to give to themselves.

There is so much pressure to look a certain way in this town. But it's nice to have a little meat on you, and I hope I inspire women to appreciate their muscular calves.

Real women are fat. And thin. And neither. And both. And otherwise.

When I passed forty I dropped pretense, 'cause men like women who got some sense.

There is nothing more painful than being rejected simply for being who you are.

I'm excited about the ageing process. I'm more interested in women who aren't perfect. They're more compelling.

I had no idea how to get guys to notice me. I still don't. Who cares?

I think, as women, we have to stop being scared to be the women we want to be and we have to raise our daughters to be the women they want to be - not the women we think they should be.

Big women do themselves a disservice when they attempt to become the Righteous Fat (the Righteous Thin are bad enough, all that running around and sweating, somehow believing it means anything).

Trying to be a man is a waste of a woman?

Here's the thing: I'm not in shape.

Life is easier when you are comfortable in your own skin.