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Quotes About Self-acceptance

Every single pore - not on the men, but on the women - is scrutinized, so I am really grateful that I feel very confident in my own skin.
~ Cate Blanchett
Don't wear excessive make-up as you grow older. Young women can wear whatever make-up they want, but if you are older, you will regret it.
~ Carolina Herrera
As women, we need to embrace our bodies and be confident with who we are.
~ Shakira
The one thing I like about 'Playboy' is they don't have the anorexic look. The women are voluptuous. So I didn't really want to diet. I just wanted to tone up.
~ Jenny McCarthy
I don't have to go to a doctor and have my face changed. It terrifies me that women do that.
~ Elaine Stritch
Women come in all shapes and sizes, and we are what we want to be, not the label that is placed on us.
~ Erin Willett
Our goal as women should be to discover who we are and not who we think we should be or who the world wants us to be. It's not our responsibility to be arm candy!
~ Elisabeth Rohm
A few pounds show a lot on my body. But it's okay. I believe women look good with a bit of softness to them.
~ Elle Macpherson
Women are hard on themselves.
~ Emily VanCamp
I hope I just show women that its OK to inhabit your own body. Im not a rah-rah feminist. But its important to me that people see you can be an athlete and be strong-and also be a girl.
~ Gabrielle
My success was also owed to career women who maybe had big legs or ample thighs, who felt well-protected by my fluid clothing that hid their flaws.
~ Giorgio Armani
I just think that culturally, women - we're all human beings - but at least we don't have our masculinity to prove.
~ Gloria Steinem
The idea that women don't smell fine on our own is a problem.
~ Gloria Steinem
Until as women we all say, No! We are not going to starve ourselves, nothing is going to change. We're our own worse enemies sometimes but I still blame men.
~ Janeane Garofalo
People shouldn't be ashamed of their bodies...especially women.
~ Jenna Dewan
Regular women carry pictures of their babies, their husbands, their summer houses. Fat ladies carry pictures of themselves at their skinniest.
~ Jennifer Weiner
You're not too fat. You're not too loud. You're not too smart. You're not unladylike. There is nothing wrong with you.
~ Jessica Valenti
Even when I wasn't overweight I was never one of those girls or women who wanted to look nice. I always thought it wasn't important.
~ Jo Brand
Women do well in their thirties. They put their bags down and say, 'This is who I am - like it or lump it.' There is a more relaxed quality, which I like.
~ Kelly Reilly
I spent two yours of my life being anorexic, but I would never dream of throwing up - my God!
~ Laura Schlessinger
Women have become so obsessed with not withering, they've forgotten that there are infinite ways to be beautiful.
~ Maureen Dowd
Women have to learn where their true source of validation is.
~ Maureen Murdock
Pretty Women Wonder Where My Secret Lies, Im Not Cute Or Built To Fit A Fashion Models Size.
~ Maya Angelou
I wasn't born thin. I train. But I would never starve myself. I mean, what is happening with women these days? I just couldn't see myself looking that thin. I like a bit of waist and leg.
~ Nicole Appleton