Quotes About Self-acceptance

I didn't want to just watch a woman who was getting it right all the time. We're not perfect.

You're not always going to look super glamorous in the morning when you wake up. Everything's not perfect.

I am not perfect. That's for sure.

I just want people to remember I'm not perfect. I just try to lead with love every day.

No, I'm not perfect in any way.

I'm not perfect, I'm not brilliant at everything, I just try my best and I enjoy crafting. If I have something old or broken and I can use it for something else, I get a real joy out of it.

I'm not perfect. No one is.

I don't know if it's just me getting older, but things that used to bother me, or that I used to take personally, or maybe since going through a public divorce. I just like, really, it takes a lot to bother me nowadays.

Everyone's go to hate comments are 'Miss Piggy,' 'You're obese,' 'Keep shoving food in your mouth.' As these continued to grow, so did my weight.

I have never really been obese.

I used to feel an obligation to invent things. I felt I was a failure because I didn't do massive great novels about Australia or the outback or something. I just don't feel that any more.

Quite often, I will do something and think, 'Oh, no, she looks a little too much like me.' I have tried to learn not to be afraid of that when that happens. I am not trying to obliterate myself and completely hide within the images like I used to.

I'm showbiz-fat. It's so funny, in all the reviews that I read, no one wants to use the word 'fat' as an adjective. So I have to deal with 'dimpled-kneed,' 'hefty,' 'plus-sized,' the most obscure words you can imagine.

I'm very obsessed with not being perfect.

Even when I was in my 20s and at my most beautiful, I was never obsessed with my looks. I didn't dye my hair or wear make-up.

Maybe this whole obsession about colouring our hair is about our inability to grow up. To let go of the fact we aren't children any more, and the whole thing about changing our faces and looking young, and 60 being the new 40, is maybe we don't want to let go of our childhood.

I think the obsession with fair skin should end.

What I do with my life is of my own doing. I live it the best way I can. I've been criticized on many, many occasions, because of - acquaintances, and what have you.

When I was growing up, my father would not allow me to get a perm, so I straightened my hair for special occasions.

Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth.

You look at yourself and you accept yourself for who you are, and once you accept yourself for who you are you become a better person.

I was once afraid of people saying, "Who does she think she is?" Now I have the courage to stand and say, "This is who I am.

You did the best you could, the best you knew how at the time. It was something like that. From Oprah on an Oprah show. Then I believe my quote above was from Maya Angelou on the Oprah show, not Oprah herself. I had heard it before but it was on Oprah's show again 1-7-09 and she said Maya had said it.

Author Neale Donald Walsch says, "So long as you're still worried about what others think of you, you are owned by them. Only when you require no approval from outside yourself can you own yourself.