Quotes About Self-acceptance

The fact that my body is presented as an unrealistic ideal of 'beauty' to the world doesn't stop me - or most other models - from feeling unsure about ourselves.

When I was a little girl, I was incredibly shy. My hope was to blend in, to fit in, to not be noticed in any significant way. I was deeply insecure and unsure of myself.

You can't really start living until you can live with yourself.

Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what you have.

See, it's not until you start accepting who you are that you can really find success, or more importantly, happiness.

I want to get comfortable with my insecurities until I am no longer insecure. I want to be comfortable in my skin so that I do not need to dump any of my discomfort onto someone else in the form of judgment.

I'm pretty unusual for an actress in Hollywood because I am totally unselfconscious about my body.

The funny thing is, when I ask people with dark skin if they would change their color, they tell me no, and when I ask women if they would rather be men, they tell me no, and I get the same response when I ask people with unusual anatomies if they would take a magic pill to erase their unusual features.

I have made a living off the way I look, and I have really learnt to accept myself for being unusual.

My first book, 'Radical Acceptance', grew out of the suffering of feeling personally deficient and unworthy. Because most of us are so quick to turn against ourselves, the teachings and practices of radical acceptance continue as a strong current in 'True Refuge': nurturing a forgiving, understanding heart is a basic step on the path.

I like to be myself, and I don't pretend. For instance, I don't dress up for occasions; I am what I am.

I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.

I'm not straight up and down. I have curves.

Like most women, my weight goes up and down.

Everyone wants to know why my top lip doesn't move... I had laser hair removal on my upper lip, oh gosh, 2009, maybe 2008, and I got a third-degree burn. And my face on the right side doesn't move the way my face on the left side moves. So, that is why.

I have my ups and my downs like anyone. All I can do is be me.

Just celebrate who you are and be happy with you are. Take all the ups and downs together, as you're only human.

On the whole, I don't think I have any regrets. Every decision that I have made and all the ups and downs made me the person that I am.

I remember walking through Romford with my sister and I had my bald head and people would stare. My sister would get upset about it and ask people what they were looking at. Now, I've got to the stage that I don't even bother shaving it some days.

If you're upset by something I said, you have bigger problems than you think.

It's important not to censor yourself and not to get upset or demoralized when you write bad stuff.

I eat small portions of crisps, sweets, chocolate, pizza, chicken, cake, doughnuts, ice cream, noodles and pop tarts all day long, so I get pretty upset when people accuse me of being anorexic.

There are times when I think, 'Do I have the energy to be upset?' and the answer is 'no.'

I see them turn around to get a second look. You hear a lot of people laugh at you. So what? I used to get upset about it, but not anymore. You know, laugh all you can.