Quotes About Self-acceptance

To be perfectly honest, I was never really aware that I had any special abilities. When you have what you have, you don't really think about what you don't have; you simply work with what you have.

I learned that as long as I had anything in my heart or head I still felt necessary to hide, it would not work. I had to come to peace with everything.

I have body hang-ups - but I work the best of what I've got.

I envy the sensibility in Europe, appreciating beauty in women as they age. I'm going to go that way. I might dye my gray hair for a bit, but beyond that the buck stops. I'm not having any work done.

Know your limitations and be content with them. Too much ambition results in promotion to a job you can't do.

It made me feel that I had to work very hard, but I've always felt I had to work very hard to get my own approval.

The most important relationship you have in life is the one you have with yourself. And then after that, I'd say once you have that, it may be hard work, but you can actually design your life.

Perfectionism is self-abuse of the highest order.

You do not attain success when you associate with those in high positions, It comes when you accept yourself and realize that only you can take yourself to where your heart truly lies.

We refused to be what world want us to be- BAD. We are what we are- GOOD. And that's the way it is going to be.

The most important progress and success can't be seen. If you can validate yourself internally, then external validation becomes a byproduct.

Work with yourself.

For kids who are struggling, who are of faith, just reconciling yourself to the fact that God loves you, accepts you for who you are, is a big step in the healing, especially when your biological family is unaccepting of you.

I definitely feel that if somebody is struggling with themselves and how they look, they need to really channel the positivity within.

I am stubborn enough to know not to change myself.

I decided that I was going to stop trying to convince older, more established heads of studios or networks to understand me and get me, and focus more on developing relationships with people who already do.

I remember I read this harsh review about my show, and one of my friends told me that this was the exact same stuff people said about Madonna. And it's like, she didn't care. Madonna just came out and was herself. I respect that a lot.

I wore a padded bra every single day and night from the age of 14 until I was 31. Giving up padding was my New Year's resolution. I had known for ages that wearing a stuffed bra was a form of hiding my real body.

I have a picture of myself in my mind as I walk around every day, until I look in the mirror-and then I'm stunned.

Beauty at 70 years old isn't the same as beauty at 20 years old, but it is stunning nonetheless.

I don't think my eyes are stunning as some people's are.

I don't like getting older, but there's nothing I can do. Hitting 60 wasn't great, but I think I was lucky in not being that beautiful; it can be really cruel on people who have been stunning.

I really look up to Ashley Graham and how she promotes her body and flaunts it. She's beautiful and stunning, and I'm not going to say I love her body on Instagram and talk about it poorly in my personal life.

Make yourself look really stupid so you don't feel bad doing something a little stupid.