Quotes About Self-acceptance

I think it is easier to put yourself down before anyone else does. Or to laugh at yourself before anyone else does.

Anytime you come out there and you try to 'prove something,' you're trying to be more than you are.

Man, I'm just going to be myself. I shouldn't have to apologize for that. If people don't understand that, then they don't understand it. I'm not going to try to be somebody I'm not.

I'm just being me. If I'm not enough, I don't know what to tell you. I'm not going to apologize about it.

It's great that I don't have to apologize about being over 26.

I will never apologize for having a life.

If you're happy with who you are, that's going to show, and you don't have to apologize for anything.

I will never apologize for being me.

My M.O. is just do what you do and don't feel like you have to make apologies for it. I'm sure there will come a point when I have to apologize for something, but not yet.

I don't believe in doing things to manufacture my body to appeal to what I think people might like.

I wear what I want to wear and appear on stage as myself.

I try not to worry about my appearance as much as possible.

I try not to focus too much on my appearance. As long as I'm being healthy, that's good enough for me.

My appearance with disheveled hair and no make-up is the real me.

Working in the media, on camera, you could become obsessed with your appearance and how you look. But I have tended to go the other way and I have become less obsessed as I get older.

I have no hang-ups about appearing in the nude.

The older I get, the more I accept and appreciate myself.

I'm not trying to get approval from anyone else. No one's approval matters to me - what matters is making myself happy for myself and no one else. And if I look good to someone else, I hope they take me as inspiration or whatever they want.

People aren't always going to approve or like what you have to say. But as long as you believe in it and are happy, that's all that matters.

I think it's the way I talk. I think they thought I was too country. And I'm not ashamed of that by any means.

I am not ashamed of anything - not my past, not my affairs, not my body, and most definitely not my desire.

I have nothing to be ashamed of. And I love to talk about the things that I am ashamed of.

It's not possible to be perfect - you can always do something better. I'm never proud of what I've done. Sometimes, I'm not ashamed.

I did as well as I knew how and have nothing to be ashamed of.