Quotes About Self-acceptance

I am who I am. I have a low voice, and I look like somebody's dad or boss or a police chief, and those roles come my way.

What's happened in my career has been about knowing myself and realizing my flaws are my strengths, and to embrace them; to access what I'm really good at, and what I'm not so good at; and tune out the voices that get inside your head and make you think you can't do something.

No one can bully me better than me. I'm the first person to the party going, 'Don't worry - you don't have to cut me down, 'cause I'm already there.' I struggled with all those voices and gave them so much power, to the point where they took over my life.

I've never had issues with popularity. I was always a popular guy... I've always had friends and loved ones and everything, so it wasn't like, 'Oh man, I gotta fill some void that was left by high school.' I had a great high-school experience.

Even if you're not ready to live at your full volume, turn it up halfway and get there.

I just have to be very clear. Whether or not I lose weight or stay the same, it's purely a choice of mine for health. Not because I think that plus size, curvy, voluptuous, big bodies aren't attractive - because I think they're awesome and sexy.

I would say I'm voluptuous. Statuesque. Definitely curvaceous.

When I modeled, my name always came with a preface: 'the voluptuous Sophie Dahl.' I was the anti-waif, as round as a Rubens.

I should be allowed to be voluptuous or scrawny of my own volition, without people going on about it.

Some of the people that I photographed as sticks became much more voluptuous, much rounder, in some cases dramatically so, and I think they're even more beautiful.

When I started modeling, I was definitely heavier. I was quite voluptuous in fact. I had a real baby face and baby fat. But I was a baby! I was told I had to get into better shape, but I'm quite stubborn so I didn't.

My first shoot was on a rooftop in swimsuits with two plus-size models who were curvy and voluptuous and beautiful, and they taught me so much about being beautiful in any shape or size.

I'm comfortable with being a voluptuous woman because I'm not going to be a size two and that's ok with me.

I live my life and play my music, and I don't really seek out other people's approval or accolades or things like that. I try to do what's true to me, and how it all comes out is fine.

You should seek approval from yourself.

I seldom look at myself to avoid any self-criticism.

Accepting all that you are will lead you to live your best life and will allow you to be free and your true authentic self.

The people who are most attractive to me are those who feel most comfortable in their skin - there's a sense of self-acceptance.

Fear comes from personal self-acceptance and not the self.

I have so much self-acceptance.

I've never had a body issue; I've never had a self-confidence issue, and there's been very few times in my life where I've felt down about the way I look or the way I feel.

That's something that I have to work on: Self-confidence and loving myself.

I'm just not self-deprecating.

A person's self-esteem has nothing to do with how she looks.