Quotes About Self-esteem

In my teens, I was very insecure. And so I invented Roger Moore.

I've used fake tan since my teens. I remember walking into school at 14 with orange hands!

I have struggled with self-esteem issues since my teens, but it's clear in my first long-ago diary that I didn't start out that way. I acquired my low self-esteem. I learned it.

When I was in my teens and into my early 20s, I had acne. I used to get those big purple jobs, but not a lot of them, thank goodness, because you really couldn't see them in the films that I did.

In my teens, I was never part of the cool crowd.

Oh, I had, 'No one will ever fancy me!' I had that well into my teens. Even now I do not consider myself to be some kind of great, sexy beauty. I don't mind the way I'm ageing. No reason to panic just yet. I think I look my age, and that's fine.

I suffered from 'No one will ever fancy me!' syndrome, well into my teens. Even now I do not consider myself to be some kind of great, sexy beauty. Absolutely not.

I've battled food issues since my late teens.

I was brutally bullied in school. I had short hair and buck teeth and kids would call out to me in the most nasty ways possible.

I wasn't the prettiest girl in class. No breasts, short legs, gangly teeth. I didn't think I was model material, that's for sure.

I've got crap teeth, crap hair. I never have facials. I still have hairs in the middle of my eyebrows.

I had braces for six years! Kids would call me 'big teeth' or 'rabbit teeth.'

I think my daughter looks beautiful regardless if she's losing her baby teeth or if she's having a bad hair day.

I've had my teeth done, which was a massive insecurity for me.

I'm okay with having horrible lower teeth.

You wouldn't believe how many people have told me that I need to fix my teeth or that I need to restructure my jawline.

I was always in the popular crowd, but I really had atrocious teeth. I was encouraged to 'do well in school, 'cause no one's going to marry you!'

I used to be insecure and cover my mouth because I felt like my teeth were too big or I was embarrassed that I might say something stupid.

I was not the most attractive child. I had two really big buck teeth. I was horrendous - long, lanky and gangly.

Maybe it's the hair. Maybe it's the teeth. Maybe it's the intellect. No, it's the hair.

Throughout high school, I was made fun of a lot. I was a lot smaller than the other kids, and I have a big gap in my teeth. I had pretty bad acne. So I struggled with that.

I remember after the second episode of 'Saturday Night Takeaway' aired, there were thousands of comments about how bad my teeth were. That got to me most because I was so insecure about my teeth as a child.

When I was younger I smashed my teeth and since I was 12 I've been saying: 'I want veneers! I want veneers!'

I read a lot on self-esteem issues, and a mother has more impact on the self-esteem of her daughter than peer pressure or media or television.