Quotes About Self-esteem

My philosophy is: It's none of my business what people say of me and think of me.

I still need to go through the process of proving myself.

The men couldn't understand how I could be so successful and so insecure at the same time - because it doesn't really exist in the same way in the male psyche.

I would never be like, 'Hey, I'm fat!' or, like, be psyched if somebody calls me fat in a review.

Eating disorders can have serious medical and psychological consequences which, left unchecked, can kill. Parents should address this issue and ask their children to discuss how they feel about themselves.

In our culture the way women have been represented in American film had a pretty big impact on my self-esteem and I'm sure it did on a lot of other girls. I think they have a greater psychological impact that anybody's willing to talk about.

Using words to make other people less big made me feel bigger, though the psychological dimension to that... well, I don't want to explore it.

There's a lot of psychology involved in my work, a lot of mind play going on when you try and convince someone to feel good about their bodies and have the confidence to walk down a catwalk naked when, initially at least, it's probably the last thing they'd plan to do.

I had curly hair, braces, pimples - you talk about going through puberty and the worst things that go with it, I had it, for sure. And then I had a bottom retainer, so my lisp was really bad. I still have a minor one when I get really excited.

It feels like the more I'm out there in the public eye, the more criticism I get. You need to have confidence - that's what it takes to walk out there and sing a song in front of a huge group of people.

It's dangerous to read the Internet about yourself when you're me. Or when you're anyone in the public eye.

The way we function in society - it doesn't make sense sometimes because it's all based on how you look and then how badly you should feel after you eat the food we just advertised. And then when someone in the public eye goes up or down, it's like a major moment.

It was humbling to see my brothers blowing up in music while I wasn't in the public eye, but it was also gratifying, because I'm doing what I love, and the self-esteem you get from that is so much better.

Being in the public eye and seeing yourself on film and in photographs, that can be tough.

When I was younger, I did have some dresses that weren't the best fits, and it can definitely affect you during a match - if you're having to constantly pull the dress down, for example!

We see these cute, perfect bombshells that make me feel like I'm not good enough, I'm not pretty enough. I don't think I could pull off playing a person like that, and do I want to? I don't know.

I have learnt from experience that being insecure never helps, and neither does pulling anyone's leg.

My aim is to make you look the best you can and if that means a little bit of internal pulling and hoisting up, then so be it.

When you're down on yourself, and when you are hunkering down and pulling back, you're not going to make any better decisions than when you were aggressively, belligerently putting yourself forward.

If somebody tells you to lose weight, it is like a punch in the face.

You're never too fat for a new purse.

The pursuit of approval usually ends in disaster.

They tell me: 'OK, this is where we're going to push up your cleavage,' and I'm like, 'What cleavage?'

Criticism can be devastating. When push comes to shove, we are all very sensitive.