Quotes About Self-esteem

Those auditions - you sit down, and literally the whole time you're there, they scrutinize you, and you know that. But you can't take it personally.

If I lived my life according to what Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh said about me, I would just stay in bed all day.

When you're young and search your name on Twitter to see what everyone is saying about you, which everyone does when you're young... it was one of those things I had to get on with.

I've always had to work to feel reassured, to feel secure, and that's not nice because you don't know where you stand.

I think, as long as you're secure with yourself and happy with yourself, it really doesn't matter what the world around you thinks.

I started feeling secure in every way once I began to accept myself the way I was. Whether that was emotional, financial or professional security, all of it came and embraced me because I embraced myself.

I am really secure and I have grown up that way.

Go out and face the world secure in the knowledge that everybody else thinks they are better looking than they are as well.

I feel pretty secure about who I am.

I'm a lot more secure than I used to be.

I'm not too secure about my looks. They can always change.

I am quite comfortable in my own skin and I am also a secure person.

The biggest piece of advice I can give to other Latinas is to be confident, strong, and secure in who you are.

I love when an outfit embodies the fluidity of my gender - it makes me feel the most confident and grounded, especially when attending fashion shows, which can be extremely overwhelming.

When I owned a hair salon back in Houston, I did a lot of makeovers. Women would come in for a new hairstyle and go out with a whole new look. I know what looks good on a woman.

We women are great at underselling ourselves and not so great at owning our awesome.

I think the pageant system is about empowering women. I think that aspect of it is great, but when you take parents who are forcing their children to do anything, I don't think it's healthy.

People told me that I was the best-looking girl in my college. But it was only after I won a beauty pageant in 2002 that I became confident.

What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them.

Seventh and eighth grade? That's the worst. I think it's the lowest point of life. All I remember is painful acne and terrible clothes. And lots of getting dumped.

I did not use paint, I made myself up morally.

For some people, makeup is their war paint; that's putting their best foot forward. Others feel better with no makeup. It's so personal - who are we to judge?

For me, self-esteem-building and confidence-building is the foundation for anything that we do, whether you want to be a writer, a painter, or a entrepreneur.

It's every woman's dream: looking fabulous in her favorite pair of Levi's.