Quotes About Self-esteem

Even today, in our progressive times, in most movies that come out, the men have to have biceps and the women have to be thin or something.

affects you, and the way you're treated." Nightheart stared at her. It might mean something to other cats, but he wanted to be respected for being himself.

I've been thinking about what you said yesterday, he says. About my unique qualities and talents and all that. You're right. I am unique and talented. And you're unique, too. We're both unique. Everyone is unique. In a way, I say. But unique just means unique. It doesn't mean good.

I've exercised with women so thin that buzzards followed them to their cars.

Pues sabes una cosa? Que tú también eres como siempre creí que serías: feo como el culo.

the vast majority of the people who trolled us online were acting out, due to crushing disappointment with their own miserable lives.

Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves.

This excessive blame of individuals for their failure to lead happier lives would actually explain in part why individuals of individualist societies tend to rank themselves as above 7 out of 10 points in happiness questionnaires. According to some studies, a cognitive positive bias would account for the strong and systematic tendency amongst individuals of these societies to protect their self-esteem by inhibiting negative evaluations of their lives.

Baseball gives a growing boy self poise and self reliance.

My confidence was more of a fake-it-until-you-make-it kind of thing. I tried to build my own confidence and not rely on the opinions of others.

No individual should rely on any other human being or system to define their worth as a human being. You have to begin to find that within yourself.

Compared with other recent presidents whose stumbles and failures have assaulted the national self-esteem, memories of Kennedy continue to give the country faith that its better days are ahead. That's been reason enough to discount his limitations and remain enamored of his presidential performance.

It's cheesy, but having a pimple or a bad hair day isn't going to matter in five years. I don't always remember that, but I try.

I remember when I was a kid, I could never find anything positive about chubby girls. If a girl was pudgy in books, she wasn't okay. She couldn't be happy or make friends unless she lost weight.

No one remembers it; none of my friends remember me having it, but I had really bad acne for, like, years.

On occasions I have been big-headed. I think most people are when they get in the limelight. I call myself Big Head just to remind myself not to be.

People don't like when you point out to them and remind them that they're not very smart.

When I see a woman who is all gaunt and emaciated, I don't think she's beautiful. She reminds me of a Chihuahua that's freezing and shaking.

Every morning, my dad would have me looking in the mirror and repeat, 'Today is going to be a great day; I can, and I will.'

Never - and I repeat, never - let anyone tell you your worth, tell you that you cannot do something or determine what is good for you.

When I was 13, I began relaxing my hair, and that meant when I turned 18 it began to crack and fall off, and when I began anchoring, I had short, stubbly pieces of hair. And trying to report in San Francisco with fog meant my hair swelled.

I'm proud to represent the average woman.

I've been fat since fourth grade and bullied for it, but I still knew I couldn't represent every kids' experience.

I'm representing the curvy girls and that's great.