Quotes About Self-esteem

It's just an amazing feeling to know that I'm representing for every plus-size woman out there.

I wasn't very confident about clothes; I was always hunting through racks, never sure what looked right. It can be like that again when you're older.

I'm not thick-skinned at all, and of course I'm hurt by people attacking me as a person.

There's nothing that anyone could say about me that would hurt my feelings.

When something bad is written about me, I find it hurtful. So I choose not to look at it.

I'm not the kind of person to Google myself, because you'll find whatever you're looking for. If you want to read something that says you're the greatest actor that ever lived, if you want to find something that is pretty hurtful, you'll find it.

If someone calls you fat and you are fat, then it will be hurtful only if you feel you should not be fat.

It hurts when people put you down.

Critics can say horrible things. It only hurts when I agree with them.

We get put down a lot in this industry, and I think when you're really young and you're not used to it, it really hurts you.

There is a danger in believing your own hype.

I always kind of say to people, don't believe the hype. You are never as good as what they say; you are never as bad, and remember that you do it just to make you happy and to enjoy it.

I don't consider myself an icon.

The 'ideal' body is everywhere you look, and we are made to feel like failures by advertisers and corporations who shame us into buying their products.

It's fascinating how much of our sense of attractiveness and feminine identity is bound up in our hair.

What people don't get is that hair is such a big part of our identity.

I've felt like my whole life, I've had to prove I'm not an idiot.

If I could give my younger self one piece of advice, I would say, 'Lose weight.'

How attractive you are is entirely based on you feel about yourself, and if I could tell my 20-year-old self that - and really explain it - I think it would have changed my life.

You aren't ill: it is just that you are made of second-rate materials.

Healthy body image is not something that you're going to learn from fashion magazines.

It's hard being a girl. There are a lot of body image issues that come up and I think the best thing we can do for our kids is lead by example.

Boys and boys' body image and clothes have become just as important an issue for boys as for girls.

I think it really holds you back having to think about your image.