Quotes About Self-esteem

Jake was closing in on two hundred and seventy-five pounds. His pants never fit right. They were too small for his stomach, too large for his waist. He was constantly adjusting them, searching for that one elusive point where they'd actually stay in place. The search required a team of top scientists and a really powerful microscope.

Roger was a skinny kid. His arms were reeds with absolutely no definition. He did not look up as she spoke.

I'm hardly disinterested totally in my appearance.

I let people make remarks about me, but it doesn't touch me, all those remarks.

I think it is not easy to impress a girl, especially with the looks that I have. It is quite tough.

Growing up, I was the plain one. I had no style. I was the tough kid with the comb in the back pocket and the feathered hair.

Modeling is a tough job, your co-workers are your rivals, it really puts a damper on your perspective of other girls.

I was born 'Harmony,' and it was weird because when I was a little kid, I was picked on so much that when I was 13, I changed my name to Harmful. I thought it was a tougher name, so I had it legally changed. And then, I don't know, it just didn't seem to catch on, so... legally, my name is still Harmful, but I just said I'll go back to Harmony.

I was terrible at sport at school. I was fat, which made things slightly tougher, but it also meant that people were encouraging to the point of patronising.

Accept yourself as you are. Otherwise you will never see opportunity. You will not feel free to move toward it; you will feel you are not deserving.

After my second-to-last record, 'The Greatest', I had gone on tour for a while, and I didn't play an instrument for about five years. And I got kind of - it's not self-esteem or whatever, or anger toward myself - but disappointed in myself that I hadn't been challenging myself to learn musically.

Toward the end of my pregnancy, I felt really big - I gained about 40 pounds, which is a lot for my size.

Like it or not, life is a series of competitions. You may be competing for a grade, a spot on a team, a job, or the largest account in town. The higher your self-esteem is, the better you get along with yourself, with others, and the more you'll accomplish.

Young boys who are awkward or nervous or anxious, they find self-confidence in a way of looking at the world that is toxic.

I was actually so small that my baby clothes were actually doll clothes from Toys 'R' Us because that's all that would fit me!

I have a book out called 'The Beauty Equation' and it discusses how off track we have gone in considering beauty.

I would never go out in track bottoms and a baggy T-shirt.

We all love to be admired and given compliments, but I don't really keep track.

Wrinkles and ill-nature together made a woman hideous.

I think family mealtime is really important. There's a lot of research that shows kids are going to do better in school and have more self-esteem if you can all sit down and eat together.

The lizard that jumped from a high Iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no-one else did.

You don't want your jewelry to make you look fat. A lot of what's out there now does - you just wind up looking like a Christmas tree.

If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.

Like a therapist hairdressers are in a position of trust. We are transforming not just how a person looks but how they feel.