Quotes About Self-esteem

I have days of self-doubt, but I think the kindest thing I can do to myself is accept where my body is at.

When I was in 'Kinky Boots,' nobody really cared what shape I was in, and so I remember, like, fans would send me cookies to the theater, and I would be like, 'Okay, I guess I'll have another cookie!'

The greatest manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are.

A bloke once yelled out: 'You've got chubby knees.' I was 19. I've had a real complex about my knees ever since.

I am not crazy about my knees.

When people see me face-to-face they know immediately that I've not gone under the knife and they are the ones who matter.

I've been blessed, acne never knocked on my door. I think I look pretty darn good.

What's this shit?" Ray demanded, looking at the salesclerk. "Honey, truth hurts, but ain't no way you're a Magnum." "Well, I ain't no medium!" The clerk smiled. "Yeah, but I was being generous.

Yes, but knee pants are so much more flattering. You can see my legs." You want people to see your legs?" I have very nice legs!" We both paused to admire them for a moment.

Stop spending so much time trying to prove what you already know to people who don't really matter. It just makes you look insecure and lacking self-confidence.

It's often said that girls who grow up to be women at ease with themselves had loving, nurturing relationships with their fathers. To be appreciated and accepted by the first man in our lives gives us confidence to march that self out into the world, to feel that we will not be shunned for being both a woman and a complex human being.

Woman, you are a thousand kinds of fool.

Pretty girls don't have ugly mouths.

You're not pretty. Goddamn it, Dani. You're beautiful.

When you realize how much you're worth, You'll stop giving people discounts.

Looking pretty isn't about how people see you. It's about letting people know how you feel about yourself.

Don't look to the approval of others for your mental stability

I mean, if you have to wake up in the morning to be validated by the editorial page of the New York Times, you got a pretty sorry existence.

When parents accept each of their children the way they are, consistently validating their feelings—teaching them with love and patience, helping them understand what appropriate and inappropriate feelings are without judging, and then assist them in shifting their fear-based (inappropriate) feelings to love-based (appropriate) feelings by using the Script, these children will have a much better opportunity to progress through life with more confidence and higher self-esteem.

My advice? Just be yourself. I'm sure you'll be fine." Megan managed to smile and Regina slammed the car door. Be myself. Yeah. Right. Because that's gotten me so far in the past.

I was a sorry excuse for a girl.

You go to a show, and there's no food at all, so if you're doing shows back to back, you can forget eating. I remember standing up in the bath one day, and there was a mirror in front of me, and I was so thin! I hated it. I never liked being that skinny.

Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.

No one could possibly judge you more cruelly than you do yourself.