Quotes About Self-esteem

Thinking and saying you are handicapable instead of handicapped will not change anything about your disease or illness. It will help you think more positively about it though.

I never really liked my short hair; it never occurred to me that people would want it.

It never occurred to me that I'm intimidating.

I was compared to a bird that was too fat to lift itself off the ground.

I'm not easily offended so whether it be a compliment or a derogatory comment, it really doesn't bother me.

We must be very careful when we say that somebody giving you compliments about your looks should be offensive. I think women really should look at why they're being offended by that.

I've been offered 'Celebrity Fit Club', where you have to take off your shirt and get on a scale. I got kids, man. I'm not going to humiliate myself. I'd rather drive a cab.

Style offers concrete rules you can follow. You can use it as a resource rather than a barrier to feeling good about yourself.

Don't look at your legs and think: 'They're fat.' Think: 'These things carry me around all day, and I don't have arthritis. Oh, and I've got great ankles.'

When you're 21, you think, 'Oh God, when I'm 36, oh God, that's nearly 40 and I'll look really old and wrinkly by then.' And actually, I quite like the way I look.

I'm not going to lie: I still have days when I walk by the mirror on my way to the shower and think, 'Oh God, I didn't just see that!'

It's really weird 'cause when you're 21 you think, 'Oh God, when I'm 36, oh God, that's nearly 40, and I'll look really old and wrinkly by then.' And actually, I quite like the way I look.

Oh God, I don't know if I ever really felt beautiful. I don't, really.

I'm from Cleveland, Ohio. I was the only black girl in my grade. And I was just, like, really dorky. Like, I wasn't cool.

I read this book when I was young. It's about a black girl growing up in Heaven, Ohio. The cover has a black girl with clouds behind her. It was the first book cover I ever saw with a girl that looked like me.

I love that I can demonstrate that it's OK to look and be strong.

Listen: I'm OK cute. I'm no stunner.

It needs to be said and heard: it's OK to be who you are.

I think it's OK to be confident in yourself.

It's OK to have a little bit of curve.

And I'm OK being judged as an actor.

I think with actors, if you just don't set about trying to crush their confidence immediately, you're usually OK.

I don't think I'm beautiful. I just think I can scrub up OK.

I'm like, 'Yeah, I could afford braces, but why should I change myself to be what everybody else wants me to be when I'm OK with who I am and I'm happy with who I am?'