Quotes About Self-esteem

Good clothes made a person feel different. -Izzie

Weakness is not a characteristic you want to share with the world

Weakness is not a characteristic you want to share with the world Jen Calonita, Flunked (Fairy Tale Reform School, #1) Tags: weakness

Let this be a lesson, child. Don't ever let a man dim your light.

Don't ever let a man dim your light.

If you're anorexic, you're doing it wrong." I swat him with a dish towel. "No, no, I mean anorexics look in the mirror, and even if they're eighty pounds, they still see a fat girl. I'm a hundred pounds heavier than I was in high school, my veins are full of creme fraiche, and yet I look in the mirror, take in the hair and makeup, and think, Damn, baby, you fiiine.

But ever since I made the decision to drop a few pounds-way less easy than it sounds, by the way-I've become obsessed with my size and in so doing I've inadvertently allowed my inner critic to have a voice. And you know what? She's a bitch. Like now when I see my underpants in the laundry, I no longer think Soft! Cotton! Sensible! Instead I hear her say Damn, girl, these panties be huge.

I stuff another handful of Raisinets in my mouth. What gets me is the 'pretty face' bit. 'Cause I won't mind being reminded I'm fat as long as you water it down first. Why not say, Hey I'm going to insult you, but first I will congratulate your fortunate genetics and appropriate appliclation of Bobbi Brown cosmetics to prevent you from hitting me. Sh*t; I kind of prefer being called a 'fat bitch.' At least it doesn't pull any punches.

It's just as easy to believe we're awesome as it is to believe we're giant sucking things.

And while there are countless ways that we rip ourselves off, there's one way in particular that is, without a doubt, the most rampant and the most devastating of all: we invest everything we've got in believing that we're not good enough.

Receive compliments gracefully instead of countering with a disclaimer such as, "Oh, this ratty old thing?" Try this instead: "Thank you." Period. Take

Become one of your own die-hard fans, look at yourself from the outside, where all your self doubts can't crawl all over you, and behold what shines through.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. —Eleanor

At one point, I even thought, 'Oh, I'll take diet pills.' I tried it for one day, and I thought my heart was going to explode. It's awful, and I would never, ever recommend it.

My mom really instilled in me that I'm beautiful and I can do anything, and I echo that now with my own girls.

Look, Mother, I am never going to be thin. I'm Norwegian. If you wanted a thin daughter, you should not have married a man whose female ancestors carried cows home from the pasture

It has a shiny buckle with PRADA on it, which is Italian for insecure.

They can tell you everything you're not but they can't make you believe it.- only you can do that.

Oh, Astrid... You can't sing. - Becca

She's got a big belt around her hips. It has a shiny buckle with PRADA on it, which is Italian for insecure.

It's one thing to think you're worthless, and quite another for somebody else to tell you that you are.

And you're beautiful. You'd have to work pretty hard to mess that up.

And on a personal level,my boyfriend and I love eachother enough,and we have enough respect for each other, that we're bigger than that." I laughed."Nick and I are not bigger than that.We are very,very small." Daisy nodded. "And then,of course, there's the fact that I'm prettier than my boyfriend. He may fly higher,but I look better doing it." She turned around backward. "I mean, even in these snow pants,check out my ass.

That's right.Forteen-year old boys have better taste than you.They think I'm hot ." I licked my fingertip and stuck it on my butt. "Tsssss." And with that,I propelled myself across the slope and skidded to a stop at one end of the trick rail. "Quick," I told the boys, "act like you think I'm hot." Chloe cracked up.josh stared blankly at me.His friends blushed deep red,but they weren't claiming it. "Thanks for your support," I told them. "Look without looking like your looking.Is Nick gone?