Quotes About Self-confidence

I've never pretended to be a supermodel.

At some point, I had to ignore what people thought of me. I had to be my own biggest fan from an early age. Once I learned that, it was like a superpower. That was the armor that got me through high school.

I always had a family that instilled in me red hair was my superpower and how it was such a lovely thing.

So many people supported me and believed in me. They made it so easy for me to believe in myself, because I didn't want to let them down.

I suppose I try to dress for women like me, women I would look at and think, 'Ah, she looks cool, she looks nice'. You kind of get to an age when you know what suits you.

I didn't do very well at school, and I suppose I've always had this sense, you know that, of being average, so I've been a bit low on self-confidence in my ability.

When I told my mum I was going to play my first gig when I was 14, she couldn't believe it, cause I was painfully shy at that time. But I just done it, put my head down and got through it. And I suppose there's still a little bit of that, even though it's many years later and I've been doing it for a long time.

I suppose you've got to look like you're made of steel for nudity. You've got to get some arms on you.

Part of the reason I wanted to model was to push the boundaries and challenge the perceptions of what a beautiful body is supposed to look like. Why should I feel any differently about looking good than anyone else?

I'm very sure of myself - what I do and what I like.

I'm not sure people understand how important fashion is to me.

I sure am handsome. I can't lie. This is one handsome guy.

I'm not having plastic surgery.

I think if people want to have surgery then fine, if it makes you feel better, brilliant. But it does annoy me when you're being accused of it, and it's not nice when people are commenting being like 'Eughh, what has she done to her face?' And I'm like 'Oh my god, I've done nothing, this is actually my face.'

The only surgery I've had is my lips, I haven't had anything in my bum - I don't need to, I've got a big bum!

You'd be surprised how addicting high self-esteem is.

Sometimes it used to hurt so bad when people used to say stuff about me. It still does. But I'm at a level now that I'm like, 'I ain't surprised that they said this or that about me.'

I was a swell guy. I enjoyed being me.

We ate the lunch with painful politeness and avoided discussing its taste. I made sure not to apologize for it. This was a rule of mine. I don't believe in twisting yourself into knots of excuses and explanations over the food you make... Usually one's cooking is better than one thinks it is. And if the food is vile,...then the cook must simply grit her teeth and bear it with a smile- and learn from her mistakes.

The present looks back at some great figure of an earlier century and wonders, Was he on our side? Was he a goodie? What a lack of self-confidence this implies: the present wants both to patronise the past by adjudicating on its political acceptability, and also to be flattered by it, to be patted on the back and told to keep up the good work.

Even though godlike in his imagination, he still lacks the earthy self-confidence of a simple shepherd.

I didn't let anyone push me into things I didn't want to do where my career was concerned. So why did I crumble when it came to men?

The Vedanta teaches men to have faith in themselves first.

I think a man is a man, and a man has a hairy chest, so let that be!