“If I am always comparing myself to others, I will forever be at war with myself. And who needs that?”— Khloé Kardashian, amazon.comTagged: Comparing, Self Worth, Relationships
“Today I choose to be honest with myself. Today I choose to accept my sadness as a part of my body because it is one of my primary emotions that makes me who I am. Today I choose to love my way into my journey to my own enlightenment. Today I choose to hope, I choose to dream, I choose to believe in…”— Juansen Dizon, juansendizon.tumblr.comTagged: Acceptance, Optimism, Inspirational, Motivational, Good Enough
“Do you like to draw with crayons? I'm not very good at it. But it doesn't matter. It's the fun of doing it that's important. Now, I would't have made that if I just thought about it. No matter how anybody says it is. It feels good to have made something. The best thing is that each person's would be…”— Mr. Rogers, youtube.comTagged: Be yourself, Growing Pains, comparing yourself, Competitive, Creativity
“Stop comparing. Yes, your friend may have arms like Arnold Schwarzenegger or a stomach like Jennifer Aniston, but you are not your friend and this is not a competition.”— Real Buzz, realbuzz.comTagged: Feel Good Naked, comparisons, Bodies
“If you don’t love yourself for your flaws and imperfections, you can’t expect anyone else to either. Sometimes the very thing we are most insecure about is the feature that people like the most about us. You’re not supposed to look like everyone else. We are each made differently, so find whatever f…”— Demi Lovato, amazon.comTagged: strength, Finding Strength, Battling Depression, Battling Mental Illness, Mental Illness
“It doesn't help anyone to judge their happiness or career by looking at where others may or may not be. Dad said it best: 'All the time you're looking left and right at other people, you're neglecting what's in front of you. If you focus on looking straight ahead, you can take the odd glance at the…”— James Corden, amazon.comTagged: Perspective, Happiness, comparison
“If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter - for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.”— Sylvia Plath, amazon.comTagged: comparison, Jealousy, Type 4, Self-Love, Self-Acceptance
“You are hard to look at not because you glow, but because you are the drop off of a skyscraper. You are the distance to the ground, you are what people fear to fall into, you are what people risk their lives to see. And when someone does finally see you, it is because they were courageous enough to…”— Lillian Shelton, helladopeprncs.tumblr.comTagged: Poetry, Jealousy, Inspirational, Love, Identity
“If tomorrow women in the west woke up and decided they really like their bodies just think how many industries would go out of business - the cosmetic industry, the clothing industry, the diet industry, the gym industry - and then think of all the allied industries that support those industries. So…”— Gail Dines, youtube.comTagged: Capitalism, Beauty Industry, Body Positive, Media Against Us
“If Rihanna is teaching women anything about style today, it’s not to give a fuck.”— Karizza Sanchez, complex.comTagged: Rihnna, Fashion, style, Icon, IDGAF
“The minute you learn to love yourself, you would not want to be anybody else.”— Rihanna, elle.comTagged: Self love, Inspirational, Confidence, Girl Power, Body Positive
“I hope that you do not let the world condemn you for being too loud, too expressive, too soft; that you do not let it convince you to be perfect instead of real. I truly hope that you celebrate the fact that you are not for everyone, that you are not impressing the kinds of people who were built on…”— Bianca Sparacino, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Soft, unique, Self love, Positivity, Optimism
“Don't compare. This is a big one, and something our society loves to do. Comparing keeps us small. It lowers our energy. Quite simply, it feels like crap.”— Kate Eckman, mindbodygreen.comTagged: body confidence, comparison, other women
“The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.”— Shan Gogh, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: 20-something, comparison, better yourself
“Other people’s happiness are not units of measurement for yours. Respect the pace of your growth.”— Sade Andria Zabala, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Pursuit of Happiness, comparing yourself, Success
“If you’re not grappling with self-doubt half the time, you’ve probably lost perspective. The confident ones give us the worst and most lifeless bullshit.”— Adam Gnade, amazon.comTagged: Depression, Social Anxiety, Anxiety, Perspective, Important
“Does the sun ask itself, ‘Am I good? Am I worthwhile? Is there enough of me?’ No, it burns and it shines. Does the sun ask itself, ‘What does the moon think of me? How does Mars feel about me today?’ No it burns, it shines. Does the sun ask itself, ‘Am I as big as other suns in other galaxies?’ No,…”— Andrea Dworkin, amazon.comTagged: beauty, Self Worth, Self love, Vanity
“Don’t look to other people for validation. Your birth was your validation.”— Anonymous, twitter.comTagged: Inspirational, Self love, Growing Pains, Empowering, Finding Yourself
“It’s taken me a long time to be happy with my body and for my confidence to grow to what it is today. I grew up when the body to have was the tall, slim, supermodel one, like Cindy Crawford’s. No one looked like me. It’s good to break the mould and recreate one.”— Kim Kardashian, elleuk.comTagged: Body Positive, Confidence
“My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to find peace with exactly who and what I am. To take pride in my thoughts, my appearance, my talents, my flaws and to stop this incessant worrying that I can’t be loved as I am.”— Anaïs Nin, facebook.comTagged: Finding Yourself, Peace Of Mind, Inspirational
“They were great men, with huge flaws, and you know what — those flaws almost made them greater.”— Jack Thorne, Harry Potter, amazon.comTagged: imperfect, Flaws, Greatness
“You are flawed, imperfect, and unique… and that’s okay.”— Macaile Hutt, rebellesociety.comTagged: Positive Affirmations, Flawed, unique
“You're an original, an individual, a masterpiece. Celebrate that. Don't let your uniqueness make you shy. Don't be someone other than the wonder that you are. Every star is important to the sky.”— Douglas Pagels, amazon.comTagged: unique, Shy, Fear, Be yourself
“I do my thing and you do yours. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations, and you are not in this world to live up to mine. You are you and I am I, and if by chance we find each other, then it is beautiful. If not, it can’t be helped.”— Fritz Perls, echopen.wordpress.comTagged: Life, Independence, Acceptance, Relationships
“Who's to say what's better or worse anyway? Who's to even say what's normal or average? We're all different people and we're allowed to be different from on another.”— Ellen Degeneres, amazon.comTagged: unique, weirdness, Be yourself
“Don't waste your energy trying to change opinions... Do your thing, and don't care if they like it.”— Tina Fey, amazon.comTagged: Never Give Up, Energy, Be yourself
“Don’t pretend to be someone else just to get attention. Dress the way you want to be treated. Your look is part of your self-expression, not a billboard to scream your latest crisis. Give yourself a makeover to signal your new life but to thine own fabulosity be true.”— Abiola Abrams, gurl.comTagged: Desperate, dressing, Be yourself, Makeover
“Your innate desire for self-improvement causes you to measure yourself against others, which is good if it inspires you to become a better person. It’s when you measure your worth based on others’ opinions, that you start having doubts.”— Bailey Jackson, amazon.comTagged: Obsessive Comparison Disorder, Doubts