Maria Bamford Quotes

It's so important for girls to respect themselves and not put themselves down and say, 'Oh, my life is horrible,' and 'I'm not pretty enough.' How do you know? There's this energy people give off that people can be drawn to.

I'm not a beautiful person and I never have been.

I feel like I have a healthy self-esteem.

Frankly, the idea that we need to be beautiful, if you really think about it, it's odd. But if you can turn it inward and see yourself as beautiful, that's what changes the world.

As a twelve-year-old girl, I thought that I was only pretty if the people on social media told me that I was pretty - and they weren't telling me I was pretty. So I didn't think I was pretty, and I was really down on myself, and I really was sad with myself. But social media doesn't give you validation or make you pretty. You make you pretty.

The reputation you have with yourself - your self-esteem - is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life.

Total, unconditional acceptance of yourself is the first step in building a positive self-image.

It's very tiring having other people tell you how much they dig you if you yourself don't dig you.

The idea that you're hard to love is ludicrous.

We really damage our own confidence when we put ourselves down, so I try not to.

If you can't see anything beautiful about yourself, get a better mirror.

Nobody else can demean me. I can only demean myself

There's not one person that I say I want to look like.

I make a point to never, ever point out my physical flaws... this is advice I give to women as often as I can. People don't notice the things we see in ourselves that we hate, so why direct them to it?

'Nappy' is a state of mind, not an appearance.

So I'm ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face.

I just think women should love themselves more than they do. Because I think - with all the social media stuff - we look at ourselves too much, and we just destroy ourselves when we're way cooler than we know.

Never think that you're not good enough. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning.

I think I'm cool. That's all that matters.

Maybe you just don't see your own beauty.

For me, whatever age or size I've been, I have rather liked myself. The shell is not the thing at all.

Well, we all know that self-esteem comes from what you think of you, not what other people think of you.

I'm not the beautiful one.

Nobody thinks of themselves as sexy, really. Some days you go, 'Hey, I'm not going too bad today.' But if you try and be sexy, you'll never be sexy.

Ego is good.