Shirley Chisholm Quotes

Ego is good.

I have no control over what people think of me but I have 100% control of what I think of myself, and that is so important. And not just about your body, but so many ways of confidence. You're constantly learning how to be confident, aren't you?

The things we hate about ourselves aren't more real than things we like about ourselves.

I'm sexy literally and I know it. I'm sexy because I know it.

I have no issues with my identity.

I am not someone who throws around the word 'self-esteem.' It is a fictional description.

I'm not worried any more about changing people's view of me.

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

We all put obstacles in our own path toward personal style, myself included. If we understood why we constructed these practical and emotional obstacles, we might move beyond it to healthier, happier perceptions of ourselves and, ideally, a better sense of self-esteem.

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

Maybe you just don't see your own beauty.

Lots of us when we're children believe 'oh well, if the world knew us as we really are, they'd know what wonderful, clever, brilliant, charming people we really are.'

Life is too short to have anything but delusional notions about yourself.

You don't have to look like George Clooney. You just have to know yourself.

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

I don't wake up with some sense of fabulosity.

You come to a point in your life when you really don't care what people think about you, you just care what you think about yourself.

Maybe I am a little bit guilty of trying to convince myself that I am cool to this point - even today. But I am so much more healthy than I used to be in my twenties, because I was not accepted at all.

I don't have a strong sense of self-worth unless I'm doing something.

A man is always better than he thinks.

One of the things your unconscious mind does for you - and it's a great gift - is it gives you extra courage to view the outer world and it does that by giving you an extra-special view of yourself.

I'm not tired of who I am. That would be sad!

With fame, you know, you can read about yourself, somebody else's ideas about you, but what's important is how you feel about yourself - for survival and living day to day with what comes up.

I have just enough attention to feel glamorous and important.

I feel like I have a healthy self-esteem.