We all wear some disguise, make some professions, use some artifice, to set ourselves off as being better than we are; and yet it is not denied that we have some good intentions and praiseworthy qualities at bottom.
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one's soul shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility, you are not attractive - you are leaking.
I'm the greatest, I'm a bad man, and I'm pretty!
You can't build joy on a feeling of self-loathing.
I had a gentleman in college tell me, during a date, that I could be really pretty if I lost some weight. On a date!
Self-esteem isn't everything; it's just that there's nothing without it.
I don't need to be on top to know I'm worth it
I want people to feel happy in their own skins and feel accepted by society.
I love myself. I'm not saying this in a narcissistic way.
Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.
Bodybuilding helped me to realize that I don't have to look like the girls in the magazines and that it's OK to feel good about my curves.
When you acquire enough inner peace and feel really positive about yourself, it's almost impossible for you to be controlled and manipulated by anybody else.
Lots of people who do bodybuilding want to walk around in tank top and shorts, because they want to show people what they've got - and there's nothing wrong with that. But I didn't want to do that because I didn't care what people thought.
You can take pride in yourself without comparing yourself to anybody else. If you run your race and be the best that you can be, then you can feel good about yourself.
I think high self-esteem is overrated. A little low self-esteem is actually quite good. Maybe you're not the best, so you should work a little harder.
When I take good care of myself, it lifts my spirits, boosts my confidence, and makes me feel strong. When someone tries to throw me shade, it bounces right off. I look those haters straight in the eye, keep my chin up and shoulders back. Because I know I'm a fierce queen - and they know it, too.
Beauty is not just physical.
'Pretty' is not the amount of makeup on your face or the shirt you're wearing or the size of your pants - that is false.
I'm not beautiful; I clean up nice.
I have a great deal of confidence in myself and in my faith.
Whatever dramas are going on in my life, I always find that place inside my head where I see myself as the cleanest, tallest, strongest, wisest person that I can be.
Pride only helps us to be generous; it never makes us so, any more than vanity makes us witty.
I'm a much happier guy than a lot of people think I am.
That's why I began doing makeup in the first place: I was hoping that through helping people see the beauty in themselves, I could try and find it in me.
