Quotes about Body Image

Black women don't have the same body image problems as white women. They are proud of their bodies. Votes: 4

You are not your buttocks. Votes: 3

I've always embraced my curves since I was a teenie-bopper. Votes: 3

You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful. Votes: 3

The more I like me, the less I want to pretend to be other people. Votes: 3

I finally realized that being grateful to my body was key to giving more love to myself. Votes: 3

I accept my body. I accept how I am and make the best of what I am given. Votes: 3

If I can help and influence girls who are going through body-image issues then I think that's amazing. Votes: 3

One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you are. Votes: 3

I don't want to be skinny. I'm constantly in a state of self-improvement, but I don't beat myself up over it. Votes: 3

I don't go to the gym because I don't have time but I do Pilates workout DVDs for 20 minutes or more every day at home Votes: 3

Girls see enough of this body that we can't imitate, that we'll never be able to obtain, these unrealistic expectations...it's better to look strong and healthy. Votes: 3

Box gap is not a thing. If you need to back up to a mirror and bend over to find out how you look, you are playing to the wrong audience. Votes: 3

God made a very obvious choice when he made me voluptuous; why would I go against what he decided for me? My limbs work, so I'm not going to complain about the way my body is shaped. Votes: 3

I remember reading these articles when I was younger, and I just felt like, well, in order to look like that, you have to have some secret, magical unicorn blood that makes carbs disappear as they go into your body. I prefer the truth. Votes: 3

In the 20 long, hungry years between my late teens and late 30s I bought in to virtually every new diet and/or exercise regime that hoved into view, particularly at this most vulnerable time for those of us prone to poor body image - a new year. Votes: 3

I felt really bad for someone who is swimming in so much hate. I just thought, that's someone who's in a really bad spot, and I am in such a happy spot. I laugh my head off every day with my husband and my kids who are mooning me and singing me songs. Votes: 3

There's no magic bullet; there's no pill that you take that makes everything great and makes you happy all the time. I'm letting go of those expectations, and that's opening me up to moments of transcendent bliss. But I still feel the stress over 'Am I thin enough? Am I too thin? Is my body the right shape?' Votes: 3

There's only, like, five perfectly symmetrical people in the world, and they're all movie stars, and they should be, because their faces are very pleasing to look at, but the rest of us are just a jangle of stuff, and the earlier you learn that you should focus on what you have and not obsess about what you don't have, the happier you will be. Votes: 3

I've never had one of those amazing yoga bodies. My body is what it is. I am sure if I went on a crash diet, lost two stone and toned up I could make loads of money by making fitness videos and selling my story to the tabloids. But I don't want to encourage women to be anything other than what they are. That's very important to me. Votes: 3

It's incredibly difficult to keep a healthy body image in this business. Votes: 1

Healthy body image is not something that you're going to learn from fashion magazines. Votes: 1

I try not to be neurotic; I try to create and present healthy body image. Votes: 1

I am pretty honest about a lot of things that young girls question, like their body image. Votes: 1

Boys and boys' body image and clothes have become just as important an issue for boys as for girls. Votes: 1

In the United States, workouts tend to focus on body image and how you look. For me, it's really all about the brain. Votes: 1

For a woman, body image is always a palpable thing. Weirdly, for me, the only time I don't care is when I'm in character. Votes: 1

If you ask men about their body image, they will tell you they look better than they do. And if you ask a woman, she'll tell you she looks worse. Votes: 1

I think there's so much emphasis on body image and results and outcome, but really what you should be after is to be healthy and to feel good about yourself. Votes: 1

It's hard being a girl. There are a lot of body image issues that come up and I think the best thing we can do for our kids is lead by example. Votes: 1

Girls' inner critics are starting to reveal themselves at a younger and younger age. And body image issues are an aspect of their lives which is causing them low self esteem and day-to-day suffering. Votes: 1

When we're on stage doing a song about positive body image or another about female empowerment, everyone out there is super into it and right there with us. It's been awesome. I feel like we fit right in. Votes: 1

America, you're sending girls a mixed message. On one hand, you're saying to have positive body image and love who we are; on the other, we're being marketed makeup and clothing that obviously turns us into someone different. Votes: 1

We all have something about ourselves that we'd change if we could in a perfect world, be it our body image, our financial status, our relationship, whatever. I wanted to talk about how nobody's exempted from the realities of life and all those things. Votes: 1

The plus size movement is not just about fashion; it's about body image, and if we're doing a shoot, they won't retouch us at all. That's the cool thing: there's no retouching at all because we want to give girls the truth, not a fabrication. Votes: 1

I noticed that no matter where I went in the country, there was this group of questions that got asked. I would track them and keep them in categories. Like body image, school, family, friendship, you name it, the emotional life of a teenage girl. Votes: 1

Even two of humanity's most intimate possessions - a sense of self and a body image - are fluid, highly modifiable creations of the brain's mischievous deployment of electricity and a handful of chemicals. They both can change or be changed on less than a second's notice. Votes: 1

In New York, if you weigh under 200 pounds and decline so much as a cookie at a co-worker's party, women will flock to your side, assuring you of your appealing physique. This is how skittish we are about the dangers of anorexia and the pressures of body image. Votes: 1

What is this drive to be thinner, prettier, better dressed, other? Who exactly is this other and what does she look like beyond the jacket she's wearing or the food she's not eating? What might we be doing, thinking, feeling about if we didn't think about body image, ever? Votes: 1

I used to refer to myself as a 'theoretical anorexic,' just as crazy when it came to body image, but saved by a lack of self-discipline. My daughters do everything better than I do - they're smarter, more beautiful, happier. What if they end up better at anorexia, too? Votes: 1

The mass audience doesn't want to see you if you aren't perfect. If you don't look a certain way, if you don't have big pecs and great skin and the perfect eyes. And it's unfortunate, because kids are growing up with body image dysmorphia because not everyone is represented on the screen. Votes: 1

I personally battled with my own body image for years. I used to tell myself, You can't wear anything sleeveless or strapless. And all of a sudden I was like, What if I just didn't send such negative messages to my brain and said, wear it and enjoy it? And now I'm more comfortable in clothes than ever. Votes: 1

I've had a lot of girls reach out to me about struggling with body image. I've only been able to write back to a few of them, but I've been able to write and have correspondence with a few of them and really talk about what I think they should do or if I think they should ask for help. Votes: 1

I've been on both sides: the victim and the villain. I was the victimised model, and everything from my weight to my fertility was held up for discussion. And then I was the person that could garner some kind of positive outcome, by taking on the role of vice chairman of the British Fashion Council and becoming an activist of body image. Votes: 1

I do think moms should be given a break, all across the board. And I think that the most important thing is that you're healthy. After I had my little girl, I wanted to be healthy for her and have a healthy body image so that she hopefully grows up to see that her self worth isn't defined by how thin she is. Votes: 1

Fashion is killing women's body image of themselves. Votes: 0

A vivid image compels the whole body to follow. Votes: 0

You project a confident image through good body posture. Votes: 0

A woman's body image is absolutely paramount to her health. Votes: 0

The human body is always treated as an image of society. Votes: 0

It's incredibly difficult to keep a healthy body image in this business. Votes: 0

The weight of your body is controlled by the image in your mind. Votes: 0

Body image has nothing to do with scale numbers, it's how you feel inside. Votes: 0

Healthy body image is not something that youre going to learn from fashion magazines. Votes: 0

Self esteem and a healthy body image for people with disabilities are so often hard-fought. Votes: 0

I know that I am more than my personality, my body, and my body image. Votes: 0

Logic is not a body of doctrine, but a mirror-image of the world. Logic is transcendental. Votes: 0

I've long struggled with my body image and have worked hard to achieve a healthy weight. Votes: 0

Lost, so small amid that dark, hands grown cold, body image fading down corridors of television sky. Votes: 0

As image and apprehension are in organic unity, so, for a Christian, are human body and human soul. Votes: 0

I inhabit the wax image of myself, a doll's body. Sickness begins here; I am a dartboard for witches. Votes: 0

I see plainly how external images influence the image that I call my body: they transmit movement to it. Votes: 0

At the Sharper Image store, I saw a body fat analyzer. Didn't that used to be called a mirror? Votes: 0

Being in the health industry can do a major number on your head when it comes to body image. Votes: 0

For the body is temporal and thought is eternal and the shimmering essence of flame is an image of thought. Votes: 0

The human body is a machine that winds up its own springs: it is a living image of the perpetual motion. Votes: 0

...The body is affected by the image of the thing, in the same way as if the thing were actually present. Votes: 0

We've got a recipe for disaster. It's huge -- this combination of body image issues and the drug's weight loss appeal. Votes: 0

My eye, my brain, are images, parts of my body. How could my brain contain images since it is one image among others? Votes: 0

When uncle Eddie does his impression of 'Like a Virgin' it's like Madonna is coming out of his body!' Christ what an image. Votes: 0

To set the record straight, I'm not upset for me, but for all the girls out there that are struggling with their body image. Votes: 0

I do not have a genetically "gifted" body. I have to work hard everyday and I am always working on maintaining a positive self image. Votes: 0

I'm tired of the naked, raped, beaten black woman body. I want to see an image of black femaleness that alters our universe in some way. Votes: 0

My thoughts on body image are simple: if you are being kind to yourself mentally and physically you never have anything to be ashamed for, ever. Votes: 0

My greatest fear when we were doing "Body Heat" was that I wouldn't be sexy. I didn't have a self-image of myself as this alluring, powerful, sexual female. Votes: 0

Consciousness, much like our feelings, is based on a representation of the body and how it changes when reacting to certain stimuli. Self-image would be unthinkable without this representation. Votes: 0

The body image took a real battering. I had really not taken on board how I would feel dressed in a flimsy dress in front of millions of people. Votes: 0

Body image - what we're supposed to look like - is made so unattainable that all girls are put in this position of feeling inferior. That's a horrible thing. Votes: 0

I hope that when people see my body of work, they will say, 'That brother dropped it for real on us, even at the expense of his own image.' Votes: 0

Many young girls are constantly consumed by controlling and managing their body image to the extent that they are much more involved in the production of the self than in living. Votes: 0

Too many young girls have eating disorders due to low self-esteem and distorted body image. I think it's so important for girls to love themselves and to treat their bodies respectfully. Votes: 0

American Psychological Association, the girlie-girl culture's emphasis on beauty and play-sexiness can increase girls' vulnerability to the pitfalls that most concern parents: depression, eating disorders, distorted body image, risky sexual behavior. Votes: 0

I'm glad to be a role model, but beyond that I'm a flawed human being, someone who continues to deal with my body image and what my purpose is on the planet. Votes: 0

There's this tradition of women's magazines - which have been my bread and butter as a freelancer - where the paradigm is that the writing is about relationships, body image, lessons, and it's always redemptive. Votes: 0