Because of the self-confidence with which he had spoken, no one could tell whether what he said was very clever or very stupid.
You are beautiful not because you are better than others, but because there is only you who can smile like that.
Being able to take care of myself is something that my mom really instilled in me.
I do an hour’s yoga and go running every day. Then I see a picture of myself and I still look like a skinny, potbellied idiot – and I thought I had turned into this superhunk!
Ive never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines. I represent the majority of women, and Im very proud of that.
I’m really an old-fashioned girl, and I think I’m totally sexy.
Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.
Most women would not be happy being me. People say, But you’re alone.’ But I don’t feel alone. I feel very un-alone.
I’m intelligent. Some people would say I’m very, very, very intelligent.
I intend to be me. Whatever that is.
Anna spoke not only naturally and intelligently, but intelligently and casually, without attaching any value to her own thoughts, yet giving great value to the thoughts of the one she was talking to.
Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.
I enjoy being me; I always have done. Ive seen people where it rules their lives, you know, who want to be thinner or have bigger boobs, and how it wears them down. And I dont want that in my life.
The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within- strength, courage, dignity.
I don’t wanna be afraid. I wanna wake up feeling beautiful, today.
The way I define beauty is individuality and wisdom, which I think creates a certain inner confidence. And not confidence in a way that’s only on the surface, but a deep-down knowing of yourself or settling into who you are.
I’m also honored to have the greatest temperament that anybody has.
Loving yourself does not mean being self-absorbed or narcissistic, or disregarding others. Rather it means welcoming yourself as the most honored guest in your own heart, a guest worthy of respect, a lovable companion.
Madame, you must be gay; only thus can life be endured. I speak from experience for I have had to endure much, and have only been able to endure it because I have always laughed whenever I had the chance.
You’re not worth the time that this is taking.
Being cool is being your own self, not doing something that someone else is telling you to do.