Are you here looking for the most notable sayings, anecdotes, and quotes about body positivity? Then you are in the right place! 🙆
Below is a compilation of the best sayings about shape, size, appearance, and quotes about body positivity which will remind you that you are unique and special no matter how much you weigh.
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63+ Quotes About Body Positivity
1. “Fat is not a bad word.” – Unknown
2. “Loving yourself is the greatest revolution.” – Proverb
3. “Your weight does not define your worth.” – Rachel Pate
4. “Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes.” – Emme
5. “Stop trying to fix your body. It was never broken.” – Eve Ensler
6. “Love your body because you only have one.” – Proverb
7. “My imperfections make me beautiful.” – Unknown
8. “Apologize to your body. Maybe that’s where the healing begins.” – Starting
9. “Glow is the essence of beauty.” – Estee Lauder
10. “Everything is so beautiful when you stop looking for flaws.” – Proverb
11. “You don’t have to love your body to be kind to it.” – Alissa Rumsey
12. “Be such a beautiful soul that people crave your vibes.” – Proverb
13. “You don’t need to be pretty like her, you can be pretty like you.” – Uknown
14. “Make your heart the most beautiful thing about you.” – Proverb
15. “My body is normal, and I’m not trying to prove anything.” – Lucy Hale
16. “The most beautiful thing a woman can wear is confidence.” – Unknown
17. “The most alluring thing a woman can have is confidence.” – Beyonce
18. “Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.” – Coco Chanel
19. “You don’t need an excuse to feel good about yourself.” – Taylor Andrews
20. “Feeling beautiful has nothing to do with what you look like.” – Emma Watson
21. “Life is so much more beautiful and complex than a number on a scale.” – Tess Munster
22. “We can’t hate ourselves into a version of ourselves we can love.” – Lori Deschene
23. “I am obsessed with becoming a woman comfortable in her own skin.” – Unknown
24. “Your body is your home, your vessel in life. It needs to be respected and loved.” – Iskra Lawrence
25. “No amount of self-improvement can make up for any lack of self-acceptance.” – Robert Holden
26. “When you discover your self-worth you will lose interest in anyone who doesn’t see it.” – Unknown
27. “You are imperfect, permanently, and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.” – Amy Bloom
28. “Hating our bodies is something that we learn, and it sure as hell is something that we can unlearn.” – Megan Jayne Crabbe
29. “Dear Body, you were never a problem. There is nothing wrong with your size, you’re good enough already.” – Proverb
30. “My smile is my favorite part of my body. I think a smile can make your whole body.” – Serena Williams
31. “And I said to my body softly, ‘I want to be your friend.’ It took a long breath and replied, ‘I have been waiting my whole life for this.” – Nayyirah Waheed
32. “The best gift you are ever going to give someone – the permission to feel safe in their own skin.” – Hannah Brencher
33. “The most important day is the day you decide you’re good enough for you. It’s the day you set yourself free.” – Brittany Josephina
34. “The problem isn’t with your body, the problem is what you think of it. And what you think of yourself.” – Unknown
35. “Confidence is the only key. I can’t think of any better representation of beauty than someone who is unafraid to be herself.” – Emma Stone
36. “You can’t hate yourself happy. You can’t criticize yourself thin. You can’t shame yourself worthy. Real change begins with self-love and self-care.” – Jessica Ortner
37. “You have to stand up and say, ‘There’s nothing wrong with me or my shape or who I am, you’re the one with the problem.” – Jennifer Lopez
38. “You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” – Louise Hay
39. “Since I don’t look like every other girl, it takes a while to be okay with that. To be different. But different is good.” – Serena Williams
40. “Beauty is about being comfortable in your own skin. It’s about knowing and accepting who you are.” – Ellen DeGeneres
41. “Just because we have acne, tummy rolls, and chaffing thighs doesn’t mean we need to be fixed. Period.” – Mik Zazon
42. “Females are like the most beautiful, gorgeous creatures in the world. I think that we’re gorgeous no matter what size we are.” – Alicia Keys
43. “Your body. Your diet. Your life. It isn’t perfect. It never will be. But it’s real. It’s honest. It’s beautifully flawed. And totally magical.” – Nicola Jane Hobbs
44. “People often say that ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder,’ and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder.” – Salma Hayek
45. “To love yourself right now, just as you are, is to give yourself heaven. Don’t wait until you die. If you wait, you die now. If you love, you live now.” – Alan Cohen
46. “To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” – Thich Nhat Hanh
47. “My weight? It is what it is. You could get hit by a bus tomorrow. It’s about being content. And sometimes other priorities win.” –Â Melissa McCarthy
48. “Most important, in order to find real happiness, you must learn to love yourself for the totality of who you are and not just what you look like.” – Portia de Rossi
49. “One day I had to sit down with myself and decide that I loved myself no matter what my body looked like and what other people thought about my body.” – Gabourey Sidibe
50. “Your words have so much power. Every day, if you tell yourself ‘I love you,’ if you give yourself one word of validation, it will change your mind.” – Ashley Graham
51. “Body positivity is as simple as making the choice to love yourself despite your shortcomings – to embrace your whole self and not let others dictate how you feel about your body.” – Unknown
52. “There is nothing rarer, nor more beautiful, than a woman being unapologetically herself; comfortable in her perfect imperfection. To me, that is the true essence of beauty.” – Steve Maraboli
53. “Don’t waste so much time thinking about how much you weigh. There is no more mind-numbing, boring, idiotic, self-destructive diversion from the fun of living.” – Meryl Streep
54. “Weight loss does not make people happy or peaceful. Being thin does not address the emptiness that has no shape or weight or name. Even a wildly successful diet is a colossal failure because inside the new body is the same sinking heart.” – Geneen Roth
55. “I definitely have body issues, but everybody does. When you come to the realization that everybody does that – even the people that I consider flawless – then you can start to live with the way you are.” – Taylor Swift
56. “Loving your body is about being comfortable in your body, and only you get to set the parameters of that. Only you get to decide what that looks like, and only you know where the finish line is. Never let anyone make you feel ashamed about what you decide, or don’t decide, to put on your body.” – Brittany Gibbons
57. “You are not a mistake. You are not a problem to be solved. But you won’t discover this until you are willing to stop banging your head against the wall of shaming and caging and fearing yourself.” – Geneen Roth
58. “You can’t eat beauty, it doesn’t sustain you. What is fundamentally beautiful is compassion, for yourself and those around you. That kind of beauty enflames the heart and enchants the soul.” – Lupita Nyong’o
59. “Girls of all kinds can be beautiful – from the thin, plus-sized, short, very tall, ebony to porcelain-skinned; the quirky, clumsy, shy, outgoing and all in between. It’s not easy though because many people still put beauty into a confining, narrow box, think outside of the box.” – Tyra Banks
60. “If we make self-love or body acceptance conditional, the truth is, we will never be happy with ourselves. The reality is that our bodies are constantly changing, and they will never remain exactly the same. If we base our self-worth on something as ever-changing as our bodies, we will forever be on the emotional roller coaster of body obsession and shame.” – Chrissy King