Delta Burke Quotes

Finding out I was pretty was a very nice realisation.

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 had low self-esteem.

Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act.

You have to go 100 per cent and be confident in your body.

What I do now defines who I am as a woman and how people see me; they don't see me as a little girl.

One day I decided that I was beautiful, and so I carried out my life as if I was a beautiful girl. I wear colors that I really like, I wear makeup that makes me feel pretty, and it really helps. It doesn't have anything to do with how the world perceives you. What matters is what you see.

The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours.

To go from being an unpopular, chubby little kid who was chasing girls and couldn't seem to catch them, to being chased after and making sure I ran slow enough that I did get caught, it was 180 degree turn. It was being given the keys to the candy store.

I know I'm fat and I know my hair is straight, but I can sing.

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

Your success depends mainly upon what you think of yourself and whether you believe in yourself.

Our self image, strongly held, essentially determines what we become.

If my accomplishments frighten someone, it's nothing to do with me - that's to do with them. But the men who are in my life see me as a person - as a woman - not as a character I've played.

I must be very clear in one thing... Being a pageant girl is not who I am or what defines me.

It's not what other people believe you can do; it's what you believe you can do.

No man can be a failure if he thinks he's a success; If he thinks he is a winner, then he is.

We are what we believe we are.

You can feel like, 'I look really bad', but to other people you can be really gorgeous.

I'm not a beautiful person and I never have been.

For me, self-esteem-building and confidence-building is the foundation for anything that we do, whether you want to be a writer, a painter, or a entrepreneur.

Don't take anything for granted. If you don't believe in yourself, nobody else will. Have a little more confidence.

We cannot perform our tasks to the best of our power, unless we think well of our own capacity.

I used to think of myself in terms of who I'd be if I didn't have this pesky old disability.

I'm just a cool type of guy who's all about positives.