Darcey Bussell Quotes

I have no control over what people think of me but I have 100% control of what I think of myself, and that is so important. And not just about your body, but so many ways of confidence. You're constantly learning how to be confident, aren't you?

I think I've evolved into someone pretty confident - in myself and in my skin.

I think it's OK to be confident in yourself.

I have a theory that confidence comes from self-worth.

I am a firm believer that the only person who can make you feel inferior is yourself.

In terms of self-esteem and confidence I think I'm generally quite healthy.

A positive self-image has little relationship to our material circumstances.

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

Confidence is on one side of the line, and self-belief is on another. People all think those are mixed up.

But the real secret to total gorgeousness is to believe in yourself, have self confindence, and try to be secure in your decisions and thoughts.

Maybe you just don't see your own beauty.

Well, we all know that self-esteem comes from what you think of you, not what other people think of you.

Self-esteem doesn't come simply from dressing well, but they are both something we can control. It's a missed opportunity when women say they don't have the money, figure, etc., because style is such a way to help cultivate the way women feel about themselves.

When people have an inner sense of confidence, they're more beautiful.

Ego is good.

You come to a point in your life when you really don't care what people think about you, you just care what you think about yourself.

And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.

A lot of women say that they want to get to feeling about themselves the way I feel, because when I'm on a roll, I'm hot, I'm really good. I try to tell them, I don't have a fix.

I can't build myself by beating somebody down.

A man is always better than he thinks.

Confidence has nothing to do with what you look like. If you obsess over that, you'll end up being disappointed in yourself all the time. Instead, high self-esteem comes from how you feel in any moment. So walk into a room acting like you're in charge, and spend your energy on making the people around you happy.

Beauty can make you powerful in a way that isn't good for you. Being OK is better for the person I have become.

I feel like I have a healthy self-esteem.

There are a lot of people who give you the message that maybe you are not good enough, and the best thing you can do for yourself is to block out all of that noise.

If you allow yourself to feel fabulous, you are fabulous.