Jeannette Walls Quotes

No matter what you are, you're a mess." That's what the world tells us. "Every other woman is your competition. You feel bad about yourself and every other woman think she's perfect.

Though pride is not a virtue, it is the parent of many virtues.

It is important for women to feel beautiful when she looks in the mirror, and I tell women, 'If you don't feel beautiful, find one thing that you can look in that mirror and say, 'That is beautiful.'

I have a healthy amount of humility.

There was a time when I didn't like myself at all. I thought I was a cruel joke. But now I've come to realise that maybe I am not cute, but I am beautiful.

I would say Will came at a time in my life where he saw beauty in me that I didn't see in myself at the time. And, you know, he saw a diamond in the rough and kind of, picked me up and blew off all the dust and said, 'I'm telling you, I'm going to make you shine, girl.'

Beauty is when you can appreciate yourself. When you love yourself, that's when you're most beautiful.

I used to hate looking in the mirror. I've grown up into myself and now I'm happy with the way I look.

I more so appreciate people loving the fact that I love myself and not just glorifying my skin or me.

The VS Angels are beautiful, but so are you.

You have to find what you love about yourself, focus on it and show that to people as much as you can.

People often confuse self-respect with arrogance. I believe that there is a very thin line between the two. Balance between the two is often what leads to happiness.

Everyone should love themselves, should think that they're beautiful.

I think growing up, you just deal with 'I'm ugly,' or 'I don't look right,' or 'my hair is wrong,' and it's such a distraction from what can really elevate you.

We can be beautiful and feel beautiful about who we are everyday.

I might not be perfect, but I feel perfect. I think that's all that matters.

I don't want women to hold themselves back. I think there are too many women who are self-conscious about the way they look - the way they see themselves in the mirror.

You have to accept yourself, and you have to realize that you're beautiful.

I've never played anyone who didn't like themselves. I don't care if they're unattractive, but it's important that they think of themselves as attractive. And I guess that's part of their charm.

But the biggest beauty advice I've given my daughter is every morning I say, "Genesis, what are the two best parts of you?" And she says "my brain and my heart." And I say, "You've gotta remember that, Genesis. You've gotta remember that you're not what you look like," you know? I think that's the best beauty advice I could give her.

Pretty, pretty please, don't you ever ever feel like you're less than, less than perfect.

When you accept and appreciate yourself you can handle any situation with class, dignity and respect.

I don't have ugly ducklings turning into swans in my stories. I have ugly ducklings turn into confident ducks.

As long as you smile, have sparkly eyes and stick your shoulders back, nobody's going to notice your bum or your waist or your feet, for that matter.

There are certainly a billion, ker-trillion girls out there more attractive than I am.