Karen Finerman Quotes

It's easy to be critical of ourselves and other women around us. We stand in front of the mirror and only focus on the things we hate about our body and our appearance. But I encourage you to change that attitude the next time you are in front of the mirror.

I was so self-critical. I still am, but it's not as bad anymore.

I make a point to never, ever point out my physical flaws... this is advice I give to women as often as I can. People don't notice the things we see in ourselves that we hate, so why direct them to it?

I'm hard on myself, so I'm working on shifting perspective toward self-acceptance, with all my flaws and weaknesses.

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

After many years of self-flagellation, I've realised that beating myself up doesn't get me anywhere.

I don't have to try to be perfect at everything.

I'm done with trying to be perfect. A perfect body belongs to somebody else - and it's not me.

There's no wrong you can't make right again, so be kinder to yourself; you know, have fun, take chances. Those bounds.

Women are so unforgiving of themselves. We don't recognize our own beauty because we're too busy comparing ourselves to other people.

Stop saying these negative things about yourself. Look in the mirror and find something about yourself that's positive and celebrate that!

All through my twenties, I spent more time worrying what I didn't have than thinking about what I did have. I wished that I was taller, had longer legs, slimmer hips, a smaller bottom, even straighter hair.

You have to believe yourself to be the centre of the world, or you believe nothing. You start to treat yourself very badly.

One of the things that I have learned in the last few years is to stop being so damn critical of my own work.

I don't get along much with myself.

I'm such a self-critic, that I find it hard to give myself credit for something.

I digested this value system that told me there was no one for me unless I reached a certain type of perfection. And as you get older, you realize that ideal is constantly changing.

You do not get into better shape being hard on yourself.

I stopped beating up on myself. I stopped asking myself why I didn't sell this number of records, why I don't have corporate sponsorship. I just don't buy into any of that anymore.

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.

I've always been someone who is pretty hard on herself. But I've lightened up a lot.

Nobody looks perfect. We have to find peace with the way we look and get on with life.

You need to love your life; you have to appreciate yourself.

I just think women should love themselves more than they do. Because I think - with all the social media stuff - we look at ourselves too much, and we just destroy ourselves when we're way cooler than we know.

Love yourself instead of abusing yourself.