Shonda Rhimes Quotes

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.

Maybe you just don't see your own beauty.

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

I used to think I was ugly. I thought I looked like a camel. A person who doesn't love themselves, they will see anything that pops up on their face. I've seen squirrels, I've seen a bird, and I've seen all kinds of animals on my face. But that is the result of self-hate. I've learned to say: 'You know what? I am a beautiful black woman'.

Some people say I'm not a very pretty woman, but I'm a very beautiful woman inside.

I feel fine and comfortable with myself, but not because I'm beautiful.

There's not one person that I say I want to look like.

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?

It's so important for girls to respect themselves and not put themselves down and say, 'Oh, my life is horrible,' and 'I'm not pretty enough.' How do you know? There's this energy people give off that people can be drawn to.

If you're not happy about how you look, you have to question how much self-love you have.

I feel like I have a healthy self-esteem.

Beautiful has never been my goal.

It's essential to feel beautiful to oneself. Not in an egotistical way, but in a self-loving way.

I never thought of myself as beautiful. I thought I was OK, certainly good enough to get along.

As a perception on how I have perceived myself, I have always felt beautiful.

I have to look at myself in the mirror and tell myself that I'm beautiful, even if I don't necessarily believe it.

It's okay to wake up and look however you look. You are beautiful regardless.

It sounds cheesy, but if you feel good about yourself, it's going to show on the outside.

The only person that can make you feel that you aren't beautiful is you.

My mom always told me, 'You're very smart; you're very funny.' She never told me, 'You're very beautiful.'

Like, if you're not confident in yourself, then you can't really look good on the outside.

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.

If you can't see anything beautiful about yourself, get a better mirror.

You don't need people to tell you how beautiful you are on there.

I'm not a great beauty. That's not me.