Marya Hornbacher Quotes

Although beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, the feeling of being beautiful exists solely in the mind of the beheld.

You don't have to look like George Clooney. You just have to know yourself.

I had already made a decision early on that I would be a plain girl with tons of personality, and accepting it made everything a lot easier. If you are lucky, there is a moment in your life when you have some say as to what your currency is going to be. I decided early on it was not going to be my looks. I have spent a lifetime coming to terms with this idea and I would say I am about 15 to 20 percent there.Decide what your currency is early. Let go of what you will never have. People who do this are happier and sexier.

Do you say that tree isn't pretty cause it doesn't look like that tree? We're all trees. You're a tree. I'm a tree. You've got to love your body, Eve. You've got to love your tree. Love your tree. (Leah)

I've learnt that you are who you are, and in the end, if you don't believe it, then no one will.

The clothes are not making me... If I like it, that's all that matters...It's not about the clothes. It's about how I am as a person and how confident I am.

I'm totally myself.

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

Yet I've discovered that how I look is not a function of anything as ephemeral as my hair.

I've never considered myself to be beautiful, and I still don't.

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

I don't think I'm beautiful. When I look in the mirror, I just see me - and, I'm pretty used to me.

Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.

I'm not that beautiful, and I don't want to be a pop star.

I don't think I was born beautiful. I just think I was born me.

For me, whatever age or size I've been, I have rather liked myself. The shell is not the thing at all.

I am the way I am. If you like me because I'm glamorous, so be it. If you like me, because I speak well or I have a brain and opinion, so be it.

It is beautiful to be what you are.

I might not be beautiful, but I'm very interesting!

I feel very confident with the way I look. But I felt just as confident the way I looked before. I've always been confident with who I am.

I think a person has to just be herself.

Whether I'm wearing lots of makeup or no makeup, I'm always the same person inside.

It's nice to look good, but the most important thing is to be you.

There's a plain girl in everybody.

I absolutely don't care about my looks and I'm so used to them that I wouldn't change a thing. I would end up missing my defects.