Marisa Berenson Quotes

My mother always taught me, even my dad, just never let other people's opinions of you shape your opinion of yourself. And I never have and I never will.

What anybody else thinks about you is really of no consequence. It's what you think of yourself.

Lots of us when we're children believe 'oh well, if the world knew us as we really are, they'd know what wonderful, clever, brilliant, charming people we really are.'

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

It doesn't matter if you are model or not; confidence is something that comes from inside.

I didn't grow up identifying with beauty. I grew up thinking I could be smart and funny - those are the things I got feedback on.

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

People told me that I was the best-looking girl in my college. But it was only after I won a beauty pageant in 2002 that I became confident.

It's very difficult to continue to believe in yourself and that you're a good person when the people who know you best don't.

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

Focus on your opinion of yourself and not the opinion others have of you.

It's nice that people want to compliment you in some superficial way, but I've never considered that that's how I might be categorized. I guess it's better than being called ugly.

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

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

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

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.

My eyes are too small, and they're too close together, and I have a pointy nose. But who cares? Who cares?!

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

Don't hate me because I'm beautiful.

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

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

Maybe you just don't see your own beauty.

What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.

It's all about confidence and how you feel about yourself. There's no such thing as a perfect woman. I like imperfections - that's what makes you unique.

I don't care if I'm beautiful; I don't care what I am on the outside. It isn't about the outside.