Nicole Byer Quotes

I feel like I appreciate and love myself a lot more than I used to. At one point, I would look in the mirror; I just hated what I saw... and finally, when I was 17, I built some confidence, and now I try to keep that confidence going.

Every woman needs to look in the mirror and instinctively decide what will make her feel happy and good about herself and her body; that's all I did.

I love myself and I love my body.

I think it's so important just to have confidence in your body. Everyone knows that confidence is sexy, and it's knowing your assets, your strengths, and just playing those up.

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.

It's not vanity to feel you have a right to be beautiful. Women are taught to feel we're not good enough, that we must live up to someone else's standards. But my aim is to cherish myself as I am.

My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.

When I meet young girls, I'm always like, 'Just do me one favour. Love what you look like right now - and remember I said it 10 years from now because it's the greatest gift I can give.'

I think I'm highly loveable.

I fall asleep feeling beautiful. Then, in the morning, before I leave the house, I say five things I love about myself, like 'You have really pretty eyes.' That way I can go out into the world with that little bit of extra confidence. It's a feel-good protein shake in my back pocket in case someone messes with me that day.

I used to look in the mirror and feel shame, I look in the mirror now and I absolutely love myself.

I'm not a supermodel. I make the best of what I've got.

I wish every woman would love herself and embrace what she was given naturally.

It's an amazing thing to say, 'I'm beautiful,' without feeling like you're cocky.

Nudity is natural but not until a person accepts and loves who they are.

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

My body's my best friend.

Fat is a way of saying no to powerlessness and self-denial.

I'm really happy in my own skin.

I want Violet to be proud of every little thing that is her - her hair, her body. We're all different, and from early on, I've always said she has a very confident personality, and I want her to maintain that.

One of my intentions with 'Rookie' is for the girls reading it to know that they are already cool enough and smart enough and pretty enough.

Every girl loves posing in her underwear. It's always fun to do that.

I need to see my own beauty and to continue to be reminded that I am enough, that I am worthy of love without effort, that I am beautiful, that the texture of my hair and that the shape of my curves, the size of my lips, the color of my skin, and the feelings that I have are all worthy and okay.

Acceptance is being able to feel beautiful in whatever you feel comfortable in.

I love myself. I am the best person I know.