Tess Holliday Quotes

I don't need approval from people who don't know me.

How you present yourself is nobody's business but your own. The stylists have an opinion. The hair people have an opinion. The fans and the management have opinions. Ultimately, you have to trust that you are the safe-keeper of yourself.

I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth.

You can't ever put your self-definition in the hands of somebody who meets you for 15 minutes.

I don't have to prove my life. I just have to live.

Unlike a lot of people, I don't need the affirmation or anything.

Everybody is going to have an opinion on you; not everyone is going to like you. You can't live your life based on other people's opinions of you or let that change what you do or how you feel about yourself, because then you're not living.

I've never really allowed anyone else to tell me whether I'm good or not.

At the end of the day, the way I go about it is don't let somebody else's opinion of you define who you are. Don't let other people's thoughts or whatever it is be true.

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.

The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours.

You can get totally messed up trying to please everyone with what you do, but ultimately, you have to please yourself.

My mama told me it's not what they call you - it's what you answer to.

I don't really care what other people see me as. I seriously don't. I've always worried about what my opinion of myself is. And I've always thought that it carries most weight. So I don't care what other people's opinion of me is or how they view whatever I've said or done.

It's very hard to be OK with who you are and not care what other people think of you. Believe me, I know.

I've never lived my life in the opinion of others. I believe I'm a good person. I believe I'm a good mom. But that's for my kids to decide, not for the world.

You have enough people against you... be for yourself.

I've learned not to let people judge me in how I want to live my life. Every single woman is an individual, and there's no one path. You just have to take the path that you think is right for you.

Self-esteem is as important to our well-being as legs are to a table. It is essential for physical and mental health and for happiness.

The best way to avoid falling prey to the opinions of others is to realize that other people's opinions are just that - opinions. Regardless of how great or terrible they think you are, that's only their opinion. Your true self-worth comes from within.

If you are confident in yourself and however you want yourself to be presented, and you're doing well and doing it because you want to do it and not because someone is pressuring you, then more power to you.

I really don't mind what people assume about me. I really think that my brain is my private thing. I don't need the approval of people. I don't need people to think I'm intelligent. And I'm not that intelligent.

I don't have to show anything to anyone. There is nothing to prove.

I feel like regardless of whether or not I win this award or I win that award or I don't win this award - I'm still Sam at the end of the day. And that's what defines me.

I have made the choices that work best for me. I know I cannot please everyone, and that's fine.