Iskra Lawrence Quotes

I've never disliked myself, and my weight has had nothing to do with my self-esteem.

For me, I don't think about size - I focus more on being powerful and confident.

I don't hate what I see when I look in the mirror. Even if legions of others don't agree. I have accepted the reflection that reliably bounces back at me for its perks and its flaws.

At the end of the day... my love for my body... comes from within.

I'm an athletic person. But I love my body because I know what it's been through to be what it is. And honestly I'm not going to change for someone that is depressed about their life.

You need to love your life; you have to appreciate yourself.

My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.

I'm learning to embrace who I am and what I look like.

Learning to love my inner and outer beauty wasn't an easy road. I still don't always love the reflection I see in the mirror, but I have learned that my outer appearance does not define me.

I realized that you didn't have to make self-deprecating remarks or turn yourself into the butt of some unspoken joke. I also discovered that being big didn't deter possible suitors.

I don't see anything wrong with being comfortable with my own skin.

I look in the mirror and see a few scars, but I like myself.

Know that you are worth so much more than the value you place on your body. It's not the only thing that defines you.

I'm cool with myself. If I can't have the body of Angie Bassett, so be it.

Don't compare yourself with someone else's version of happy or thin. Accepting yourself burns the most calories.

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

I stopped worrying about being desired a long time ago.

Sometimes I gotta look in the mirror and say, 'Hey, they're still saying you're too fat, but you're here! They gotta take it or leave it.' And in most cases, if they leave it, it's all good because they don't need to be in my space anyway.

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

It's more about going to a place inside of me as a woman who knows that I'm never going to have perfection. And that I deserve to be healthy and feel healthy.

I was raised to treat my body as a temple, but even as a little girl, I had a major issue with self-esteem. I thought there was something wrong with the temple.

Modeling and pageants help me overcome feeling insecure about the way that I look and my height.

I've never had a body issue; I've never had a self-confidence issue, and there's been very few times in my life where I've felt down about the way I look or the way I feel.

That is the thing I want to tell girls, to stop criticising yourselves and to stop comparing yourself to other people.

I grew up on the ragged edge of self-acceptance, where I was holding on to it, but it was easy to fall off. But as I found my way inside myself, I've been able to accept my own hair, my own shape.