Gloria Steinem Quotes

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

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.

If my dancing is a disaster - it doesn't define me as a person.

I don't want to come across as a pretty looking girl. Because it is very easy - wear good clothes, wear good make-up, and you'll look good. I know my abilities.

I see myself as what I'm worth.

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

Self-esteem is that deep-down inside the skin feeling you have of your own self-worth.

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.

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.

For most of my life, I've thought of myself as pretty cool.

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.

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

I didn't think of myself as a tart, but I wouldn't argue with anyone who did.

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

He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.

Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.

I don't know what it is about me, but I don't think of myself as sexy; I never have.

How do you measure your value?

I don't think anybody deserves to be defined totally by his enemies.

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.

I kept wanting to push my image as validity; I wanted to see my portrait on a wall and know it was okay.

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

No one can figure out your worth but you.

You can't convince someone else - whether it's a potential employer, a loan officer at the car dealership, or someone you've been crushing on - that you're amazing and terrific if you don't actually think you are.

At some point, the pride has to be a part of the whole day-to-day oeuvre. It's part of who you are and doesn't need to be discussed anymore.