Pam Dawber Quotes

Confidence comes with maturity, being more accepting of yourself.

I'm under no illusion that there are things about me that I'd like to change. I just accept who I am, and I'm proud of it.

You know, I think I'm a stronger person for realizing that you can't make everybody love you.

I'm trying every day, when I meet a new human being, to not have the first thought that comes into my mind be, 'Are they going to like me?' I'm allowed to say, 'I like this, and I don't like that.'

Knowing what you want is not a shortcoming. Let people deal with their own anxieties.

Am I completely indifferent to criticism? No, not at all. But I know who I am and I have learned to respect and care for who I am.

If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself.

People should accept being single, because those are the moments you can really focus on yourself, and learning who you are. Then when you get in a relationship, you will be stronger and have a little bit more self-awareness, self-love, and the other ingredients for a healthy relationship.

Self-esteem, the kind that comes from finding the sweet spot between a healthy fondness for yourself and healthy self-skepticism, tends to get harder to come by the older we get.

My friends have to remind me that it's OK to own the fact that you're good at something. I think it'll just come with getting older.

I have no control over what people think of me but I have 100% control of what I think of myself, and that is so important. And not just about your body, but so many ways of confidence. You're constantly learning how to be confident, aren't you?

I stopped worrying about being desired a long time ago.

I was fortunate enough to have an upbringing that made me more accepting of who I am.

You have to accept yourself so everyone else can.

I try to remind myself of the things that I like about myself that make me who I am.

I think the main thing which boygenius and I talk about ad nauseum, is that I feel like I just apologise for myself less.

I think once I kind of got to a place of self-acceptance, looking past all the insecurities that I have, I've really grown so much as a person.

My confidence comes from the realisation that, actually, the best you can be is you, learning to accept who I was, what I wanted, and that I was more than my body.

Though pride is not a virtue, it is the parent of many virtues.

When you accept and appreciate yourself you can handle any situation with class, dignity and respect.

Believe in yourself and try not to take anything personally.

Self-acceptance has been a blessed by-product of middle age.

Maybe I don't take myself so seriously any more. And I don't care how I'm judged. I'm past all that.

When I was married, I wasn't loving myself. Now I'm in love with myself. I will get married again.

Our entire life - consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are.