Jillian Michaels Quotes

I've definitely had times in my life where I've been depressed and not able to do anything at all.

It's not attractive to be talking down about yourself all the time. All you continue to do to yourself is pull yourself further down into a deeper place of depression and sadness and insecurity and fear and hopelessness, so it's like, having God in your life is important, accepting who you are is important, regardless of what you look like.

I feel it is important not to get overly obsessed and overly carried away with just the physical aspect. There is more to beauty than just the physical appearance. You are also a complete person, and a woman should have an identity beyond just the way she looks.

A lot of people who have depression understand that the last thing in the world you want to do when you're feeling that way is get up and exercise. It's virtually impossible to do that. It's like somebody beating you.

I think it's important to be happy before you can make anybody else happy.

It's the love you have for yourself that's most important.

Once a week, I like to slip into a deep existential depression where I lose all my sense of oneness and self-worth.

When people feel good, they look good.

I think every girl needs to love herself, regardless of anything. Like if you're having a bad day, if you don't like your hair, if you don't have the best family situation, whatever, you have to love yourself and you can't do anything until you love yourself first.

I love myself and I am a good person.

If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy.

I wish I had thrown out the bathroom scale at age 16. Weighing yourself every morning is like waking up and asking Dick Cheney to validate your sense of inner worth.

I know many beautiful people and their lives are just so terrible. They feel so uncomfortable with themselves. Being comfortable is not about what you look like, but how you feel.

Accept yourself, love yourself.

For so many years, I felt so insecure, so inferior, and I still have those moments, but I have a newfound confidence since I got in shape and changed my diet.

Well, I think everyone struggles with self-love.

It's OK showing yourself some love.

People tend to look great if they feel great.

I don't have the best self esteem; mine wavers month to month, but I know how to pick myself up.

When I am not desperate, I am worthless.

Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It's about accepting all of yourself.

If you don't love yourself, you can't love anybody else. And I think as women we really forget that.

Lately though I've been in love with myself and I've become my own best friend.

I have become down-hearted, I have become discouraged, I have become depressed. I'm just like you. I'm a human being and I have my problems.

The other thing is surrounding yourself with people that care for you. These are simple things, but they're powerful, and they've completely transformed who I am and how I perceive myself.