Ellen Goodman Quotes

Nothing is harder than to accept oneself.

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

I don't always understand my worth.

Maybe you just don't see your own beauty.

There was a time when I didn't like myself at all. I thought I was a cruel joke. But now I've come to realise that maybe I am not cute, but I am beautiful.

There's nothing more, nothing better in life to wake up in the morning, look at yourself in the mirror, and feel comfortable with yourself and who you are.

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.

We must reject not only the stereotypes that others have of us but also those that we have of ourselves.

It took me a very long time to be comfortable in my own skin.

It's very difficult to be fully accepting of who you are when you've got that superficial world out there.

I feel fine and comfortable with myself, but not because I'm beautiful.

I started to like my voice - the sound of it. So then I started to listen to it as something separate. To me, it sounded good that way as well.

I have no issues with my identity.

I am not someone who throws around the word 'self-esteem.' It is a fictional description.

I learned to love myself, because I sleep with myself every night and I wake up with myself every morning, and if I don't like myself, there's no reason to even live the life.

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

To me, self-esteem is not self-love. It is self-acknowledgment, as in recognizing and accepting who you are.

I know who I am and I've always been comfortable in my own skin.

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

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

I like hanging out with me, and I've accepted everything about me good, bad whatever it is. That's why I'm able to, that's why no one can tell me anything negative about myself.

I think I'm highly loveable.

I've made peace with the fact that the things that I thought were weaknesses or flaws were just me. I like them.

Feeling comfortable in my own skin has never been easy for me.

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