Ashley Graham Quotes

I fall asleep feeling beautiful. Then, in the morning, before I leave the house, I say five things I love about myself, like 'You have really pretty eyes.' That way I can go out into the world with that little bit of extra confidence. It's a feel-good protein shake in my back pocket in case someone messes with me that day.

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

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.

One of my intentions with 'Rookie' is for the girls reading it to know that they are already cool enough and smart enough and pretty enough.

We need to say to ourselves 'I'm talented, loved, worthy, and valued.'

People always ask me, how did you grow up to be so confident? I tell them, I always look in the mirror and say I belong, you are so beautiful and you are meant to be here.

I just try to love my body, to embrace who I am and really be the best version of myself. You have to know how much you're worth.

There are some days I feel fat. I'm not convinced there's going to be a moment where every woman in the world wakes up and feels like a million dollars. So, what I want to do is give women the tools that will help when those moments come up. Sometimes it can be as easy as telling yourself that you are beautiful.

I think I've evolved into someone pretty confident - in myself and in my skin.

I am comfortable with my body and embrace who I am. I love to work it.

I want my fans to love themselves. It's almost like I want to hypnotize them so when they hear my music they love themselves instantly.

You're made to feel ugly, and I made ugly beautiful. Just by sheer persistence. Nobody has the right to say that I am ugly, and I will not be a professional victim, you know. Sorry!

I don't have all answers, but as far as viewing my body... I'm in a place where I can look at my stretch marks and say, 'Oh, hey, stretch marks!' and I'm over it.

I encourage women to just feel good about who you are.

Adele is great because she promotes the idea of being happy as you are.

My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.

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

I guess my mom raised me right. She was very celebratory of her body. I never heard her once say, 'I feel fat.'

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 struggled with self-esteem issues as a young girl, and it was not until my gymnastics career was completed in 2000 that I realized my accomplishments would not have been possible without my type of body, and I finally started to appreciate and celebrate myself.

I think we women need to be kinder to ourselves. That we are just the way we are is enough.

You are absolutely enough the way you are.

I love who I am.

In the morning, before I leave the house, I say five things I love about myself, like 'You have really pretty eyes.' That way I can go out into the world with that little bit of extra confidence.

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