Iskra Lawrence Quotes

I know who I am. I am not perfect. I'm not the most beautiful woman in the world. But I'm one of them.

I love to look good - I love to get glammed up - but it's not the most important thing in my world, and I'm not afraid to not be perfect. I can see where there is a lot of pressure 'cause we live in a very visual world, but I try to go a bit deeper than that. Things are just more important!

There's no such thing as being perfect, and that doesn't just mean the perfect body.

I think there's so much feeling among young girls where they feel like they have to be this perfect thing - and they don't. Perfect people don't exist. Sometimes people need to be told it.

I am certainly not perfect. I don't think you should try to be perfect for anyone. When you come to terms with that, then you're OK.

I think every single imperfection adds to your beauty. I'd rather be imperfect than perfect.

There are a lot of things that are personally uncomfortable to show, especially me without makeup and completely bloated or crying. But I've realized that it's time for me to show my audience that you don't have to be perfect to achieve your dreams. Because nobody relates to being perfect.

I don't have to try to be perfect at everything.

I'm done with trying to be perfect. A perfect body belongs to somebody else - and it's not me.

I have been criticized a lot for not looking perfect in every photograph. I'm not embarrassed about it. I'm proud of it. If I took perfect pictures all the time, the people standing in the room with me, or on the carpet, would think, 'What an actress! What a faker!'

Frankly, the idea that we need to be beautiful, if you really think about it, it's odd. But if you can turn it inward and see yourself as beautiful, that's what changes the world.

I like to tell little girls that not every day is going to be your best day and that you won't look pretty every day either and that that's OK. But it is important to take care of yourself.

I'm firmly convinced that true beauty only springs from the acceptance of oneself, from an awareness of who we really are.

Nobody's perfect, so don't go out there and try to act like you got to live a perfect life. Be yourself, and be happy with it.

I think that's the most beautiful thing about being confident - just loving yourself, not caring what everybody else thinks. Because you could be Mother Theresa, and people are still going to try to find some imperfection.

That's really truly what my message is - finding self love within yourself and not comparing yourself to others - because there's no such thing as perfection, because perfection doesn't exist.

You don't need to be retouched - because the real you is beautiful.

Appreciate your body now. One day, you'll look back and regret all the time you wasted worrying about not looking perfect, because you were perfect the whole time.

It's okay to wake up and look however you look. You are beautiful regardless.

I'm a real model because I'm imperfect.

I stay away from the title of 'role model.' I want to be a more realistic role model - not a perfect Barbie role model.

Life isn't always really glamorous and fabulous. It's about encouraging people to go back to natural beauty.

I don't always look so beautiful.

I'm alright with being disliked rather than trying to be perfect, because you get to relax then.

They say real girls aint never perfect, perfect girls aint real.