Christy Turlington Quotes

Inner beauty should be the most important part of improving one's self.

Having inner beauty is something you develop on your own, and I like to think I have that.

It's neat to have finally reached a point where I can accept what I was and what I am.

I think everybody should focus on inner beauty.

I'm proud that today, at 43 years old, I've come to value the aging process and focus on inner rather than outer beauty.

As I get older, I feel better about myself because I've done a lot of spiritual work on myself and balanced myself out, and so I feel more confident about myself as a person and as a woman.

Maybe you just don't see your own beauty.

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.

I think part of maturity is knowing who you are.

When you love and accept yourself, when you know who really cares about you, and when you learn from your mistakes, then you stop caring about what people who don't know you think.

I've just grown as a person, accepting my flaws as well. Before I was very insecure and I used to just hide, and now I just accept that I'm an imperfect human.

Whoever comes to me finds me a mirror to whatever is in his heart. Thus, I try to help him to see qualities in himself that he needs to overcome.

You learn to accept your own reality.

I never saw myself as beautiful. I can look back and see it now, but then? Never.

I think happiness comes from self-acceptance. We all try different things, and we find some comfortable sense of who we are. We look at our parents and learn and grow and move on. We change.

Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.

It's important to talk about loving yourself and looking at your tragedies and the stuff that makes you grow.

We all have to find beauty within us, as opposed to just our exterior.

My centre of who I thought I was was never very consciously about being beautiful or attractive - I think I'm one of those people who's actually grown into their looks.

There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside.

I didn't think of myself as beautiful, but, in retrospect, I guess I was.

My motto is to help people love themselves sooner. I can't teach them how to do that. They have to figure that out on their own - that's their journey.

I'm happier in my thirties. I feel clearer about who I am and less apologetic about it, and more accepting of my limitations and also more aware of the ways in which I'm capable.

It's common for people to start questioning themselves. As a female, I'm going to offer the advice I gave myself: You look at your strengths, you look at your goals, and accept that you are who you are. Be true to that.

I believe the arts are the best way to help people go on a journey of self-discovery toward their own compassion and empathy for humanity and themselves.