Body Respect Quotes

I'm a woman who is very confident with the body, with my body.

There are exciting, intelligent, fat people - and exciting, intelligent, thin people.

Everyone has the right to their lives and to look the way they want to! Tomorrow I can put on 25 kilos... it's my choice, my body!

Being pregnant finally helped me understand what my true relationship was with my body - meaning that it wasn't put on this earth to look good in a swimsuit.

I think it's so important for girls to love themselves and to treat their bodies respectfully.

What I learned in my career is to know how to take care of my body and treat it with respect. I will never forget that and never let go of that.

My philosophy is this: Do not tamper with the anatomy of a woman's body; do not camouflage it.

The woman who respects the needs of her body will junk the junk food.

You can take care of your body, and it will low-key show you respect in turn.

I believe that fitness needs to come from within you. You need to respect your body. Only then will you have the zeal to maintain it. For me, keeping fit is a part of my lifestyle.

I've never been a size zero, let me say that here and now. I've never been that sort of person.

I've been every size in the world. Parts of my twenties, I was in great shape, but I didn't appreciate it. 'If I was a 6 or an 8,' I thought, 'Why aren't I a 2 or a 4?'

A lot of women think being thin is the way to go, but I prefer to have some meat on my bones.

I don't have a problem with my body. I don't diet, and I'm not hiding anything. I'm not going to be the subject of a movie of the week 10 years from now.

I don't have shame with my body. I don't find a breast more vulnerable than an elbow.

You totally value and respect your body as you get older.

My relationship with my body has changed. I used to consider it as a servant who should obey, function, give pleasure. In sickness, you realise that you are not the boss. It is the other way around.

You've got to respect your body and know the time to transition to what's next. A lot of athletes cannot transition. They don't have nothing to do after.

I haven't always been the best advocate for my own body. I was a too-tall, pudgy child who felt completely out of control of the genetic lottery ticket she'd been given, so in retaliation, I shut down. I ignored my body and hated it for not being tiny and cute like my friends' bodies.

I'm not ashamed of what I am and that I have curves and that I'm thick. I like my body.

I'm cool with my body, I love my body. I wouldn't trade it for no other body.

To step into reverence for your body, you must pardon yourself for all you have done and not done to care for it. You must bless what works and accept and embrace all you perceive to be wrong.

I feel like if we're not running, we're basically disrespecting our bodies. When you're running, you're really using your body for what it's meant to do.

I've set the bar high in terms of having a very feminist attitude towards how I present my body.

I would love it if people could look at chubby folks with all of our curves, bumps and ridges and just say 'She's beautiful' just like that. You don't have to get on a treadmill as long as your blood pressure is under control and you eat healthy, God bless.