CONSTANCE WU
“There are so many other ways , besides body type, to create your self worth. Kindness, intelligence, wit, talent – this list goes on. I think that’s why, as teens we try on different archetypal personalities to see what fits: the jock, the goth, the prom queen. It’s also where we find community.” Cosmopolitan Magazine
HALLE BERRY
“When I was a kid, my mother told me that if you can’t be a good loser, you can’t be a good winner. If you can’t take criticism,
then you don’t deserve the praise.” Razzies Awards
DON MIQUEL RUIZ AND DON JOSE RUIZ
“If your beliefs are telling you, “I’m fat. I’m ugly. I’m old. I’m a loser. I’m not good enough. I’m not strong enough. I’ll never make it,” then don’t believe yourself, because it’s not true. These messages are distorted. They’re nothing but lies. Once you can see the lies, you don’t have to believe them. Use the power of doubt to challenge every message that you deliver to yourself. “Is it really true that I’m ugly? Is it really true that I’m not good enough?” Is this message real, or is it virtual? Of course it’s virtual. None of these messages come from the truth, from life; they come from distortions in our knowledge. The truth is, there are no ugly people. There is no good enough or strong enough. There’s no universal book of law where any of these judgments are true. These judgments are just agreements that humans make.
Can you see the consequences of believing yourself? Believing yourself is one of the worst things you can do because you’ve been telling yourself lies your whole life, and if you believe all those lies, that’s why your dream isn’t a pleasant dream.” From the book, “The Fifth Agreement”
HAILEE STEINFELD
“It’s easy to get caught up in what other people have to say about you – and I have myself – but you can’t please everybody. If you’re happy, that all that really matters.
As long as I love what I’m wearing and feel great in it, then there’s no reason to care what anybody else thinks. If you go out and feel comfortable and confident, you can rock anything and people will see that. And if they don’t, then it’s their own opinion.” People Magazine
BARBRA STREISAND
“I was an ugly duckling and a loner. I was known as the kid who had a good voice and no father. My mother laughed at my ambition. She never hugged me or said words like, ‘I love you.’ I never would have ended up doing what I’m doing. I owe her my career. I was always trying to prove to her that I was worthy of being somebody. If you don’t feel loved as a child, you spend your life trying to get that love. People who have two parents who love them are very lucky. They are not left with a hole to fill. You have to fill it with yourself, eventually.” CLOSER
PHARRELL WILLIAMS
“You should not find confidence outside of your mirror.” Prime on OWN TV
KELLY CLARKSON
“If somebody says, ‘I don’t like something about you,’ I’m just like, ‘You know what? I’ve been hurt so incredibly deeper than what you’re saying, and I survived. So I’m good.’ You can’t count on your self-worth being tied to someone else.” People Magazine