A collection of body positivity quotes to help you with your journey of loving and accepting your body and building self-confidence!
I have always had body image issues. Growing up, I was taught that being “fat” or even gaining weight is not a good thing.
So, during my teenage years, I always pushed myself to constantly watch my weight and be on a diet.
I remembered a time when I was so overwhelmed by having to constantly watch what I eat and how much I weigh and that I ended up started gaining weight.
And tell you the truth, I had no problem with that, I was still happy and I didn’t really think that it would matter anymore but then my family and even my family’s friends started commenting about how much weight I gained every time they see me that I just felt so crushed.
I felt so humiliated every time they talk about my weight in gatherings. I hated them and I hated myself for allowing this to happen. I hated my body.
But as I grew older, I realized that my weight should have nothing to do with defining me as a person. I’m starting to understand that the thing about beauty is, it should have nothing to do with how much I weigh.
Because it didn’t really matter how much weight I lost or gained, at the end of the day, every time I looked at myself in the mirror, I still hated my body and I still called myself ugly for that.
That’s when I realized that regardless of how much I weigh, I would always find something about my body that I didn’t love and I would still end up hating it.
So, I’ll tell you this, the only way that you would ever feel enough is if you believe that you are enough just as you are without having to look for acceptance and validation elsewhere.
Learning to love yourself, body acceptance, and self-acceptance is the only way that we will ever be comfortable in our own body – no amount of diet or exercise will give that to us.
But of course, doing those things and changing your life and mindset is not something that we can just achieve in a day, it’s a journey and it’s not a straight path.
To be honest, until now, I’m still definitely working on it. There are still days when I avoided mirrors because I didn’t want to see myself but the only difference now is, I know that my body is not the problem, and all I have to do is to change my mindset and let go of negativity.
I realized to never sacrificed my mental health just to achieve what society believes should be the “perfect weight” because that simply doesn’t exist.
So, to help you get started on this journey and to help you learn to love yourself right, I’ve collected positive quotes about body positivity to help remind you that you are enough and your body deserves to be loved and respected.
Here are 52 Body Positivity Quotes to Accept and Love your Body Unconditionally
and i said to my body. softly. ‘i want to be your friend.’ it took a long breath. and replied ‘i have been waiting my whole life for this.
– Nayyirah Waheed
Pretty much the strongest, most badass, and rebellious thing that you can do is to love your body in this world that screams at you that you shouldn’t.
– Laura Bates, Girl Up
Focus on the parts of yourself that will not diminish with time – humour and wisdom are not like collagen. You will make more of them as you age.
– Eleanor Gordon-Smith
You see Viola, this is the body I have and I’m gonna keep it. I’ve got a potato nose, a bit of flab, a muffin top… I’ve grown attached to them. And life’s too short to worry about what other people think. I’ve decided to like myself the way I am and to have fun, every time I can.
– Assia Petricelli
You’re not a better person if you eat carrots, and you’re not a fuckup if you eat pie.
– Jes Baker
Do not apologize for your sacred body. All of you is holy.
– Ashley Asti
a green juice
is not self-care
if it’s meant to
starve not
nourish.
—moderation
– Ashley Asti
I strongly believe that our bodies give back to us whatever resonates with the thoughts we are thinking about it. If you truly love your body, are grateful and appreciative of the things it CAN do for you, and what it does for you every day without even having to ask, you will change your life.
– Crystal Gray
Hating our bodies is something that we learn, and it sure as hell is something that we can unlearn.
– Megan Jayne Crabbe
I am getting used to my voice not sounding like an apology, my hair looking like a thunder storm, my face resembling a calamity, my smile looking like jagged tombstones, my soul feeling like an abstract art.
– Ayushee Ghoshal
Eyes closed, feet dancing their way toward the pond, she was her own music, her body her favorite thing she’d ever owned.
– Tahereh Mafi
So the question is, which boulder are you going to choose to roll? The “must lose weight” boulder or the “fuck you I will boldly, defiantly accept the body I’ve got and LIVE IN IT” boulder?
– Kate Harding
Your body. Your diet. Your life. It isn’t perfect. It never will be. But it’s real. It’s honest. It’s beautifully flawed. And totally magical.
– Nicola Jane Hobbs
Stop trying to fix your body. It was never broken.
– Eve Ensler
Your body is an amazing self-regulating, self-correcting wonder.
– Amy Leigh Mercree
Your body is the piece of the universe you’ve been given; as long as you have a pulse, it presents you with an ongoing shower of immediate sensate experiences.
– Geneen Roth
The reality was my life wasn’t miserable because I was curvy; I was miserable because I thought I’d be happier if I were thinner.
– Brittany Gibbons
LOVE YOUR BODY QUOTES
Let’s get real about the ideal. It sucks. It doesn’t represent us, and it doesn’t even try to. It refuses to acknowledge that people of all sizes, shapes, ages, skin colors, genders and abilities exist and are worthy of being seen, heard, and valued.
– Megan Jayne Crabbe
All bodies are different, all bodies have their own individual way of reacting to the work we make them do.
– Anna Kessel,
As for the rest of you, remember this: YOU ARE WANTED. Big, small, tall, short, pretty, plain, friendly, shy. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise, not even yourself. Especially yourself.
– Jennifer Niven
Your words have so much power. Every day, if you tell yourself ‘I love you,’ if you give yourself one word of validation, it will change your mind.
– Ashley Graham
I longed to love this frame that was projected towards me. I continued staring. This was me, my body, and it was mine.
– Malebo Sephodi
You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.
– Louise Hay
I am done wearing clothes to make other people feel comfortable at the expense of my womanhood.
– Brittany Gibbons
How beautiful would it be if we could just see souls instead of bodies? To see love and compassion instead of curves.
– Karen Quan
By choosing healthy over skinny you are choosing self-love over self-judgment. You are beautiful!
– Steve Maraboli
A cultural fixation on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty but an obsession about female obedience.
– Naomi Wolf
Life is so much more beautiful and complex than a number on a scale.
– Tess Munster
The most attractive thing about you should have less to do with your face or body and more to do with your attitude and how you treat people.
– Germany Kent
To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.
– Simone de Beauvoir
Just focus on being the best possible version of yourself and quit worrying about your thighs- there’s nothing wrong with them
– Jennie Runk
MORE BODY CONFIDENCE QUOTES
You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.
– Amy Bloom
Work out because you love your body, not because you hate it.
– Torre Washington
Your body. Your diet. Your life. It isn’t perfect. It never will be. But it’s real. It’s honest. It’s beautifully flawed. And totally magical.
– Nicola Jane Hobbs
There is nothing more rare, nor more beautiful, than a woman being unapologetically herself; comfortable in her perfect imperfection. To me, that is the true essence of beauty.
– Steve Maraboli
Be happy in your own skin. If you are unhealthy, start by making small changes to become healthier. You are unique, beautiful, and worthy.
– Octavia Spencer
Beauty shouldn’t be about changing yourself to achieve an ideal or be more socially acceptable. Real beauty, the interesting, truly pleasing kind, is about honoring the beauty within you and without you. It’s about knowing that someone else’s definition of pretty has no hold over you.
– Golda Poretsky
Your body is your home, your vessel in life. It needs to be respected and loved.
– Iskra Lawrence
Our bodies were printed as blank pages
to be filled with the ink of our hearts
– Michael Biondi
Don’t let your mind bully your body.
– June Tomaso Wood
Being a healthy woman isn’t about getting on a scale or measuring your waistline. We need to start focusing on what matters — on how we feel, and how we feel about ourselves.
– Michelle Obama
Healthy emotions come in all sizes. Healthy minds come in all sizes. And healthy bodies come in all sizes.
– Cheri K. Erdman
You define beauty yourself. Society doesn’t define your beauty.
– Lady Gaga
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To love yourself right now, just as you are, is to give yourself heaven. Don’t wait until you die. If you wait, you die now. If you love, you live now.
– Alan Cohen
Do something every day that is loving toward your body and gives you the opportunity to enjoy the sensations of your body.
– Golda Poretsky
Telling yourself you like the way you look is easy. Believing it is an entirely different kettle of whales.
– Andrew Biss
Weight loss is not the key to your dreams. The truth is there is no lock and the door is flimsy.
– Golda Poretsky
May I see the beauty in others without denigrating my own.
– Kimber Simpkins
Are we really going to spend our whole lives like this, feeling the wrong shape and the wrong weight in the wrong skin?
– Emma Wool
You all can judge my body all you want, but at the end of the day it’s MY body. I love it and I’m comfortable in my own skin.
– Simone Biles
It doesn’t have anything to do with how the world perceives you. What matters is what you see.
– Gabourey Sidibe
Every Cell in My Body Exudes Universal Energy.
That Makes Me a Beautiful Body & Soul.
– Ujjwal Arora
Which of these body positivity quotes resonated and inspired you the most?
Remember that being comfortable in your skin and learning to love your body completely is not a straight path. So, please don’t beat yourself up if you feel like slipping. When that happens, just give yourself some love, be kind and patient with yourself and just keep going. Doing this is definitely a journey – but it is certainly a journey worth taking.
I hope you have found these positive body image quotes helpful in learning to love and accept your own skin unconditionally. If you have enjoyed these quotes please be sure to check out these bad bitch quotes to help improve your self-esteem and bring out your inner boss!
Remember, you are beautiful, loved and enough!