52 Empowering Quotes to Help You Overcome Body Shaming
Last updated on December 28th, 2023 at 06:16 am
Body shaming is a harmful and insidious practice involving judging and criticizing someone’s physical appearance, often to make them feel inferior or unworthy. It can take many forms, from commenting on someone’s weight or clothing choices to critiquing their facial features or skin color. Unfortunately, body shaming is too common and can have serious consequences, including low self-esteem, depression, and even physical harm.
It’s important to remember that no one has the right to shame or criticize someone else’s body and that everyone can feel confident and comfortable in their skin. The following quotes explore the damaging effects of body shaming and offer encouragement and empowerment for those who have experienced it.
Body Positivity Quotes
Welcome to the world of body positivity! It is a world of self-love and acceptance, where everyone is encouraged to embrace their uniqueness and to love the skin they are in. In this world, it is essential to be kind to yourself and to celebrate every aspect of who you are. These body positivity quotes are a great way to inspire and motivate yourself to be happy and confident in your skin. So, read on and remember always to love yourself, no matter what.
“Each individual woman’s body demands to be accepted on its own terms.”
Gloria Steinem
“Dear Girls Across the Globe,
Miya Yamanouchi
Let’s stop body-shaming each other with hurtful comments about how another girl looks or doesn’t look. We are all beautiful in our own unique way; so let’s speak about each other with the dignity that we would want others to have when they speak about us.”
“You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked.
Louise Hay
Try approving of yourself and see what happens.”
“Do not apologize for your sacred body. All of you is holy.”
Ashley Asti
“Your self-esteem won’t come from body parts. You need to step away from the mirror every once in a while, and look for another reflection, like the one in the eyes of the people who love you and admire you.”
Stacy London
“Weight loss does not make people happy. Or peaceful. Being thin does not address the emptiness that has no shape or weight or name. Even a wildly successful diet is a colossal failure because inside the new body is the same sinking heart.”
Geneen Roth
“I wish I could tell my younger self that she was always more than a body. She always had more to offer the world than weight loss and flat abs. So much more.”
Megan Jayne Crabbe
“You define beauty yourself. Society doesn’t define your beauty.”
Lady Gaga
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Social Media Body-Shaming Quotes
Social Media has revolutionized the way we communicate and interact with one another. Unfortunately, it has also become a platform for body shaming, a form of bullying in which people are shamed or ridiculed for their physical appearance. This section will explore some of the most powerful quotes about body shaming and its damaging consequences. These quotes will provide insight into why body shaming is harmful and how we can all take a stand against it.
“YOU ARE WANTED. Big, small, tall, short, pretty, plain, friendly, shy.
Jennifer Niven
Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise, not even yourself. Especially yourself.”
“I say I love myself, and they’re like, ‘oh my gosh’, she’s so brave.
She’s so political. For what? All I said is ‘I love myself, bitch!’”
“Don’t tell me I’m “too tall” just because my height happens to threaten your rather fragile sense of masculinity. The fact that men cannot physically look down upon women who are taller than them is the very reason that many men find tall women so intimidating.”
Miya Yamanouchi
“My weight? It is what it is. You could get hit by a bus tomorrow.
Melissa McCarthy
It’s about being content. And sometimes other priorities win.”
“To love yourself as you are is a miracle, and to seek yourself is to have found yourself, for now. And now is all we have, and love is who we are.”
Anne Lamott
“You have to be happy with the way you look and not try to conform to a stereotype”
ANONYMOUS
“Feeling beautiful has nothing to do with what you look like.”
Emma Watson
“Sir Parsifal started in on a chocolate milkshake, which he really did not need.”
Paul Carlson
“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
“My weight? It is what it is. You could get hit by a bus tomorrow. It’s about being content. And sometimes other priorities win.”
Melissa McCarthy
Uplifting Body Confidence Quotes
In this section, you will find quotes from some of the world’s most influential people who will help you take a step closer to self-love and acceptance. Read through some of these quotes, reflect on their meanings, and use them as inspiration to start your body confidence journey.
“To love yourself right now, just as you are, is to give yourself heaven.
Alan Cohen
Don’t wait until you die. If you wait, you die now. If you love, you live now.”
“I celebrate myself, and sing myself.”
Walt Whitman
“You have to stand up and say, ‘There’s nothing wrong with me or my shape or who I am,
Jennifer Lopez
you’re the one with the problem!'”
“Life is so much more beautiful and complex than a number on a scale.”
Tess Munster
“Each individual woman’s body demands to be accepted on its own terms.”
Gloria Steinem
“Since I don’t look like every other girl,
Serena Williams
It takes a while to be okay with that.
To be different. But different is good.”
“I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.”
Lauren Bacall
“Since I don’t look like every other girl, it takes a while to be okay with that. To be different. But different is good.“
Serena Williams
“You need to accept who you are and what you have.”
ANONYMOUS
Body Shaming Quotes About Enjoying Your Body
We all have our insecurities and flaws, but too often, we forget to embrace and enjoy the beauty of our bodies. Body shaming has become increasingly prevalent in our society, and it can be damaging to both our mental and physical health. Here are some inspiring quotes about enjoying your body, no matter your size or shape. These quotes remind us that we should love and appreciate our bodies just as we are.
“Beauty is the goal in life that is unobtainable if you don’t love yourself.”
ANONYMOUS
“I definitely have body issues, but everybody does. When you come to the realization that everybody does—even the people that I consider flawless—then you can start to live with the way you are.”
Taylor Swift
“Feeling confident, being comfortable in your skin—that’s what really makes you beautiful.”
Bobbi Brown
“I’ve made peace with the fact that the things that I thought were weaknesses or flaws were just me. I like them.”
Sandra Bullock
“As a child, I never heard one woman say to me, ‘I love my body’. Not my mother, my elder sister, my best friend. No one woman has ever said, ‘I am so proud of my body.’ So I make sure to say it to my daughter because a positive physical outlook has to start at an early age.”
Kate Winslet
“Lines can be the etchings of your biggest smiles, the frowns you learned from, the proof that you change and grow.”
Eleanor Gordon-Smith
“In order to find real happiness, you must learn to love yourself for the totality of who you are and not just what you look like.”
Portia de Rossi
“Your words have so much power. Every day, if you tell yourself ‘I love you,’
Ashley Graham
If you give yourself one word of validation, it will change your mind.”
“Scarcity of self-value cannot be remedied by money, recognition, affection, attention or influence.”
Gary Zukav
“Hating our bodies is something that we learn, and it sure as hell is something that we can unlearn.”
Megan Jayne Crabbe
More Body-Shaming Quotes
Body shaming is a harmful and destructive practice involving judging and criticizing someone’s physical appearance, often to make them feel inferior or unworthy.
“Hating our bodies is something that we learn, and it sure as hell is something that we can unlearn.”
Megan Jayne Crabbe
“I don’t want to wait until I’m 73 to embrace my body.
Ashley Asti
To look back and think of my beauty: How did I miss it? Let’s not wait another moment.”
“Find the love you seek, by first finding the love within yourself. Learn to rest in that place within you that is your true home.”
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
“Don’t waste so much time thinking about how much you weigh. There is no more mind-numbing, boring, idiotic, self-destructive diversion from the fun of living.”
Meryl Streep
“You have to grow, you have to be, you have to love yourself unconditionally.”
Dominic Riccitello
“I definitely have body issues, but everybody does. When you come to the realization that everybody does — even the people that I consider flawless — then you can start to live with the way you are.”
Taylor Swift
“You were born an original work of art. Stay original always. Originals cost more than imitations.”
Suzy Kassem
“Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.”
Malcolm S. Forbes
“Life is so much more beautiful and complex than a number on a scale.”
Tess Munster
It’s important to remember that no one has the right to shame or criticize someone else’s body and that everyone can feel confident and comfortable in their skin.
The following quotes explore the damaging effects of body shaming and offer encouragement and empowerment for those who have experienced it. These quotes serve as a reminder that no one should be made to feel bad about their appearance and that it’s time to end the harmful practice of body shaming once and for all.
Nitesh Kucchal
Nitesh Kuchhal, an IIM Calcutta graduate, is more than an educator—he's a mentor. With a passion for leadership and entrepreneurship, and travel. He has explored over 20 countries. Beyond teaching, he dives into psychology and discusses social issues. Though he is not a history expert, he enjoys learning about it through books, adding a historical touch to his many interests.
