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I avoid looking down at my body, not so much because it's shameful or immodest but because I don't want to see it. I don't want to look at something that determines me so completely.   I
- Margaret Atwood
Most of the time, it's your thinking, not your talent, that holds you back.
- Rick Warren
I know I have my faults and shortcomings, but the blow them all out of proportion!
- Anne Frank
Everyone thinks I'm showing off when I talk, ridiculous when I'm silent, insolent when I answer, cunning when I have a good idea, lazy when I'm tired, selfish when I eat one bite more than I should, stupid, cowardly, calculating, etc., etc. All day long I hear nothing but what an exasperating child I am, and although I laugh it off and pretend not to mind, I do mind. I wish I could ask God to give me another personality, one that doesn't antagonize everyone.
- Anne Frank
In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth, women are not merely tolerated but valued.
- Aung San Suu Kyi
For a long time, I thought I was ugly and disfigured. This made me shy and timid, and I often reacted to insults that were not intended.
- Alice Walker
We spend so much time and expend so much energy trying to gain a sense of worth from othersultimately, only God's opinion of us matters.
- Stanley Grenz
I don't spend a lot of time thinking about my faults.
- Dick Cheney
There were moments growing up where I felt beautiful, but I truly didn't feel beautiful all of the time until I became a mom. It really allowed me to realize no one is perfect.
- Ayesha Curry
When it comes down to it, I let them think what they want. If they care enough to bother with what I do, then I'm already better than them.
- Marilyn Monroe
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
- Mark Twain
We laugh at inferior or ugly individuals, because we feel a joy at feeling superior to them.
- Aristotle