Profoundly inspirational body quotes will challenge the way you think, and help guide you through any life experience.
Famous Body Quotes
The most powerful thing anyone can say to us is what we say to ourselves. Christine D’Ercole
Life is so much more beautiful and complex than a number on a scale. Tess Munster
You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving yourself and see what happens. Louise Hay
I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that. Lauren Bacall
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
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
People often say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. Salma Hayek
You can’t hate yourself happy. You can’t criticize yourself thin. You can’t shame yourself worthy. Real change begins with self love and self care. Jessica Ortner
All bodies are swimsuit bodies. Catherine Li
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
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
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
Lines can be the etchings of your biggest smiles, the frowns you learned from, the proof that you change and grow. Eleanor Gordon Smith
Hating our bodies is something that we learn, and it sure as hell is something that we can unlearn. Megan Jayne Crabbe
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 don’t want to wait until I’m 73 to embrace my body. To look back and think of my beauty: How did I miss it? Let’s not wait another moment. Ashley Asti
The most powerful thing anyone can say to us is what we say to ourselves. Christine D’Ercole
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, btch! Lizzo
If you retain nothing else, always remember the most important rule of beauty, which is: who cares? Tina Fey
Stop trying to fix your body. It was never broken. Eve Ensler
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 can’t hate yourself happy. You can’t criticize yourself thin. You can’t shame yourself worthy. Real change begins with self love and self care. Jessica Ortner
1Life is so much more beautiful and complex than a number on a scale. Tess Munster
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
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
Stop spending all day obsessing, cursing, perfecting your body like it’s all you’ve got to offer the world. Your body is not your art, it’s your paintbrush. Glennon Doyle
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
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
You have to stand up and say, ‘There’s nothing wrong with me or my shape or who I am, you’re the one with the problem! Jennifer Lopez
You define beauty yourself. Society doesn’t define your beauty. Lady Gaga
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
Confidence is the only key. I can’t think of any better representation of beauty than someone who is unafraid to be herself. Emma Stone
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson
How I feel about myself is more important than how I look. Feeling confident, being comfortable in your skin that’s what really makes you beautiful. Bobbi Brown
“I think about my body as a tool to do the stuff I need to do, but not the be all and end all of my existence. Lena Dunham
Each individual woman’s body demands to be accepted on its own terms. Gloria Steinem
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
If I didn’t know better, I’d say I was thin. I do, however, know better. The fact is, I’m not thin. But here’s my newfound reality: You don’t have to be thin to look great. Lisa Kogan
If you focus on the inside, you’ll feel just as great about the outside. I feel attractive when I’m doing good and helping people. Keke Palmer
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
Everybody has a part of her body that she doesn’t like, but I’ve stopped complaining about mine because I don’t want to critique nature’s handiwork. My job is simply to allow the light to shine out of the masterpiece. Alfre Woodard
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
I realize everybody wants what they don’t have. But at the end of the day, what you have inside is much more beautiful than what’s on the outside. Selena Gomez
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
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
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. Thich Nhat Hanh
I think about my body as a tool to do the stuff I need to do, but not the be all and end all of my existence. Lena Dunham
Feeling beautiful has nothing to do with what you look like. Emma Watson
I don’t have perfect teeth. I’m not stick thin. I want to be the person who feels great in her body and can say that she loves it and doesn’t want to change anything. Emma Watson
Worthiness does not have prerequisites. Brené Brown
The fact of the matter is, I absolutely do try to conform to normal standards of beauty. I am just not remotely successful at it. But I never want to be part of the problem. I want to always be as body positive as girls hope that I am. Mindy Kaling
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
I’d rather look a little chubby on camera and look like a person in real life than to look great on screen and look like a scarecrow in real life. Jennifer Lawrence
Treat your body like an instrument, not an ornament. Gary Thomas
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
Take your time and your talent and figure out what you have to contribute to this world, and get over what the hell your butt looks like in those jeans! America Ferrara
I want to enjoy life, and I can’t if I’m not eating and miserable. Kate Upton
There is nothing more boring and fruitless than a woman lamenting the fact her stomach is round. Cheryl Strayed
If you focus on the inside, you’ll feel just as great about the outside. I feel attractive when I’m doing good and helping people. Keke Palmer
There is deep wisdom within our very flesh, if we can only come to our senses and feel it. Elizabeth A. Behnke
Step away from the mean girls and say bye-bye to feeling bad about your looks. Are you ready to stop colluding with a culture that makes so many of us feel physically inadequate? Say goodbye to your inner critic, and take this pledge to be kinder to yourself and others. Oprah
The body is a multilingual being. It speaks through its color and its temperature, the flush of recognition, the glow of love, the ash of pain, the heat of arousal, the coldness of non conviction It speaks through the leaping of the heart, the falling of the spirits, the pit at the center, and rising hope. Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Who cares if there are lumps on my thighs? I’m guilty of having human legs made up of fat, muscle, and skin, and sometimes when you sit, they get bumpy! Kristen Bell
It is amazing how many hints and guides and intuitions for living come to the sensitive person who has ears to hear what his body is saying. Rollo May
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
The body never lies. Martha Graham
We hear the term body positivity all the time. To be honest, I don’t always feel positive about my body. Sometimes I do not like what I see. I don’t sit there and dwell on it. I also don’t lie to myself. Demi Lovato
Great ideas originate in the muscles. Thomas Edison
You define beauty yourself, society doesn’t define your beauty. Lady Gaga
Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain. Carl G. Jung
I certainly don’t feel like I have the perfect body type It’s through your own eyes. It’s just important to have that confidence and self esteem no matter what body type you have. Alex Morgan
Think with the whole body. Taisen Deshimaru
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
Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person’s physical, emotional, and mental states. Carol Welch
I’m comfortable in my body and I don’t mind putting it on display. Honestly, I like how unique it is. My big arms, my bigger hands, these long legs I love being different. If everybody was the same, it’d be a boring ass world. Brittney Griner
Trying out new ways of using your body in handling various situations breaks you free from old ways of thinking and being. Mirka Knaster
Your body is your home, your vessel in life. It needs to be respected and loved. Iskra Lawrence
In our bodies, in this moment, there live the seed impulses of the change and spiritual growth we seek, and to awaken them we must bring our awareness into the body, into the here and now. Pat Ogden
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
Man has no Body distinct from his Soul for that called Body is a portion of Soul discerned by the five Senses. William Blake
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
Our body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care. Buddha
Don’t let your mind bully your body. June Tomaso Wood
Complete health and awakening are really the same. Tarthang Tulka
I’m pretty comfortable with my body. I’m imperfect. The imperfections are there. People are going to see them, but I take the view that you only live once. Kate Hudson
Our own body is the best health system we have if we know how to listen to it. Christiane Northrup
So the question is, which boulder are you going to choose to roll? The ‘must lose weight’ boulder or the ‘ you I will boldly, defiantly accept the body I’ve got and LIVE IN IT’ boulder? Kate Harding
If we’re operating on automatic pilot we are not sensitive to how we’re being influenced by what we eat, where we live, the way we work, and our actions, thoughts, and emotions. When we’re not aware of these connections, we also remain baffled why we’re sick, tense, in chronic pain, or depressed. Mirka Knaster
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. Thich Nhat Hanh
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, nor to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly. Buddha
I’ve finally recognized my body for what it is: a personality delivery system, designed expressly to carry my character from place to place, now and in the years to come. Anna Quindlen
Polish the heart, free the six senses and let them function without obstruction, and your entire body will glow. Morihei Ueshiba
Girls of all kinds can be beautiful from the thin, plus sized, short, very tall, ebony to porcelain skinned; the quirky, clumsy, shy, outgoing and all in between. It’s not easy though because many people still put beauty into a confining, narrow box think outside of the box. Tyra Banks
The deeper we live the life of our bodies, the deeper is the upwelling of love. Stanley Keleman
Work out because you love your body, not because you hate it. Torre Washington
If you are centered, you can move freely. Morihei Ueshiba
