Body Positivity Quotes & Sayings

Without the local library in my neighborhood, I don't think I would have grown up to be a writer or a teacher. — Sharon M. Draper

When I imagine God creating each one of us and planting a purpose deep in our hearts, I never imagine that purpose being mediocrity. — Katie Davis

All bodies are different, all bodies have their own individual way of reacting to the work we make them do. — Anna Kessel

Acting is hard work. At times, it's very energizing and enervating. It's childish. It's also responsible. It's illuminating, enriching, joyful, drab. It's bizarre, diabolical. It's exciting. — Al Pacino

It is important for me to focus on positive actions taken to heal instead of beating myself up over what I did wrong each day. It shifts my perspective, thus making my body and mind more hospitable places for healing and positive energy. — Sharon E. Rainey

Obstacles are given us in order to make our desire even stronger. The more a thing is hidden from man, the more he desires it, and the greater the chance he will one day discover it. — Chaim Potok

Suddenly, he felt a tremendous stirring of hope inside his heart; it filled his whole body with its warmth. I may not be that much of a broken man, he thought to himself. — H. L. Balcomb

It is when you stop resisting and choose an attitude of acceptance and positivity that you are able to shift your energetic experience to a higher plane and thereby attract and allow in experiences that are more in alignment with your hopes and dreams. — Susan Barbara Apollon

I am open to receiving help with moving forward toward my dreams and aspirations. — Renae A. Sauter

Because when you kiss your first boy or girl, you don't want to be so caught up in your lack of self-worth that you forget to enjoy the kiss, that you forget that you deserve the pleasure of that moment. You don't want to be so caught up in your lack of self-worth that you become an object of his or her desire, a grateful unworthy slave to his or her attention. — Jamie Le Fay

You do not need to seek freedom in a different land, for it exists with your own body, heart, mind, and soul. — B.K.S. Iyengar

Today's gasoline prices are taking a severe toll on Americans' pocketbooks. Consumers are anxious. — Pete Domenici

In other words, the best way to win the war against fat is to give up the fight. Turn over control to your body and you will settle at a healthy weight. And regardless of whether you do lose weight, your health and well-being will markedly improve. You will find that biology is much more powerful than willpower. — Linda Bacon

Always keep your ego in check and not be afraid to listen. Listening is a great art form. — Clint Eastwood

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

Because widespread participation is so central to popular sovereignty, we can say that the less political participation there is in a society, the weaker the democracy. — Edward S. Greenberg

Enough. Enough with these wafish elves walking your impossible clothing down an ugly runway with ugly lighting and noisy music. Life doesn't look like that runway. Let's see some ass up there and not just during the specially themed plus size show. We girls over size 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, we don't want a special day! We want every day and we want you to get out of our fucking way because we are already here. You are living in the past, all you dated, strange magazines representing the weird fashion world that presents bizarre clothing that no one I have ever met wears. — Amy Schumer

Think of good posture as your body's projection of a positive message to those you meet. — Cindy Ann Peterson

My father always told us that if we will let God, He can use even our disappointments, even our annoyances to bring us a blessing. There's a practical way to start the process too: by thanking Him for whatever happens, no matter how disagreeable it seems. — Catherine Marshall

You think you know your possibilities.
Then other people come into your life
and suddenly there are so many more. — David Levithan

Your intuition is the pilot's seat of your soul. If you don't trust it, you'll keep missing the most important of destinations in life. — Kaiden Blake

You are whole body, whole mind, whole spirit, all the time. When you experience all of you at once, anything is possible. — Tara Stiles

I think you should leave [the scar]. [...] It's not as bad as you think. It will look better once it is healed. And besides, you already have a classical beauty. This gives you a romantic beauty as well. — April Adams

You look beautiful," Alodia says.
I startle at the compliment. Then I smile. "I'm beautiful to the one person who matters."
She nods. "Hector's mouth is going to drop open when he sees you."
"I hope so. But I meant me. I'm beautiful to me. — Rae Carson

When a slave must be executed, the slaves from those plantations nearby are brought to watch; a deterrent, aye? against future ill-considered action." "Indeed," Jamie said politely. "I believe that was the Crown's notion in executing my grandsire on Tower Hill after the Rising. Verra effective, too; all my relations have been quite well behaved since." I had lived long enough among Scots to appreciate the effects of that little jab. Jamie might have come at Campbell's request, but the grandson of the Old Fox did no man's bidding lightly - nor necessarily held English law in high regard. MacNeill had got the message, all right; the back of his neck flushed turkey-red, but Farquard Campbell looked amused. He uttered a short, dry laugh before turning round. — Diana Gabaldon

Successful people realize the importance of a healthy body and a healthy mind. They know that the two are inextricably inter-linked and imperative for their smooth functioning. They follow a strict regimen of healthy habits which include right eating, adherence to meal times, a holistic exercise plan that suits one' s age and a mind full of positivity. It is established that the first three invariably impact the fourth. — Andy Paula

I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that. — Lauren Bacall

Good posture is the correct alignment of body parts supported by the right amount of muscle tension. — Cindy Ann Peterson

Positive thoughts revive the spirit, restore the soul and make the body healthy. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Want a sugar cube? — Suzanne Collins

Key message to all patients: Let go of all negativity and empower your body through your positivity. — Widad Akreyi

This body had carried me through a hard life. It looked exactly the way it was supposed to. — Veronica Roth

Project a confident image through good body posture. — Cindy Ann Peterson

Pray you never face a good man, Vimes thought. He'll kill you with hardly a word. — Terry Pratchett

Fighting hard to protect yourself and your relatives is good for your genes, but when captured and escape is not possible, giving up short of dying and making the best you can of the new situation is also good for your genes. — Keith Henson