Honestly, I could care less about other people’s opinions about me.

True politeness consists in being easy one’s self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.

Do you wish people to think well of you? Don’t speak well of yourself.

I guess I don’t so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and old.

We are second-hand people. We have lived on what we have been told, either guided by our inclinations, our tendencies, or compelled to accept by circumstances and environment. We are the result of all kinds of influences, and there is nothing new in us, nothing that we have discovered for ourselves: nothing original, pristine, clear.

I’m not afraid to look bad on the screen.

Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.

Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?

It’s a representation of yourself, and you can express a lot of your creativity with what your wearing.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

We are all special cases.

None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.

In the book of Gaga, fame is in your heart, fame is there to comfort you, to bring you self-confidence and worth whenever you need it.

My philosophy is: It’s none of my business what people say of me and think of me.

You learn that there’s no right way to do it, no wrong way to do it. It’s just what you feel comfortable with, to trust that, and don’t let anybody box you in to a certain style of parenting or make you feel a certain way about what your kids do.

Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it.

You make yourself broad. You make yourself appealing. ‚Hey, y’all, I’m cool with everybody.‘ That’s my message.

If you wear clothes that don’t suit you, you’re a fashion victim. You have to wear clothes that make you look better.

I was told that someone on Facebook said something ‚horrible‘ about me. Who cares? At least they’re watching the show.

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

For me, the opposite of scarcity is not abundance. It’s enough. I’m enough. My kids are enough.

Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

Americans are far more remarkable than we give ourselves credit for. We’ve been so busy damning ourselves for years. We’ve done it all, and yet we don’t take credit for it.

If I feel anxious every time someone is staring at me, well, I can’t control what they stare at, but my reaction is, I’m just not going to go outside the house. I’m going to stay in and chill. And when I do go out, I understand what comes along with that.

In past generations, people would try to play younger than they really are. My trick is, I don’t try to play younger than I really am.

Know that any and all thoughts that you have regarding your own skills, interests, and inclinations are valid. To reinforce the validity of your thoughts, keep them private. Tell yourself that they’re between you and God.

I was very blessed to have family and friends, but particularly family, who told me I was not only all right, I was just right, so I believe that my brain is a good one, and it’s lasting me very well.

And above all things, never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.

There is such a thing as old emotional pain living inside you. It is an accumulation of painful life experience that was not fully faced and accepted in the moment it arose. It leaves behind an energy form of emotional pain.

Today I love myself as I love my god: who could charge me with a sin today? I know only sins against my god; but who knows my god?

Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.

It was clear to me that if I could get through Princeton at the top of my class, I could do anything in the world.

The fact is that since you’re a divine creation who originated in the world of Spirit, you have exactly the right amount of smarts to accomplish all that you need and want to do while you’re here on earth. It’s all perfect… and so are you!

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

A person’s a person, no matter how small.

Why is it you always meet people when you look your worst?

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.

I periodically realize every few years that the only person whose taste I really trust is me.

We all self-conscious. I’m just the first to admit it.

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.

I often joke that 100 years from now I hope people are saying, ‚Dang, she looks good for her age!‘

I think it’s so important for girls to love themselves and to treat their bodies respectfully.

I don’t lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.

You know, I just do whatever feels right to me! And so that’s what you’re gonna get!

I am not a victim of emotional conflicts. I am human.

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.

Yes, some people say to me you’re too skinny, but never a skinny person says that to me, only people who could lose a few pounds say that.

I’m just trying to be myself. I’m not trying to be anyone else.

Nobody looks like they did when they were 20, so why not take advantage of the fact that you’re changing, emotionally as well as physically?

Well, I don’t think there’s any need for people to focus on my career.

The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.

People make jokes about my bosoms, why don’t they look underneath the breasts at the heart? It’s obvious I’ve got big ones and if people want to assume they’re not mine, then let them.

Not everyone loves me, but I have to be okay no matter what they think about me.

I kept a diary right after I was born. Day 1: Tired from the move. Day 2: Everyone thinks I’m an idiot.

With fame, you know, you can read about yourself, somebody else’s ideas about you, but what’s important is how you feel about yourself – for survival and living day to day with what comes up.

Our diversity is our strength. What a dull and pointless life it would be if everyone was the same.

Don’t ever criticize yourself. Don’t go around all day long thinking, ‚I’m unattractive, I’m slow, I’m not as smart as my brother.‘ God wasn’t having a bad day when he made you… If you don’t love yourself in the right way, you can’t love your neighbour. You can’t be as good as you are supposed to be.

I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.