Body Positivity Quotes

“You're not a better person if you eat carrots, and you're not a fuckup if you eat pie.”
― Jes Baker, Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls: A Handbook for Unapologetic Living

“Eyes closed, feet dancing their way toward the pond, she was her own music, her body her favorite thing she'd ever owned.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Furthermore

“Be honest,' said Yellow Stripe. 'Does this helmet make my head look fat?'
'Fat is not bad,' said Red Stripe, rolling his eyes. 'Stop looking at those magazine covers. They're totally enchanted.'
Brynne paused to raise her left fist in solidarity and kept moving.
'I know, I know...but the covers are so shiny...' said Yellow Stripe.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Song of Death

“...women are conditioned to waste hours, days, weeks, months (although, truth be told, it's most likely years) doubting, undermining, and ultimately hating parts, if not all, of themselves based solely on "problems" with their bodies that can be solved by buying products from an industry that invented these problems in the first place. How fucking convenient. And when all is said and done, what is the prize for this self-torture? Fitting neatly within society's destructive narrative about the female body.”
― Phoebe Robinson, Everything's Trash, But It's Okay

“In school, they taught us a "hero" never follows the "herd". Twenty years of being a misfit and I finally realised that maybe, the hero never had a choice. Maybe, a hero was just a reject from the herd.”
― Ayushee Ghoshal

“Give yourself the clear advantage of a positive perspective with styles that compliment your best features and colors all in perfect proportion to your body.”
― Cindy Ann Peterson, My Style, My Way: Top Experts Reveal How to Create Yours Today

“Lines can be the etchings of your biggest smiles, the frowns you learned from, the proof that you change and grow.”
― Eleanor Gordon-Smith

“So the question is, which boulder are you going to choose to roll? The "must lose weight" boulder or the "fuck you I will boldly, defiantly accept the body I've got and LIVE IN IT" boulder?”
― Kate Harding

“I strongly believe that our bodies give back to us whatever resonates with the thoughts we are thinking about it. If you truly love your body, are grateful and appreciative of the things it CAN do for you, and what it does for you every day without even having to ask, you will change your life.”
― Crystal Gray, Goddesses Fart Too: A modern guide to spiritual enlightenment for increased happiness, patience, and inner peace

“I like how I look, usually, but people - especially people on the internet - can be so mean when you're fat. As if fat makes you stupid or dirty or irresponsible. As if fat makes you anything other than...fat.”
― Amy Spalding, The Summer of Jordi Perez

“Never second guess a BBW”
― Patrice Brown, A Fat Girl's Confidence: Beating Depression and Building Self Esteem

“You are fine, just the way you are... Bodies come in all shapes and sized. Don't let anyone make you feel any differently.
I wanted to believe him, but by then, of course, the damage had been done.”
― Jennifer Weiner, Big Summer

“The word fat makes people uncomfortable. But when you see me, the first thing you notice is my body. And my body is fat. It's like how I notice some girls have big boobs or shiny hair or knobby knees. Those things are okay to say. But the word fat, the one that best describes me, makes lips frown and cheeks lose their color.
But that's me. I'm fat. It's not a cuss word. It's not an insult. At least it's not when I say it. So I always figure why not get it out of the way?”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“Por que ter coxas enormes e cheias de celulite me obriga a pedir desculpas à humanidade?”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

“Accepting your body means accepting that sexual pleasure is not meant just for other people. Sex is a human right. Take back that right! Empower yourself as a sexy, sensual woman by discovering your likes and dislikes, turn-ons and turn-offs, and the positions that give you the most pleasure.”
― Elle Chase, Curvy Girl Sex: 101 Body-Positive Positions to Empower Your Sex Life

“Your body. Your diet. Your life. It isn't perfect. It never will be. But it's real. It's honest. It's beautifully flawed. And totally magical.”
― Nicola Jane Hobbs, Thrive Through Yoga: A 21-Day Journey to Ease Anxiety, Love Your Body and Feel More Alive

“Our bodies cannot truly be hidden, no matter how many black outfits we wear. No matter how many pairs of Spanx we own. No matter how much we suck it in. Doesn't it seem like a better use of our time to just accept the fact that our bodies are our bodies and live our lives like there is no tomorrow? I'm pretty sure the answer is yes.”
― Jes Baker, Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls: A Handbook for Unapologetic Living

“Even when you are alone, music and dance unify the soul and the body. It's incredible!”
― Helen Edwards, Nothing Sexier Than Freedom

“Right/Wrong Things To Say To A Client About Shape

Don’t Say… “We need to get you looking like an hourglass figure, which is considered the perfect figure.”

Do Say… “Let’s find your body shape and work with styles to define the look for your desired effect, as we are all precious works of art, each unique and amazing.”
― Cindy Ann Peterson, Cindy Ann Peterson's AICI CIC Accelerator (℠): Peterson's Power Prep Primer

“Do not apologize for your sacred body. All of you is holy.”
― Ashley Asti, A Yoga Teacher's Guide to Creative Living

“Focus on the parts of yourself that will not diminish with time – humour and wisdom are not like collagen. You will make more of them as you age.”
― Eleanor Gordon-Smith

“How much are we allowed to change our bodies while still being body positive? Does that amount of change decrease if we call ourselves part of the fat acceptance movement? Does the community get to vote you out if you go over a line? Where is the line? Does a group of people on a social media platform count as a community?”
― Jes Baker, Landwhale: On Turning Insults Into Nicknames, Why Body Image Is Hard, and How Diets Can Kiss My Ass

“Your body is an amazing self-regulating, self-correcting wonder.”
― Amy Leigh Mercree, The Mood Book: Crystals, Oils, and Rituals to Elevate Your Spirit

“Nothing is more heroic than loving without shame.”
― S.A. Borders-Shoemaker

“Men often used that phrase: "drop some weight." They said it without shame or emotion, as if the weight were an object they could easily put down when they chose. Women said they needed to "lose weight," with their eyes down, as if the extra weight was part of them, a terrible sin they'd committed.”
― Liane Moriarty, Nine Perfect Strangers

“...there are TONS of women who look like me but rarely did I see my body type represented in the media — and that lack of representation distorted the way I perceived my own beauty.”
― Laura Delarato

“Everyone's body shamed!”
― Tina Sequeira, Bhumi: A Collection of Short Stories

“Sie blickte an sich herab – ein paar blasse Dehnungsstreifen auf den Oberschenkelinnenseiten und am Bauch. Und man sah ihr an, dass sie gut zu Abend gegessen hatte. Also nichts, wofür sie sich schämen müsste.”
― June T. Michael, Gefangen zwischen Eis und Feuer (Erotische Abenteuer in Arl Sere 1)

“I am getting used to my voice not sounding like an apology, my hair looking like a thunder storm, my face resembling a calamity, my smile looking like jagged tombstones, my soul feeling like an abstract art.”
― Ayushee Ghoshal, 4 AM Conversations

“Remember that our default ways of seeing are not natural or necessary. Any statue in any gallery testifies that we did not always think lean teens were the peak of beauty. Seeing is tangled up with belief; don’t let either be handed to you by juvenile men in boardrooms who want to take your money.”
― Eleanor Gordon-Smith