22 Quotes To Remind You That You're FREAKING Beautiful

Everyone has those days where they look in the mirror and feel like they aren't beautiful.

I mean EVERYONE. The thin, the curvy, the overweight, the tall, the short, the blonde, brunette, red-head, the freckled, the ones with straight teeth, the ones with spaced teeth, the ones with blue eyes, black eyes, green eyes and all the colors in between.

We all have days where we have some body image issues and feel like we just aren't beautiful because of how we look.

But that's because there's something we tend to forget.

Beauty CANNOT be defined. Not by a color, shape, height, weight.

And deep down, I think most of us know that. But sometimes we have a hard time believing it. We fall prey to what the media deems to be beautiful and let it affect our self-esteem and how we feel about ourselves.

Don’t let it.

I know, easier said than done. I’m guilty of it myself so I know just how hard it is to suddenly think of yourself as beautiful.

No one ever said it would be easy and it’s not a simple fix. It requires constant reminders and a change in the way we think.

But we have to do it. Together. Together we need to stop comparing how we look and focus on ourselves and how we feel about our looks.

Because you are beautiful.

You with the space in your teeth or the less-than-white teeth. You with the freckles and the mole and the birthmarks. You with your thin hair, thick hair or no hair in any of the thousands of color combinations that your hair can be. You with your hips, boobs and butt. You there who is reading this and is hopefully starting to think, even for a moment, “Yes, I am pretty”.

Yes, you are pretty your gorgeous stranger. I don’t have to know you to know that you’re beautiful. You are because you exist. I don't know you so I have no reason to lie to you which means I must be telling the truth.

If you need more reasons why you should love your body, here’s 22 quotes to help you (because sometimes you need to hear it from other people to accept it).

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Because your flaws make you beautiful.

"You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful." -Amy Bloom

Because deep down you know you want to be a rebel.

"The most revolutionary thing you can do is love your body." -Unknown

Because you're a different kind of cookie (and awesome for it)!

"Everyone tries to look a cookie-cutter kind of way, and actually the people who look different are the ones who get picked up." -Meryl Streep

Because you are beautiful already the way you are.

"Every woman is beautiful. It just takes the right man to see it." -Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

Being perfection is just boring.

“There’s nothing interesting about looking perfect – you lose the point. You want what you’re wearing to say something about you, about who you are.” -Emma Watson

Because the key to being sexy has nothing to do with looks.

"I had to grow to love my body. I did not have a good self-image at first. Finally it occurred to me, I’m either going to love me or hate me. And I chose to love myself. Then everything kind of sprung from there. Things that I thought weren’t attractive became sexy. Confidence makes you sexy." -Queen Latifah

Because your body is NOT the "problem".

"There is NOTHING wrong with your body, but there is a lot wrong with the messages trying to CONVINCE you otherwise." -Rae Smith

Because you are sexy.

"Sexy is a woman who knows herself, loves herself, accepts herself...just the way she is." -Unknown

Because weight is just a number.

"The scale can only tell you what you weigh; not who you are." -Steve Maraboli

Because EVERYONE and ANYONE can be and is beautiful.

"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... Pledge that you will look in the mirror and find the unique beauty in you." -Tyra Banks

Because no one is perfect.

"I might have a little bit of cellulite. I might not be toned everywhere. But accepting that just empowers me." -Kim Kardashian West

Because you are not defined by your shape.

"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

Because the ONLY person whose opinion of yourself matters is yours.

"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

Because all sizes are beautiful.

"Healthy emotions come in all sizes. Healthy minds come in all sizes. And healthy bodies come in all sizes." -Cheri K. Erdman

Because beauty is how YOU look, not how others look.

"Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself." -Coco Chanel

Because real beauty is about what's on the inside.

"True beauty is not related to what color your hair is or what color your eyes are. True beauty is about who you are as a human being, your principles, your moral compass." -Ellen Degeneres

Because of all your "flaws" are proof you lived.

"Beauty is not long hair, skinny legs, tanned skin or perfect teeth. Believe me...Beauty is the scar on your knee since you fell when you were a kid...beauty is the lines marked by time. Beauty is what we feel in the inside which also shows outside us. Beauty is the marks that life leaves on us, all the kicks and the caresses the memories leave us. Beauty is letting yourself live.” -Emma Watson

Because everyone's body is different.

"Each individual woman’s body demands to be accepted on its own terms." -Gloria Steinem

Because there is no "norm" when it comes to looks.

"Real woman are fat. And thin. And both, and neither, and otherwise." -Hanne Blank

Because there's a difference between "having" and "being".

"I have a body, but I am not my body. I have a face, but I am not my face." -Iyanla Vanzant

Because anyone can look hot as heck in a bikini.

"To all girls with butts, boobs, hips and a waist, put on a bikini – put it on and stay strong." -Jennifer Love Hewitt

Because no one should every be able to tell you what is beautiful.

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye." -Miss Piggy, The Muppets