“You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.”

“Joy is the best makeup. But a little lipstick is a close runner-up.”

“I studied, I met with medical doctors, scientists, and I’m here to tell you that the way to a more productive, more inspired, more joyful life is: getting enough sleep.”

“Eat well, sleep and laugh. When you laugh, the lines go up instead of down.”

“The influence of a beautiful, helpful, hopeful character is contagious. ... People radiate what is in their minds and in their hearts.”

“Each individual woman's body demands to be accepted on its own terms.”

“To have that sense of one’s intrinsic worth...is potentially to have everything.”

“Welcoming imperfection is the way to accomplish what perfectionism promises but never delivers. It gives us our best performance, and genuine acceptance in the family of human—and by that I mean imperfect—beings.”

“It's also helpful to realize that this very body that we have, that's sitting right here right now...with its aches and its pleasures...is exactly what we need to be fully human, fully awake, fully alive.”

“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.”

“Beauty once seemed to me to be an accident of nature...But now that I can see my life on my face...I realize we earn the way we end up looking. Time, it seems, gives us all a chance to really be beautiful.”

“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.”

“The relentless attempts to be thin take you further and further away from what could actually end your suffering: getting back in touch with who you really are. Your true nature. Your essence.”

“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.”

“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.”

“When you're always trying to conform to the norm, you lose your uniqueness, which can be the foundation for your greatness.”

“[G]rowing into your future...requires a dedication to caring for yourself as if you were rare and precious, which you are, and regarding all life around you as equally so, which it is.”

“Breath is the power behind all things...I breath in and know that good things will happen.”

“When we're awake in our bodies and sense, the world comes alive. Wisdom, creativity, and love are discovered as we relax and awaken through our bodies.”

“Real beauty isn't about symmetry or weight or makeup; it's about looking life right in the face and seeing all its magnificence reflected in your own.”