--- title: "11 Body Thought Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Body Thought quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Body Thought sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e8/coco-rocha-3974_body_i-am-a-girl-so-i-never-looked-at-my-dad_834915.png" --- > [I am a girl, so I never looked at my dad's body and thought that's what I need to look like.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coco-rocha/i-am-a-girl-so-i-never-looked-at-my-dad-s-body-and-thought-that-s/) [Coco Rocha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/coco-rocha/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e8/coco-rocha-3974_body_i-am-a-girl-so-i-never-looked-at-my-dad_834915.png) > [“Over my dead body was his first thought. His second? No, Over Carls.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-robards/over-my-dead-body-was-his-first-thought-his-second-no-over-carls/) [Karen Robards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-robards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1f/karen-robards-15440_second_over-my-dead-body-was-his-first-thought_3010807.jpg) > [You embrace your body in your thought, and you should delineate upon it thoughts of health, not of sickness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-baker-eddy/you-embrace-your-body-in-your-thought-and-you-should-delineate-upon/) [Mary Baker Eddy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-baker-eddy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cb/mary-baker-eddy-3714_body_you-embrace-your-body-in-your-thought-an_1015738.png) > [“Over my dedad body, was his first thought. His second? No, over Carl's.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-robards/over-my-dedad-body-was-his-first-thought-his-second-no-over-carl-s/) [Karen Robards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-robards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/444/karen-robards-15440_second_over-my-dedad-body-was-his-first-thought_474602.jpg) > [The body is made by the thought that lies behind it. The body politic is thus the expression of national thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-body-is-made-by-the-thought-that-lies-behind-it-the-body-politic/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/791/swami-vivekananda-53_behinds_the-body-is-made-by-the-thought-that-lie_1817471.jpg) > [If our body is a perfect expression of our thought about body, and if our thought about body is that it’s condition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/if-our-body-is-a-perfect-expression-of-our-thought-about-body-and-if/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5d/richard-bach-424_body_if-our-body-is-a-perfect-expression-of-o_2738911.png) > [“A body, he thought, was like a complex and complicated clock. Each one unique in its parts. Through study, one might discover…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meredith-duran/a-body-he-thought-was-like-a-complex-and-complicated-clock-each-one/) [Meredith Duran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meredith-duran/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/649/meredith-duran-2968_trial-and-error_a-body-he-thought-was-like-a-complex-and_1201175.jpg) > [“The latest research supports the notion that we have a natural ability to change the brain and body by thought alone, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-dispenza/the-latest-research-supports-the-notion-that-we-have-a-natural/) [Joe Dispenza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-dispenza/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/580/joe-dispenza-13939_ability-to-change_the-latest-research-supports-the-notion_2536600.jpg) > [In the beginning, it was odd to have so much attention brought to my body type. I thought, 'Uh-oh, brace yourself.' But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-hendricks/in-the-beginning-it-was-odd-to-have-so-much-attention-brought-to-my/) [Christina Hendricks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-hendricks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/424/christina-hendricks-5321_amazing-things_in-the-beginning-it-was-odd-to-have-so-m_1752675.jpg) > [“The body, I have often thought, is like a promise. You keep things in it. Those things are covert, immediate, yours. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-bradfield/the-body-i-have-often-thought-is-like-a-promise-you-keep-things-in-it/) [Scott Bradfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-bradfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/757/scott-bradfield-25651_appliances_the-body-i-have-often-thought-is-like-a_427990.jpg) > [“He thinks it's because he was born in the wrong body, but we want to whisper in his ears that many of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/he-thinks-it-s-because-he-was-born-in-the-wrong-body-but-we-want-to/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d1/david-levithan-67_felt-betrayed_he-thinks-it-s-because-he-was-born-in-th_709763.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body-thought/#itemlist", "name": "Body Thought Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am a girl, so I never looked at my dad's body and thought that's what I need to look like.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Coco Rocha" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coco-rocha/i-am-a-girl-so-i-never-looked-at-my-dad-s-body-and-thought-that-s/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e8/coco-rocha-3974_body_i-am-a-girl-so-i-never-looked-at-my-dad_834915.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e8/coco-rocha-3974_body_i-am-a-girl-so-i-never-looked-at-my-dad_834915.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e8/coco-rocha-3974_body_i-am-a-girl-so-i-never-looked-at-my-dad_834915.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am a girl, so I never looked at my dad's body and thought that's what I need to look like.” — Coco Rocha", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Over my dead body was his first thought. 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We could never be content within our own skin. Breathe, we want to tell Avery. Feel yourself breathe. Because that is as much a part of your body as anything else. Avery, we whisper, you are a marvel. And he is. 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