Feeling Ugly Quotes

19 quotes from 15 authors

Living with the sting of being judged on looks can wear anyone down, yet the 19 voices here turn that pain into a roadmap toward self‑acceptance. From raw confessions about feeling ugly to uplifting shifts in mindset, the collection charts a path from self‑criticism to confidence, offering practical nudges for anyone ready to rewrite their inner narrative.

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I've spent so much time feeling ugly and being treated as ugly as a result. But I changed my attitude and said,…

Margaret Cho

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Feeling 'ugly' or 'unattractive' seeps into your life like poison, and it affects everything. Feeling worthless does the same. We internalise these…

Rupi Kaur

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In the story of Ugly Duckling, when did the Ugly Duckling stop feeling Ugly? When he realized that he was a Swan.…

Benjamin Hoff

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When I tried to imagine being beautiful, I could only imagine living without the perpetual fear of being alone, without the great…

Lucy Grealy

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“In the story of the Ugly Duckling, when did the Ugly Duckling stop feeling Ugly? When he realized he was a Swan.…

Benjamin Hoff

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I wonder what's it's like to wake up and love yourself. To look in the mirror and not want to cry. To…

Ream

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I guess I'm just tired. Tired of being bitched about behind my back. Tired of being laughed at. Tired of being made…

Unkown

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I wasn't a good-looking child. I got screwed out of the genetic deal. My sister looks like a model. I think that's…

Nikki Glaser

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“She may resent Playboy because she resents feeling ugly in sex--or, if "beautiful," her body defined and diminished by pornography. It inhibits…

Naomi Wolf

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“Did you ever think about boys?' I say, staring up into the dark. 'There wasn't room,' she whispers, and her voice is…

Brenna Yovanoff

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“Look at the ugliness. Yet one has a feeling within one that blinds a man while he loves you. You, with that…

Ernest Hemingway

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“She was pleased her husband still thought her attractive, despite her beached-whale state, but was finding it increasingly awkward to accommodate him.…

Gail Carriger

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Hot guy right? Well he's my baby's father. Like I remember when I first met him he was new to the school…

Anonymous

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~Are you happy I honestly couldnt even tell you what happiness feels like anymore. I dont love myself, I hate me! I…

She's_gone

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I spent five years of my life being treated for cancer, but since then I've spent fifteen years being treated for nothing…

Lucy Grealy

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I'm not saying that I made a film to make young people feel great, not such a simple message, but I really…

Lukas Moodysson

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There's so many parts of my life that I've struggled with - that so many millions of others struggled with - about…

Gwendoline Christie

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“And yes, life is mostly boring, and we each go through it feeling ugly or like a failure, but sometimes the sun…

J. Andrew Schrecker

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I guess I'm just tired, I'm tired of being bitched at behind my back, of being laughed at, of being made fun…

Savannah

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