75 'body positive' phrases to love your body and be happier

Life is too short to waste it being unhappy. The Body Positive phenomenon is based on the fact that all of us should be happy with our own body and accept it as it is.

Who cares if we are fat, short, tall or skinny? What really matters is how we are and how we relate to others.

Body positive phrases to love our bodies

Who we are as a person is the total set of our virtues and our defects, being positive as well as having a friendly attitude with others is what society really needs.

With the passing of history, many phrases have been said by all kinds of personalities about how we should relate to our body. And, on many occasions, there have been great taboos about the male body and, especially, the female one.

These are the 75 “Body Positive” phrases with which we hope you can learn another way of communicating and accepting your body.

1. I am in perfect balance. I am physically and emotionally connected and healed. I am free from worry and I am at peace with who I am. (Louise Hay)

The person we are is the sum of our physique and our way of being, and how we take advantage of these two qualities.

2. The body is meant to be seen, not to be all covered up. (Marilyn Monroe)

Marilyn encouraged us not to be fearful and show ourselves as we really are, without any shame.

3. Your body speaks to you in sensations; Feelings of tension, fear, hunger, pleasure, vitality, and pain are just a few of the ways it tries to communicate with you. (Connie Sobzak)

We must know how to understand our body and its needs, so we can adapt to its needs, which at the same time are ours.

4. I know this transformation is painful, but you are not falling apart, you are just falling into something different, with a new capacity to be beautiful. (WilliamC. hannan)

William C. Hannan encourages us to mold our body according to our needs, we can do with it what we want with patience and time.

5. All mortals have the same skins at birth and yet, when we grow up, destiny is pleased to vary us as if we were made of wax. (Camilo Jose Cela)

Time shapes us all, we must love and accept each other in all situations of life.

6. It is possible to find beauty in softness. It is possible to fall in love with a body that you never thought was worthy of love. It is possible to find peace after spending a lifetime at war with your body. It is possible to recover. (Megan Jayne Crabbe)

Self-love is very important, because it modifies our personal attitude and how we relate to others, we must love ourselves more.

7. We are the only creatures on Earth that can change their biology by what they think and feel. (deepak chopra)

Our way of being or acting can change our biology and our physiognomy in a very short time.

8. There are several memories in us. The body and the spirit each have their own. (Honor de Balzac)

In all human beings, our body memory and our spiritual memory go hand in hand, but at the same time they have different memories.

9. The soul is the form of an organized body, says Aristotle. But the body is precisely what draws this shape, the shape of the shape, the shape of the soul. (Jean Luc Nancy)

Who we are spiritually is much more important than the body we have, because it is who we really are.

10. Sexy is not a size, every calorie is not a war, your body is not a battlefield, your value is not measurable in pounds.

The person we are has nothing to do with the shape of our body, a wonderful mind can unleash a unique body.

11. The secret to good health is for the body to be agitated and the mind to rest. (Vincent Voitura)

We must know how to take care of our body and our mind in equal parts, in addition to giving them rest when they need it.

12. When all we want from a person is his body and, deep down, we don't want his mind, his heart or his spirit (all of them inhibitors of the fluid processes of the machines), we reduce that person to a thing. (Stephen Covey)

Physical appearance is minimally important compared to the power of a brilliant mind and an intoxicating personality.

13. Losing weight is not your life's work, and counting calories is not the calling of your soul, you are surely destined for something greater.

Obsessing over a diet will not make us grow as people, which is the true goal of our lives. .

14. 60% of human communication is non-verbal: body language. 30% is your tone of voice. That means that 90% of what you are saying is not coming from your mouth. (Will Smith)

Will Smith said in one of his films this quote, what we often say we do unconsciously through our body language and our attitude.

15. If you spend a lot of energy trying to detract from your body, or if your imagination is so limited that you can't see beauty in yourself, then you become disconnected from the world around you. You lose perspective and your purpose. (Connie Sobzak)

We must love and value ourselves, because if we don't we will have a distorted vision of the life we ​​lead.

16. Don't let a mark on your body be a mark on your soul.

Those things of our body that we do not like should not mark the person we are in its entirety.

17. The eternal is the life of the spirit, that of the body is transitory and temporary. When the body dies, the soul returns to eternal life. (Allan Kardec)

The body we have today we will one day leave behind, but who we are and the memories we have will be ours forever. .

18. The body is the instrument of the soul. (Aristotle)

Our body is what we use to show others how beautiful we are inside.

19. A woman who doesn't like herself can't be free, and the system has been concerned that women never like themselves.

The current system shows women unattainable standards of beauty, which make them much more insecure with their bodies and their role in society.

20. Pleasure is the first good. It is the beginning of all likes and dislikes. It is the absence of pain in the body and restlessness in the soul. (Epicurus of Samos)

Finding personal pleasure is very important, it fills us as individuals and comforts our souls.

21. You don't owe anyone to be perfect. You are not worth less because you do not have a flat stomach. Your value is not less because you do not wax your armpits. You are not less beautiful because you have scars, stretch marks, eczema, acne. (Emily Bador)

Our imperfections are a diary of the life we ​​lead and how we deal with it, each scar is a test passed in the battle of life.

22. The human body is nothing more than appearance, and hides our reality. The reality is the soul.

The body is only the packaging of something much more precious such as our soul, the person we really are.

23. Your entire body, from one wingtip to the other, Juan would say on other occasions, is nothing more than your own thought, in a form that you can see. Break the chains of your thought and you will also break the chains of your body. (Richard Bach)

Our body is nothing more than an extension of our mind and as such we can modify it as we want with our determination.

24. I knew a second birth, when my soul and my body fell in love and married. (Khalil Gibran)

Finding harmony and acceptance of our mind with our body completes us as people.

25. Remember, body, not only how much you were loved, not only the beds where you were lying, but also those desires that, for you, clearly shone in looks and shuddered in the voice. (Constantine Cavafis)

Constantine Cavafis wrote this ode to the body, how it should be admired by us and by others.

26. My mother told me the opposite. You were born with little body, so use your brain. (Talia Shire “Adriana”)

This phrase from the movie Rocky Talia Shire "Adriana" in the movie tells us about how her mother encouraged her to develop her intellect over her physical appearance.

27. Take care of the body with unalterable fidelity. The soul must see only through these eyes and if they are blurred, the whole world is clouded. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

Health is given by the care we give our body, a healthy appearance is the best aspect we can have.

28. If you want to change your body, first change your consciousness. Everything that happens to you is a result of how you see yourself, to an extent that might seem very strange to you. (Deepak Chopra)

Our personality is what really dictates our physical appearance, because it with its peculiarities develops habits that make us the person we are in its entirety.

29. The first manifestation of human expression is your body. As Ortega already indicated, the body has its own meaning. The body reflects our pretensions and our hopes. It communicates our intimacy to the outside world. That is why each era, each generation, exhibits a unique physiognomy. An aesthetic of its own. (Fernando Alonso Barahona)

It depends on the time in which we find ourselves, the canons of beauty vary with society, but much more important than these are health and our self-esteem.

30. Do not make your body the tomb of your soul. (Pythagoras)

Taking care of our body with rest or exercise (depending on the personal situation) will make us happier and more sociable people, as this is a reflection of our emotional well-being.

31. Very large souls stir in small bodies. (Virgil)

You can be a very small person but have a huge personality, we are all different and unique in our own way.

32. God occupies space in the same way that the soul occupies the body. (Lee Strobel)

Those great people can be accompanied by an equally great personality and kindness.

33. Above all, it is necessary to take care of the soul if the head and the rest of the body are to function properly. (Plato)

Taking care of our spirit is the most important thing, because this is who we really are. A body positive phrase from Ancient Greece.

34. When our conduct matches our intentions, when our actions are in accordance with our thoughts, when the mind and the body act together, when our words are consistent with our actions, behind us there is a power immense. (Joe Dispenza)

We must find ourselves in the totality of our individual, when that happens we will give one hundred percent of our being in everything we do and we will be unstoppable.

35. I know of no other temple as full of bliss as my own body. (Deepak Chopra)

We must take care of our body as if it were something sacred, because it is the only one we have.

36. Your body is a temple of nature and of the divine spirit. Keep it healthy; respect it; study it; grant him his rights. (Henric-Frédéric Amiel)

We must take care of ourselves, know how to value ourselves and love ourselves as the person we are, we are our great ally or our worst enemy.

37. Heaven and Earth have separate functions. Ying and yang have their hidden roots. Carefully preserve your body, and material things will prosper by themselves. (Chuang Tzu)

The first thing we must take care of is ourselves, then everything else in life will come.

38. Food not only feeds my body, it also feeds my soul, conscience, and spirit. (Thich Nhat Hanh)

Eating is a necessity that fills us both physically and spiritually and allows us to move forward in our lives.

39. Imagine if everyone suddenly decided that today was the day they loved themselves and embraced every part of themselves. of themselves, accepting and loving their body and its "defects" because they know that these are what make them who They are. (Morgan Mikenas)

We must start by accepting and loving ourselves, to become the person we want to be in the future.

40. The body cannot live without the mind. (Lawrence Fishburne “Morpheus”)

Our body without the mind that moves it lacks life, our mind is our most valuable weapon in life.

41. If the body does not feel the heart beating, the body does not move either. (George Brassens)

The body is nothing more than what our personality wants it to be, without our personality the body is lifeless.

42. Outer beauty is nothing more than the charm of an instant. The appearance of the body is not always the reflection of the soul. (George Sand)

The appearance is something ephemeral and that disappears with time, the greatness of our soul lasts forever.

43. Our body is just a vehicle while our soul is in this world. (Brian Weiss)

The body is only part of what we are, our soul may have been before and may survive this one.

44. I remember that I engraved my initials on my arm and since then I have been making scars. In a certain way the body is a diary and these are a kind of annotations made in it. (Johnny Depp)

Our scars remind us of those battles from which we emerged victorious and we take these traces with us as a reminder.

45. Now we know that the soul is the body and the body is the soul. They tell us that they are different because they want to persuade us that we can keep our souls if we let them enslave our bodies. (George Bernard Shaw)

Letting ourselves be carried away by society will not make beings much unhappier, we must do with our body as well as with our soul what we need.

46. The beauty of the body is a passing traveler; but the one of the soul is a friend that remains. (Diego de Saavedra Fajardo)

Our personality will be what, whatever time passes, will always define us. One of the best known body positive phrases.

47. The way we think affects our bodies, and how we use our bodies affects the way we think. (John Grinder)

Our mind has the ability to modify our body and our body has the ability to modify our mind.

48. There is nothing rarer, or more beautiful, than a woman irreverently being herself; comfortable in her perfect imperfection. For me, that is the true essence of beauty. (Steve Maraboli)

We are all perfect in our own way, as long as we accept and value ourselves as we have to.

49. My body is a single truth and each muscle sums up an experience of enthusiasm. (Jorge Debravo)

Our body is as it is, every part of it should be like that, simple in its purity.

50. The mysteries of love belong to the soul, but a body is the book in which they are read. (Jaime Gil de Biedma)

The body of our loved one will always be the most beautiful canvas for us, because it is where we see the beauty of the soul of our loved one.

51. Do you propose to drag your body by yourself again? (Friedrich Nietzsche)

Sometimes fighting with our body is something we must do to achieve our goals, our morale must be irreducible.

52. Our inherited expectation that the body will wear out over time, accompanied by deep-seated beliefs that we are destined to suffer, grow old and die, creates the biological phenomenon we call aging. (Deepak Chopra)

The older we can feel many times is only within our mind, we will be as old as our soul says we are.

53. Yoga is a set of exercises designed to calm the mind, balance all energies and provide total well-being to the body. (Ramir A. Street)

Practicing yoga is something that will help us connect with our body and focus our mind, it is a very beneficial practice.

54. A soul without a body is just as inhuman and hideous as a body without a soul. By the way, the first is a rare exception and the second is our daily bread. (Thomas Mann)

Many people get carried away by this consumerist society that only rewards a good physical appearance without giving it importance to what is really important, our personality, the person we are and that is inside this package that is the body.

55. Is there a good way to categorize bodies? What do the categories tell us? Categories tell us more about the need to categorize bodies than about the bodies themselves. (Judith Butler)

The immensity of different types of bodies makes them impossible to categorize, we are all different and beautiful at the same time, good taste is in variety, mother nature knows very well. One of those body positive quotes that go hand in hand with feminism.

56. Thought is a bridge that connects the human with the Divine. Your body, your businesses, your home, are just ideas inside your mind. (Sivananda)

The mind is the most important thing in any person, the body and the life you lead are nothing more than beads of our mind.

57. How do you get a beach body? It is simple. Have a body then take your ass to the beach. (Kelvin Davis)

We should not hold back in doing what makes us happy, all human beings have "imperfections" that are only a reflection of society and should not condition us in our lives.

58. Master your mind and your mind will master your body. (Edgar Villegas)

Our mind can lead our body to perform great feats regardless of the way it has.

59. I consider my body to be an instrument, not an ornament. (Alanis Morissette)

Our body is much more than a beautiful object, it is what allows us to show our art and our spirit to others.

60. A body houses a life. And a heart caresses her. (Joseph Narosky)

Our emotions are much deeper than the body we may have, they have no barriers and do not understand conditions.

61. Take care of your body. Make the best of it you can. Don't worry about flaws. Look at me. I'm no Greek God, but I didn't waste my time whining because I wasn't born looking like a god. Remember that no one is as ugly as they think they are. (Aristotle Socrates Onassis)

A positive and irreverent attitude in life can take us much further than a simple aesthetic body, the power of the mind goes much further.

62. May your body and your vital soul be united in an embrace without separation. (Lao Tse)

We must accept and love ourselves in order to take our personality to its highest concept.

63. They can try to freak out on me, but my voice and my message is much stronger than that. I have power in my voice. (Harnaam Kaur)

Our personality transmits much more to others than our body can do, because it teaches others the person we really are.

64. Exercise is key to physical and mental health. (Nelson Mandela)

Nelson Mandela speaks in this sentence that in order to have a healthy body and an alert mind, physical exercise is very beneficial: mens sana in corpore Sano. One of the most international body positive phrases.

65. Take care of the exterior as much as the interior; because everything is one. (Buddha)

Buddha, in his teachings, tells us that we must take care of ourselves both aesthetically and spiritually, because the sum of the two things is the person we are in its entirety.

66. The soul, the body, the spirit: the first is the form of the second and the third is the force that produces the first. The second is therefore the expressive form of the third. The body expresses the spirit, that is, it makes it sprout outwards, it takes the juice out of it, it makes it sweat, it makes sparks and throws everything into space. A body is a deflagration. (Jean Luc Nancy)

The body is the way in which the spirit manifests, we must be spiritually healthy to have a healthy body.

67. The body must be in perfect condition. If the body deteriorates, chess deteriorates. Body and mind cannot be separated. (Bobby Fisher)

The famous chess player Bobby Fisher tells us about the importance of taking care of our body, as it will also help us use our mind to its fullest.

68. Learning is, first of all, learning to master your body. (Daniel Penac)

Knowing our body is knowing ourselves, once this is done we can start using it as we want.

69. Life is only bearable when body and soul live in perfect harmony, there is a natural balance between them and they respect each other. (David Herbert Lawrence)

Only with respect between our body and our mind can we live our lives to the fullest.

70. Everything that happens in the soul of man is manifested in his body. (Liebnitz)

Those things that worry us can have a negative effect on our body. That is why we must know what things are that do us no good.

71. The way we view our bodies impacts the way we participate in the world…and wouldn't it be wonderful if we could lose the shit we were taught and love our bodies for the perfect things What are they?. (The Militant Baker)

We are all perfect in our unity, no two people are the same and that is part of the grace of life.

72. Maybe my arms don't look like the girl over there or my legs don't look like someone else, or my butt, or my body, or anything, if someone has a problem, I look them in the eye and say: If you don't like it, I don't want you to like. I'm not asking you to like it. (Serena Williams)

Undoubtedly a great phrase from the famous tennis player, she has always known how to love and value herself as we all should.

73. Apologize to your body, maybe it's the beginning of a healthy life.

We can all change our lifestyle if we wish, as long as it is due to a personal decision and not due to the obligation of society.

74. We don't shame flowers for being too big, or too small, or too short, or too pink, or red, we embrace them for their unique beauty. Why don't we start doing this with ourselves?

The diversity of bodies is something precious about human beings, it makes us richer as a species in all our shapes and colors.

75. Beauty should begin in the heart and soul, otherwise cosmetics are useless. (Coco Chanel)

Coco Chanel speaks to us in this quote about the importance of our personality and values, what is really important in all people, our external appearance is something merely ephemeral.