taken from this lovely video

LOOKS DO NOT DEFINE YOU!

• think about the people who you hang around with; they should accept you for who you truly are as a person, not point out your flaws or insecurities
• you will never be able to change how you look (unless you waste your money on surgery) and you can either be miserable about it, or learn to accept yourself gladly. the first step is acceptance!
• happiness does not come from appearance!
• nobody will remember you as the "girl with the big nose" or the "girl with the stumpy legs", you will be remembered for your character. so while you're alive, make an effort to be a memorably beautiful person, personality-wise.
• at the end of your life, your regrets will not be things like "oh i wish i hadn't eaten all that cake", "i wish i'd exercised more" and so on, it will be things like "i wish i had gone out with my friend that night" and "i wish i hadn't felt so self-conscious at that age, i was beautiful". so take chances when they're offered and don't reject them on account of your appearance and how others may judge you.
• find out what your body shape is, so you can dress to flatter the best features of your body. but really, if you're brave you can just wear whatever the hell you want. don't worry about what you look like or what others may think, dress in whatever you feel comfortable in.
• no one else's opinions matter, it is what you feel about yourself that matters. if you like something about yourself that others don't, then screw them! their opinions are irrelevant and of no concern to you.
• "all of us could take a lesson from the weather; it pays no attention to criticism. ~ anonymous"
• giving people compliments, not just on their appearance, but their personality, intellect and other non-physical things is a great way to boost their self-esteem
• disagreeing with compliments someone gives you can actually be hurtful to them, so just be grateful and thank the person for being so kind.
• "if you spoke to your friends the way you speak to your body, you'd have no friends left"
• embrace your imperfections! they are unique to you and something you should be proud of, not loathe. they are what make you you, and if you were perfect, you would be boring as hell. after all, perfection does not exist, whether you choose to believe this or not.
• beauty and appearance should not be equated with family, love, friends, grades and so on. these things have nothing to do with being "stunning". you can be happy without being to a model standard of beauty, it all lies in where you place your priorities and what you choose to think about yourself.
• never apologise for how you look!
• "to wish you were someone else is a waste of the person you are"
• instead of thinking "oh, i wish i had her skinny legs" or "i wish i had her wavy hair", look in the mirror and point out what is unique about you that other people may envy about you!
• "no one can make you feel inferior without your consent"
• consider the fact that your body will change
• if you work on making your "inner self/personality" beautiful, it will show on the outside in time
• "when you get to know someone, all their physical characteristics start to disappear. you begin to dwell in their energy, recognize the scent of their skin. you see only the essence of the person, not the shell. that’s why you can’t fall in love with beauty or looks. you can lust after it, be infatuated by it, want to own it. you can love it with your eyes and your body, but not your heart. that’s why when you really connect with a person, any physical imperfections disappear, become irrelevant."
• “if a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. and when that person has ugly thoughts every day, every week, every year, the face gets uglier and uglier until you can hardly bear to look at it. a person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. you can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts it will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.”
• being negative about people's body sizes just reinforces them to feel awful about themselves. you wouldn't want people to be like that towards you, so treat them as you'd like to be treated.
• "people should fall in love with their eyes closed"