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" Change the conversation you're having in the mirror with yourself... if you hear someone who is saying something that is bringing them down, stop it. Don't be passive. Actually, take action and say, 'I wouldn't speak to my best friend like that.' "

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" No matter what age you are, your voice should be heard, and you can develop a passion for something and be an activist in your own right, in your own field, for something you feel strongly about. "

Iskra Lawrence

You

Voice

Passion

" You can't compare yourself to anyone else. I try and use this advice daily. I didn't actually fully believe that until I was maybe 21 or 22. "

" I never could have dreamt that I would be able to help girls feel better about themselves. But now I know I can. I want to do everything in my power to do more. "

" Social media should be a true sense of who you are. "

" If you start talking to yourself in a loving way you're going to feel so much better, and your life is going to be so much happier. "

" We don't need to be categorized - we are all individual and beautifully unique. "

" I know, when I was younger, I would look in the mirror every single day and hate what I saw. "

" I've been trying to be the model that I wanted to see when I was a teenager, looking through magazines and not seeing myself, looking at pictures that were so edited. "

" I remember doing a commercial one time where I stepped on a shard of glass, and I was hobbling around in swimwear. It was raining and in the commercial, when I saw it, I didn't look like I had a messed up foot. "

" Labels make us feel worse about ourselves, and I would love for all models, no matter what their size, to be treated equally and called the same thing. "

Iskra Lawrence

Love

Feel

" I need to just be Iskra, and I've got to believe in me, or else no one will. "

Iskra Lawrence

Got

Believe

" I'm very much a positive person - I put good energy out there - so I don't feel like anyone would want to do anything nasty to me. "

" Phones are interesting objects. Sometimes you wish they just didn't exist. "

" We need to realize that we can do anything with our lives because of who we are. "

" If you are trying to achieve the 'perfect body' or aspiring to be like someone else, you are only going to feel like you failed. "

" I think everyone who shares a piece of themselves and is open and honest - I think that helps us all. "

Iskra Lawrence

Open

Think

" When I was a teenager, a mean comment would have hurt me deeply, I've made it my mission to be a role model for young girls and boys and help show them that other people's words or opinions have nothing to do with how beautiful they actually are. "

Iskra Lawrence

Beautiful

Hurt

" There's a direct correlation between media and how we feel about our bodies. "

" If your girlfriend is saying, 'Ugh, look at my stretch marks, look at my rolls,' don't say, 'Yeah, I hate my thighs, too.' Say, 'No, you look really cute today - and I feel good, too!' "

" The most important relationship we have in our lives is the relationship we have with ourselves, and we're not taught about it. "

" I refuse to let something as insignificant as a size or number on a scale determine how I feel about myself. I am grateful for my body, my health, and the life that I have, and no arbitrary number should have any impact on that. "

" On a night out, I can feel unstoppable with an eyeliner wing and a bold lip. But I also love that I can still feel beautiful and confident without any of that. "

" I'm happy with myself. I respect myself. And I know that no man, no jeans, no scale, and no booker is in control of my future - I am. "

" I tried the maple syrup diet. I tried the protein-only Atkins diet. "

" Invest in brands that make you feel good and that you believe in. "

" Never think your life isn't good enough. You only have one, so enjoy every minute. "

" I had had my own trials and tribulations with body image. I had gone through a lot starting from my teenage years. "

" My confidence comes from the realisation that, actually, the best you can be is you, learning to accept who I was, what I wanted, and that I was more than my body. "

" Instead of waking up and worrying about your thigh gap, wake up and worry about what you're going to achieve today. What can you do, and how can you give back? "

" The focus for me is always about health. That's why I talk about self-care rather than size or anything like that, because that's something we can all do that's relatable - this discussion of being healthy form the inside-out. "