33 Quotes About Being a Tomboy

Just because you were born to be a girl does not mean you have to play with dolls. These quotes about being a tomboy highlight some characteristics of girls that fall more along the lines of being tough.

“Everything I was told should be my greatest insecurities and weaknesses, everything that I’ve been labeled – short, nerdy, skinny, weak, impulsive, ugly, tomboy, poor, rebel, loud, freak, crazy – turned out to be my greatest strengths. I didn’t become successful in spite of them. I became successful because of them.”

“For me, I like to be a little bit tomboy but still look like a lady. Pretty tough. Or really, really, really pretty.”

“Growing up, I was a bit of a tomboy; feminine things took a while to find their place in my world. But diamonds made me understand the magic and beauty of jewelry.”

“I am very much a girly girl as well as being this tough, athletic fighter. I grew up a tomboy. I got my first four wheeler when I was eight. I got my first dirt bike shortly after. So, I have a lot of these manly qualities, I guess you would say. But, I also like to go get dressed up every weekend.”

“I grew up as a tomboy, so I’m used to being around guys.”

“I grew up as a tomboy. I hated posing and things like that.”

“I have a tough personality but then have a very soft side to me. I’m kind of a tomboy, but I throw it together with girly pieces.”

“I have three styles. One is my Hypebeast tomboy look, which is pretty much my everyday look.”

“I like a woman that’s capable and at the same time feminine. I admire tomboy qualities but with a feminine touch.”

“I like low-maintenance girls, but at the same time, classy. She needs to take care of herself. But also be a girl who isn’t afraid to get sweaty and play basketball, so it’s cool if she’s a tomboy.”

“I think I’m a girl’s girl in the sense that I support women a lot, and I’m definitely all for girl power, but I think I’m quite a tomboy at heart – even though I love my fashion and dressing up, I think my essence is very boyish.”

“I was a tomboy who liked to play rough just like my two older brothers. That’s probably why I liked the athletic part of skating – especially the jumping!”

“I was a wild kid. I was left to climb trees. And you know those railways logs, they piled them up, six feet apart, and I’d jump from one to the other. Without a safety net! I was an incredible tomboy.”

“I was actually supposed to be a basketball player, not an actress. My parents had me playing basketball on competitive teams when I was in kindergarten. Even though my heart belongs to the arts, I’m a tomboy at heart, too.”

“I was not a girly girl. I was a tomboy.”

“I was very much a tomboy. I’ve always been rather outspoken, headstrong, and I’m pretty much that way to this day.”

“I’m a tomboy at heart. I always like to say that I’m an ordinary girl doing extraordinary things.”

“I’m a tomboy. I love shooting guns and running around.”

“I’m a tomboy. I used to get into a lot of fights. Don’t know why – self-expression, I guess.”

“I’m not the sexy girl. I’m more youthful and innocent, the girl who wears jeans and T-shirts and sneakers. But fans have accepted that I’m a tomboy. There’s a different group of people who find that attractive.”

“In my day-to-day life, I’m kind of a tomboy. I like being comfortable.”

“It sounds cliche, but I’m mostly androgynous in what I wear. I’ll wear a lot of tomboy clothes but still dress glam if I have a red carpet event. It’s a bit of a mix, but mostly androgynous.”

“I’ve always been a tomboy. I’ve always liked to wear red, black, and white, and mostly pants.”

“I’ve been a tomboy my whole life. But then you get older, you get married, you soften up.”

“‘m a tomboy now. I always wanted to fit in with my brother’s group, so I climbed trees and played with lead soldiers. But I’m a woman’s woman. I never understood women who don’t have woman friends.”

“March is a tomboy with tousled hair, a mischievous smile, mud on her shoes and a laugh in her voice.”

“My fashion statement depends on my mood. I am more of a tomboy when dressing up, and I have never worn pink in my entire life.”

“People think I’m trying to make a fashion statement because I never wear a bra. It’s really that I’m a tomboy at heart.”

“She remembers these as happy times – tomboy days, when she still glittered like quartz in her father’s eye. Until puberty came along, as puberty will, and shattered the cosy sense of conspiracy.”

“Tomboy. Alright, call me a tomboy. Tomboys get medals. Tomboys win championships. Tomboys can fly. Oh. And tomboys aren’t boys.”

“Tomboys are an assertion of reality, of practically. Forced femininity is a waste of energy and resources, and therefore of oneself. Live to live.”

“Well, because I’m naturally a tomboy, when I have sleepovers with girls, they end up going home and crying.”
“Well, it’s lucky I enjoy it. I’m a tomboy at heart.”

There are many common characteristics of girls that relate similarly to being a Tomboy.