Self-acceptance Quotes

When we accept ourselves for what we are, we decrease our hunger for power or the acceptance of othe...

Genuine self-acceptance is not derived from the power of positive thinking, mind games or pop psycho...

Several times in my ministry people have expressed the fear that self-acceptance will abort the ongo...

I now see how owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that w...

Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, ou...

Practicing self-love means learning how to trust ourselves, to treat ourselves with respect, and to ...

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience ...

Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else ...

Peace comes from within.  Do not seek it without.

It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.

That just seems to be the way we’re built.

You were what you were and you are what you are. Fuck that regrets bullshit.

The mistake ninety-nine percent of humanity made, as far as Fats could see, was being ashamed of wha...

To be given permission to be confused -- and remain confused -- for as long as it takes would have b...

As women, we almost never give ourselves enough credit for what we're capable of, for what we endure...

If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a t...

Innocence ends when one is stripped of the delusion that one likes oneself.

There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time you must accept yourself. It i...

You must remember what you are and what you have chosen to become, and the significance of what you ...

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are

Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince others. Because one is content with one...

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. Your really have to love yourself to get an...

That's an animal fable about humility. If you survive your mistake, you must learn from it. Accept t...

I was an abusive, selfish, needy, angry asshole. Now I'm just kind of selfish, a little less angry, ...

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.

The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.

You do not have to be good.You do not have to walk on your kneesfor a hundred miles through the dese...

You have peace," the old woman said, "when you make it with yourself.

It is the lies he's telling her - as he has been, Nassun understands suddenly, her whole life - that...

In the inner courtroom of my mind, mine is the only judgment that counts.

Self-esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.

for once, you believed in yourself. you believed you were beautiful and so did the rest of the world...

I suppose the test of one's decency is how much of a fight one can put up after one has stopped cari...

I called it a baptism in flaming ink that forced me to shed my shyness about recognizing myself as a...

Know yourself fearlessly (even quietly) for all the things you are.

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and ...

You need bravery for compassion. In the picture of your soul, the bravery points are the most beauti...

She was perhaps too young to realize that what she assumed was her love for [him] was actually a ten...

Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.

To say "I love you" one must know first how to say the "I".

One of the best guides to how to be self-loving is to give ourselves the love we are often dreaming ...