Quotes About Self-acceptance

There is nothing more awesome than being yourself.

I have buried my fears, abandoned self-consciousness, and allowed myself to slide into sensation. I like the person I have become.

About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.

This is the order of things then: First, training ourselves to be present in the moment with what is there. Second, developing the attitude of self-acceptance so that whatever arises is OK, thus coming to terms with ourselves. Third, abandoning all goals.

I was a wallflower who planned to stay that way, who never imagined anybody else to be.

You can't choose, who you are. No matter how you struggle, some things will never change. And maybe they schouldn't.

We are worthy simply because we exist.

As they become aware of how much time and energy they spend trying to garner approval, they can begin living an inside-out kind of life. This means, rather than focusing outward for acceptance and approval, they turn inward. In doing so, they can begin asking themselves the important questions: "What do I want," "What feels right to me," "What would make me happy?

Being integrated means being able to accept all aspects of one's self. An integrated man is able to embrace everything that makes him unique: his power, his assertiveness, his courage, and his passion, as well as his imperfections, his mistakes, and his dark side.

An integrated male doesn't strive to be perfect or gain the approval of others. Instead, he accepts himself just as he is, warts and all. An integrated male accepts that he is perfectly imperfect.

As Nice Guys stop seeking approval and stop trying to hide their perceived flaws, they open a door to start getting what they really want in love and life.

There is a limit to how much you can change to be liked for who you really are.

I find in old age that it's possible to revisit the past, the one requirement being that you come as you are.

If God had intended me to make excuses for who I am, He would have given me better excuses.

The trick to liking who you are is not to hate too much the person it turned out you weren't.

Why try to be someone you're not? Life is hard enough without adding impersonation to the skills required.

Best be yourself, imperial, plain, and true.

Doing our emotional healing allows us to feel clear about what is in front of us instead of torturing ourselves by obsessively thinking, trying to figure out what's right and what's wrong.

Codependence is being at war with ourselves - which makes it impossible to trust and Love ourselves

Recovery from the disease of Codependence involves stopping the war within so that we can get in touch with our True Self, so that we can start to Love and trust ourselves.

It is necessary to own and honor the child who we were in order to Love the person we are. And the only way to do that is to own that child's experiences, honor that child's feelings, and release the emotional grief energy that we are still carrying around." Codependence: The Dance of Wounded Souls

I realized that I was judging myself against standards that weren't real, against expectations that were a fantasy, a fairy tale.

ignore your weaknesses and resist the temptation to be more like others.

There are no circumstances beyond my control. All I have is given me by my Higher Self because I am ready to meet or handle it. All is for my benefit and spiritual awakening. I accept all from the Angels of Love and Acceptance. I am, have been, and forever will be a co-creator with God. I release all that hinders me and accept the divine will of God." Irion