Quotes About Self-acceptance

Wherever the responsibility lies, shame creates a solid and terrible feeling of unworthiness that resides in our bodies: the storehouse of the memories of our acts, real or imagined, and the secrets we keep about them.

It's affirming that we can look at any experience from the fullness of our being and get past the shame we carry.

The notion of loving oneself has gotten an undeservedly bad rap, which goes something like this: self-love is narcissistic, selfish, self-indulgent, the supreme delusion of a runaway ego looking out for "number one." In fact, just the opposite is true.

Concepts such as loving kindness should never be used as weapons against our real feelings.

Although love is often depicted as starry-eyed and sweet, love for the self is made of tougher stuff.

What's real strength Samson? he says. It's when you're a balanced man. When you can think as well as use your body. And you have to know who you are and be okay with it. If that means that you're not ripped or tough or a badass, then so be it, says Samson.

One should not want to be anything but what one is, because it creates unhappiness.

Sherman Alexie

Junior talks about it—relating to dozens if not hundreds of tribes. Even as the world tries to define you, narrow the definition of you, don't do it to yourself. True

Indians, indians, indians." She said it without capitalization. She called me "indian, indian, indian." And I said, Yes, I am. I am Indian. Indian, I am.

Then one detail caught my attention. Time (of birth), 5:57 A.M. Wow! I really was born! I wasn't an alien who was dropped down into my adoptive parents' arms. I was a real baby who experienced a real birth from a real mother at a real time of day. For me, that tid-bit of information was like a meal to a starving woman.

The hardest part of living is making peace with your past. Most of all, it's making peace with yourself.

But life isn't about learning to forgive those who have hurt you or forgetting your past. It's about learning to forgive yourself for being human and making mistakes.

Then what good is he? (Maggie) I ask myself every friggin' day exactly what you did. What good am I? The answer is simple. There's nothing good about me and I like it that way. Pride myself on it, in fact. (Savitar)

He looked down at her. Have you found that peace? Yes, she had. But it was so corny and cliched that she couldn't bring herself to admit it. A wise man once told me that peace has to come from within. We have to learn to like ourselves before we can find our place in the world.

No one can make you feel low unless you allow them to. You're not stupid, Alix. And you're very beautiful. I just thought you should know that. (Devyn)

My name is Nick Gautier and this is the story of my life. First off, get the name right. It's pronounced Go-shay not Go-tee-ay or Goat-chay (that has an extra H in it and as my mom says we're so poor we couldn't afford the extra letter). I'm not some fancy French fashion designer. I'm just a regular kid… well as regular as someone with a stripper for a mother and a career felon for a father can be.

A veces dejamos que nos traten mal porque ansiamos sentirnos amados y aceptados hasta tal punto que estamos dispuesto a hacer cualquier cosa para conseguirlo. Es muy doloroso comprender que por mucho que lo intentes, que lo desees, no te quieren ni te aceptan tal como eres. Cuando por fin lo comprendes, te arrepientes de todo ese tiempo que has pasado complaciendo a los demás y te preguntas qué será eso tan horrible que hay en ti que incluso les impide fingir que te quieren.

anyway. People will come and go from your life, but you will walk hand in hand with yourself forever. Whatever you do, don't choose to be something you hate. I walked that path for far too long, and it's an ugly place to live. I want you to be better, because I know for a fact that you are better than I ever

There was three or four years of my life where I hated myself and you know, would have quite happily ended it.

These teenager looks aren't going to last forever, and that there are much better foundation to build a life upon than how attractive you are.

It wasn't my choice to be an open book, but when people found out what my life was like when I was 14 or 15, I didn't deny it. I think the more imperfect you are, the more human you are.

You can't go back again, even if you wanted to. But you can own your own life, mistakes and all.

I can be capable of anything if I allow myself to be. I really realized what an obstacle I was being in my own life.