Quotes About Self-acceptance

What you look like on the outside is not what makes you cool... I mean, I had a mullet and I wore parachute pants for a long, long time. And I'm doing ok

When we learn to accept that, other people learn to accept us. So be who you really are. Embrace who you are. Literally. Hug yourself. Accept who you are. Unless you're a serial killer.

So be who you really are. Embrace who you are. Literally. Hug yourself. Accept who you are. Unless you're a serial killer.

It's not your fault, you've always had sensitive skin and there's nothing wrong with being sensitive.

Embrace who you are. Literally. Hug yourself. Accept who you are.

Accept who you are. Unless you're a serial killer.

Beauty is about being comfortable in your own skin. It's about knowing and accepting who you are.

I really don't think I need buns of steel. I'd be happy with buns of cinnamon.

I, also, decided to get rid of the need of approval. That is a strong addiction, the need of approval, isn't it? That---I'm on the patch right now, actually. It releases small doses of approval until I no longer crave it. And, I'm going to rip it off!

Stability means figuring out how to prioritize what serves you, not feeling like a failure if you don't do everything perfectly, + just balancing everything as best you can.

The things we hate about ourselves aren't more real than things we like about ourselves.

No matter how proficient we are at what we do, most of us are able to find a way to draw comparisons with some ideal or existing yardstick that keeps us from recognizing the value of what we are doing.

to be positive would be to accept positive statements by others, that is, compliments, but as we've seen, to do so sets us up for negative punishment.

She had been so vulnerable, and Norah wanted only to protect her. But that vulnerability was tied to a massive mistake, a perception of herself too damaged to love. If Norah got anything from this book, it's that we're all damaged. The tragedy is letting it define you.

laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can

I was not ugly. I might never be anything for men to lose their heads about, but I need never again be ugly. This knowledge was like a song within me. Suddenly it all came together. If you were healthy, fit, and well-dressed, you could be attractive.

the more removed you become from the person you're naturally supposed to be – the harder you're making your life and the less happy you become.

No me gusta ni mi cara ni mi nombre. Bueno, las dos cosas han acabado siendo la misma. Es como si me encontrara infeliz dentro de este nombre pero sospechara que la vida me arrojó a él, me hizo a él y ya no hay otro que pueda definirme como soy".

I yam what I yam, an' that's all I yam!

Forgiving yourself/ourselves gives you/us peace of mind and power/freedom to move forward and never backward. Yes of course, anyone who refuses to forgive himself/herself/others of his/her/their mistakes/offences/short-comings is unknowingly declining/degenerating morally/spiritually rather than increasing/appreciating.

No one can/will dare to make you a mediocre/an inferior person, until you personally/first accept mediocrity/inferiority complex as your fate. So, never ever think/feel/accept to be a mediocre/an inferior person.

Until you acknowledge and value yourself. People will for life take you for granted. Yes, nobody can/will dare to look down on you until you first look down on your own self. So, if you've lost your own self esteem i.e. your worth/ability, do endeavour to find/recover it and stand up for it as well anywhere/anytime.

You are valuable. Yes! you heard me right. No matter who you are or what you've been through in life, you are still valuable and never valueless. Thus, cheer up and be encouraged. -Emeasoba George

You shouldn't live and long to be like someone else. Yes, because God made you to be you and never to long to be like someone else. And believe you me, no one can be like you. And you can't be like anybody out there. So, be you and remain you for life in anything you are doing presently and whatever you will do subsequently.