Quotes About Self-acceptance

Give up the stories you've made up about what's "true" about your physical potential and just be with your breath and in your body, feeling what you feel. Give up trying to collect things in your practice. Give up the thought that whatever is happening within your body right now should not be.

When you change your focus from limitations to boundless possibilities, from doubt and fear to love and confidence, you open your world in entirely new ways. You stop worrying about fixing what's wrong with you and start living from all that's right within you.

I should probably apologize for how much I swear, but fuck it. I've read that some people think swearing shows a lack of imagination and a limited vocabulary, but sometimes "darn" and "poop" and "oh heck" just don't cut it. Besides, swearing is kind of fun.

I don't believe that we are what we do although many thinkers argue otherwise. I believe that what we do is, very often, a poor approximation of what we are -- an imperfect manifestation of a much better totality. Even the best of us sometimes bite off, as it were, less than we can chew.

So let it out and let it in Hey Jude, begin You're waiting for someone to perform with And don't you know that it's just you Hey Jude, you'll do

You can't do anything to please anybody or say anything to please them or even dress so they'll be happy and give you a smile.

Por qué será tan difícil la vida? ¿Por qué no podemos ser como somos y que nos acepten como tales? ¿Por qué no puedo ser yo, sencillamente, tal como soy ahora, sin necesidad de concentrarme, de mortificarme sobre mi pasado y sobre mi futuro?

I don't make much of comparisons in general, it's not how I think people construct themselves and I don't think it's a healthy way of dealing with your own reality.

I used to be one of those guys with a lot of angst, you know? I just don't anymore. I'm not angst-ridden anymore. I've faced reality of what I am and what I have to do in life.

It's been hard, but I've finally come to the realization that it's okay to not be perfect.

Eventually you just have to realize that you're living for an audience of one. I'm not here for anyone else's approval.

It's very liberating when you finally realize it's impossible to make everyone like you.

I feel like, when people realize that they are the only person they need to impress, everybody's life will be a lot smoother.

Bodybuilding helped me to realize that I don't have to look like the girls in the magazines and that it's OK to feel good about my curves.

It makes me proud to help girls realize that they don't have to change who they are.

This is something people don't realize about me, but I can laugh - and laugh at myself.

When I read that nobody should ever feel ashamed to be alone or to be in a crowd, I realized that I often felt ashamed of both of those things.

For years I'd wanted a boob job but I've realized that, actually, I like them small.

My mother is who she is. I've become who I am. At some point I realized those two just didn't go together.

People can tell when you're happy with being you and when you're not. It's only cheesy because it's true. As I've gotten older and grown into my body, I've started realizing that the way you carry yourself and that light coming out of your eyes are the most attractive things about you.

Before, I had an idea of what I thought I needed to be, and I'm realizing more and more that being yourself is the best thing.

You don't have to get doughty or, suddenly, because you have a new label on you, 'Oh, I'm 50, so therefore, I have to be a certain thing.' Follow your heart and look at your rear view as well as your front view!

You have to be reasonable with yourself and not feel guilty when things aren't perfect.

I haven't received any pressure to be anything other than myself, and for that, I am so grateful.