Quotes About Self-acceptance

The trick is that if you know who you are and what makes you happy, it doesn't matter how others see you.

Be honest, but don't hurt anyone's feelings be independent, but not a loner be smart, but not a nerd be sexy, but not a slut be skinny, but don't barf up your burger be funny, but not to hide some other deficiency.

Be honest, but don't hurt anyone's feelings be independent, but not a loner be smart, but not a nerd be sexy, but not a slut be skinny, but don't barf up your burger be funny, but not to hide some other deficiency. How the heck is a girl supposed to "be" anything?

As far as I know, Gwyneth Paltrow has not compared herself to me today, so I've decided that I will not compare myself to her.

It's easy to hate women and hate women's bodies when we don't do very much to fight back. We have to step into the skin we're in. Your body isn't perfect? Well, neither is mine. Neither is anyone's. It's time to redefine "perfect" or drop the expectation. It's time to feed ourselves with compassion instead of grief. Compassion instead of starvation. Compassion instead of food.

Feelings do not require justification.

No matter how lonely you get or how many birth announcements you receive, the trick is not to get frightened. There's nothing wrong with being alone.

Sometimes I want to clean up my desk and go out and say, "Respect me; I'm a respectable grown-up!" and other times I just want to jump into a paper bag and shake and bake myself to death.

Accept it with the nude that is in you and you will always be in fashion."

I can't run from myself There's nowhere to hide

It's painful to recall, but I'm not ashamed, because all those thoughts—which I thankfully don't have anymore, thanks to medical science and therapy—were not my fault any more than the allergies that clog my sinuses when the trees in my neighborhood start doin' it every spring are my fault. It's just part of who I am. It's part of how my brain is wired, and because I know that, I can medically treat it, instead of being a victim of it.

Kendine dair f?kralar? duyuyor ve ba?kalar?yla birlikte bunlara kahkahalarla gülüyorsun. Kendinle alay etti?inden gülüyor de?ilsin. küçük adama gülüyorsun sen; ama kendine güldü?ünü, gülünecek halde oldu?unu bilmiyorsun. Milyonlarca küçük adam, insanlar?n kendilerine güldü?ünü, gülünecek halde olduklar?n? bilmiyorlar.

it is hard to agree with reality if you cannot agree with yourself.

Era uno di quei momenti in cui, malgrado i nostri tormenti interiori, siamo segretamente contenti di non essere l'altro. Così si sferruzzano i lutti. Piccoli istanti di gioia tra gli assalti della disperazione, un diritto e un rovescio, fino alla felicità ritrovata di essere se stessi… Sì, deve essere questa, dopo tutto, la felicità: la soddisfazione di non essere l'altro.

I used to be self conscious about my height, but then I thought, fuck that, I'm Harry Potter.

It was possible that I could stop assuming that no one could handle the whole mess of me and give them a chance to surprise me instead.

I wish to live in peace with myself and not with the world.

Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life." -Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

Les blessures dont on a honte ne se guérissent pas.

The wounds we are ashamed of never heal.

In those years, I felt myself to be incomplete—a gray blur, a body in motion, forever galloping toward completion—half a girl, half-caste, half-mast, and half-baked, not quite ready for consumption.

Be sure it's your real self you're showing. Because it is your real self that needs to be loved.

Be sure it's your real self you're showing. Because it is your real self that needs to be loved.

Sometimes I see myself fine, sometimes I need a witness. And I like the whole truth, but there are nights I only need forgiveness.