Quotes About Self-acceptance

There was no doubt that being a little on the plump side kept the lines away; if you had to have a face like a scone it was at least comforting that it was a smooth scone.

People say, I don't know how she lives with herself, but every single one of them was living with their own worst thing, just fine. No one walks around holding their ugliest sin in the palm of their hand, staring at it.

I hoped she wouldn't realize how spectacular she was until she was twenty-five and safely past letting it ruin her.

Since my child is choosing not to spend time with me, it is healthy for me to think about how I want to spend my time without him or her in my life. Putting my child out of my mind is useful for my happiness and serenity. When I punish myself for the past, I perpetuate the myth that I deserve to suffer. I have suffered enough and as of today I choose to feel good about myself as a parent and as a person.

You," she said, "are the ugliest man I ever saw." Sadly, the man answered, "Perhaps so, but I can't help that." "No," the woman allowed, "but you might stay at home.

You're the one who can do no wrong." "I do plenty wrong." "You don't have to tell me.

You've had a tough crack at life, I'll give you that. But you don't got to let the bad thrown at you become the ugly you think you got to be.

80% of people's problems are about how they feel about themselves.

Stop being tomented by everyone else's reaction to you.

if I wait to be perfect before I love myself I will always be unsatisfied and ungrateful if I wait until all the flaws, chips, and cracks disappear I will be the cup that stands on the shelf and is never used

MANTRAS FOR DAILY LIVING ?I am my own authority. ?My life is a work in progress. ?I desire wholeness.

Learning to be present with yourself and to abide in that which is steady and comfortable does not allow space for self-judgment. When you live this way, you are practicing yoga: you are living fully.

It has taken me a while to learn that I am God's creation—exactly as He intended. I thought I didn't trust you, but I now know I hadn't fully placed my trust in God." After

I am what I am; I've done what I've done. I can't change any of it.

We must, we must, we must increase our bust.

It can take a while, sometimes, to be the woman you want to be, and to excavate the misogyny or critical eye we too often internalise

You've seen what your perfect self looks like in the MEEP, so when you look in the mirror now, all you see are your flaws.

You interrupted the daily conversation between my ears that went something like this: What is wrong with you Julia?

Maybe she was a wallflower. There was no shame in that. Especially not if one enjoyed being a wallflower.

It is of no concern. I don't mind that I am not universally adored. If I wanted everyone to like me, I'd have to be kind and charming and bland and boring all the time, and what would be the fun in that?

It had been years since he'd felt comfortable in his own skin, since he'd trusted his instincts. Since he'd looked in the mirror without avoiding his own gaze.

Maybe, Penelope had thought on more than one occasion, part of the reason she loved him was that he made her feel comfortable with herself.

Oh, don't call yourself odd. Let others do that, if they insist. Call yourself original. It has a much nicer ring to it.

Am I completely indifferent to criticism? No, not at all. But I know who I am and I have learned to respect and care for who I am.