Quotes About Self-acceptance

If you abuse yourself very badly, you can even tolerate someone who beats you up, humiliates you, and treats you like dirt. Why? Because in your belief system you say, "I deserve it. This person is doing me a favor by being with me. I'm not worthy of love and respect. I'm not good enough.

The freedom we are looking for is the freedom to be ourselves, to express ourselves.

the discipline to be ourselves, no matter what. The

Just being ourselves is the biggest fear of humans. We have learned to live our life trying to satisfy other people's demands. We have learned to live by other people's points of view because of the fear of not being accepted and of not being good enough for someone else.

In your whole life nobody has ever abused you more than you have abused yourself. And the limit of your self-abuse is exactly the limit that you will tolerate from someone else.

All your life you tried to be good enough for somebody else, and you left yourself last. You sacrificed your personal freedom to live according to somebody else's point of view. You tried to be good enough for your mother, your father, your teachers, your beloved, your children, your religion, and society. After trying for so many years, you try to be good enough for yourself, and you find out that you're not good enough for yourself.

Religions talk about sin and sinners, but let's understand what it really means to sin. A sin is anything that you do which goes against yourself. Everything you feel or believe or say that goes against yourself is a sin.

and because I am your creation, I love myself just the way I am.

And if you challenge your beliefs just by asking yourself if what you believe is true, you may find out something very interesting: All your life you tried to be good enough for somebody else, and you left yourself last. You sacrificed your personal freedom to live according to somebody else's point of view.

imagen de perfección. Nos resulta imposible perdonarnos por no ser lo que desearíamos ser, o mejor dicho, por no ser quien creemos que deberíamos ser. No podemos perdonarnos por no ser perfectos.

We have to be what we are, so we don't have to present a false image. If you love me the way I am, "Okay, take me." If you don't love me the way I am, "Okay, bye-bye. Find someone else.

Un pecado es cualquier cosa que haces y que va contra ti. Todo lo que sientas, creas o digas que vaya contra ti es un pecado. Vas contra ti cuando te juzgas y te culpas por cualquier cosa. No pecar es hacer exactamente lo contrario. Ser impecable es no ir contra ti

the result is: I am. I am what I am; you are what you are, and the complete acceptance of whatever you are is what makes the difference.

Ser impecable es no ir contra ti mismo. Cuando eres impecable, asumes la responsabilidad de tus actos, pero sin juzgarte ni culparte.

El pecado empieza con el rechazo de uno mismo. El mayor pecado que cometes es rechazarte a ti mismo.

Even the opinions you have about yourself are not necessarily true; therefore, you don't need to take whatever you hear in your own mind personally.

We were brought into this world as authentic beings, and then we began to practice "who we are" until it became a mastery. At any stage in our adult lives we can unpractice; we can let go of our attachments to an identity . . . and we can be.

I've never understood what people mean when they say they have to find themselves. We know who we are. The hard part is being that person. It's always so much easier to be someone else.

I've never understood what people mean when they say they have to find themselves. We know who we are. The hard part is being that person. It's always so much easier to be someone else.

Todo depende de que el hombre sea tal como es, de que no se avergüence de querer lo que quiere y de desear lo que desea. La gente suele ser esclava de las ordenanzas. Alguien les ha dicho que deben ser de tal o cual manera y ellos tratan de ser así y jamás llegan a saber quiénes eran y quiénes son. Al final ya no son nadie ni nada. El hombre debe tener ante todo el valor de ser él mismo.

No hay nada más miserable que tener vergüenza de los propios sentimientos.

There is no need to condemn yourself in any way, or to elate yourself, but just be your Spirit. The best way to be with your Spirit is to forgive.

Our human condition makes us tend to share only the best of ourselves, because we are always searching for love and approval

What is the thing you want most from me? What can I do to make you love me?' Be yourself,' said Ipek.