Quotes About Self-acceptance

Why are you taking your breasts away?" -Dane "Cernunnos" Hearne

Growth and transformation occur not by changing who we are, but as we summon the courage to be who we are.

Authenticity and happiness are the best beauty products out there

There are a lot of things that are personally uncomfortable to show, especially me without makeup and completely bloated or crying. But I've realized that it's time for me to show my audience that you don't have to be perfect to achieve your dreams. Because nobody relates to being perfect.

I had to learn to value myself before I could expect to be valued by others

I don't want us to be together because either of us is afraid. We have to be whole before we can share what we are with each other

I am tired of hiding, tired of misspent and knotted energies, tired of the hypocrisy, and tired of acting as though I have something to hide.

The modest wrinkles and the slackness of her skin were a matter of course. Proof she'd seized the reins in life. Nothing to be ashamed of.

By happy in your body. . . . It's the only one you've got, so you might as well like it.

Don't Badmouth Yourself Many

I beg you to understand and accept that no matter what name, I am what I am.

I only wish that I could have more confidence and try to forget all my silly preconceptions, misconceptions, and just live. Just live. Just. Live. Just live till I die.

Wide-eyed students see everything in a positive light, and huge energy can be released. They'll seem less afraid of the 'space' around them, and they're likely to stop 'judging themselves'. Remove defences in life and you increase anxiety: remove them onstage and anxiety diminishes.

What I am is how I came out. No one's perfect and you just have to accept your flaws and learn to love yourself.

Women are so unforgiving of themselves. We don't recognize our own beauty because we're too busy comparing ourselves to other people.

I feel good in my own skin because I've accepted the fact that I'm me. That's what's so great about being alive and being on this planet: Everybody's different.

There's nothing more powerful than coming out and being who you are.

She just needed to be who she really was.

You in big trouble w'en you have ta apologize foh bein' yo'self.

Do not fight your inner demons. Learn to absorb them into your being with compassion - for they are part of you! Remember what Jesus says: love your enemies. To love means to respect, to attend to, to be ready to respond to, and to understand.

I am learning to forgive my inner geek, and even value him as a free man.

I made up my mind I'm not going to pay attention to what people think. I've done that too long—all my life. I'm not going to live that way anymore.

After 'Freaks and Geeks ' I dealt with several producers who wanted to cover up all my beauty marks, every single mole on my body. They tried to cover them on my first two episodes of 'Dawson's Creek ' and it just looked ridiculous, so I had to put my foot down. But it's not something I'm insecure about.

I like starting off the new year fresh. I'm excited to see how 2013 turns out. Maybe because I'm an actress and I am always on a diet and fitness program, but my New Year's resolution is to let myself be nice to myself about my body.