Quotes About Self-acceptance

I accept my aloneness. That is, I accept that no one is coming to make my life right, or save me, or redeem my childhood, or rescue me from the consequences of my choices and actions.

Suffering is just about the easiest of all human activities; being happy is just about the hardest. And happiness requires, not surrender to guilt, but emancipation from guilt.

focused on your image in the mirror a few moments longer, and say to yourself, "Whatever my defects or imperfections, I accept myself unreservedly and completely." Stay focused, breathe deeply, and say this over and over again for a minute or two without rushing the process. Allow yourself to experience fully the meaning of your words.

Of all the judgements we pass, none is as important as the one we pass on ourselves.

Self-acceptance is my refusal to be in an adversarial relationship with myself.

Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is as important as the one we pass on ourselves.

The art of being is the art of knowing ourselves, of accepting and existing in harmony with ourselves, and of living out, in action, the highest possibilities of our nature. It includes three basic concepts: self-awareness, self-acceptance, and self-assertion.

Love is not felt to be real when it is always tied to performance, tied to living up to Mother's or Father's expectations

We do not serve a child's development by making self-repudiation the price of our love.

Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is as important as the one we pass on ourselves. I recall discussing the issue

The greatest crime we commit against ourselves is not that we may deny and disown our shortcomings but that we deny and disown our greatness—because it frightens us.

In the ultimate sense, I accept my aloneness. That is, I accept that no one is coming to make my life right, or save me, or redeem my childhood, or rescue me from the consequences of my choices and actions.

Whereas self-esteem is something we experience, self-acceptance is something we do.

Self-acceptance is the willingness to say of any emotion or behavior, "This is an expression of me, not necessarily an expression I like or admire, but an expression of me nonetheless, at least at the time it occurred.

Self-acceptance entails the idea of compassion, of being a friend to myself.

Self-acceptance is my refusal to be in an adversarial relationship to myself.

there was something of the women molded into the great, stalwart frame of Hollingsworth; nor was he ashamed of it; as men often are of what is best in them

I can't help what I have any more than you can help what you don't

You'll find your own path. It may not bring you redemption, it might not even bring you peace, but it will keep you from despising yourself.

You'll find your own path. It may not bring you redemption, it might not even bring you peace, but it will keep you from despising yourself.

I've never met another man I'd rather be.

But I didn't want to be anything anyhow. And I was certainly succeeding.

Going bearded seemed one less thing to have to fail at.

Ahora mismo, en este mismo momento, hay millones de personas que viven ahogadas por la vergüenza, la culpa, la intimidación, cuando debieran ser personas productivas y libres.