Quotes About Self-acceptance

Everybody comments that I'm white. I'm surprised I haven't gotten more criticism for it. I'm always expecting any day now it's gonna come. I guess I just attribute the lack of hate to people hearing the music and hearing how much I genuinely love it.

Sometimes it used to hurt so bad when people used to say stuff about me. It still does. But I'm at a level now that I'm like, 'I ain't surprised that they said this or that about me.'

I kind of put myself out there as is. I'm a quiet person. I don't know if that's surprising. I'm a Pilates junkie.

I'm just a baker. I don't claim to be anything else. Maybe once, maybe years ago, I was a different kind of human being. I've forgotten, I don't know for sure.

I'm part Chinese, part Hawaiian, part Filipino, and part nigger. You'd hate to be me

for to change anything in your past would risk turning you into less than you are now.

But the real test of honor for a man is to live and learn to love himself.

The point is not knowing another person, or learning to love another person. The point is simply this: how tender can we bear to be? What good manners can we show as we welcome ourselves and others in our hearts?

Good enough is good enough. Perfect will make you a bit fat mess every time.

Good Lord didn't mean for us to hate ourself. He made us to love ourself like He do, with wide open arms.

I had never considered myself beautiful, but I decided that I could change my mind.

I'm not going to pretend to be something I'm not - to smile sweetly all the time - just to get recognition and love. I won't play the whore for anyone, least of all for journalists. I can't do that. I want to be loved, yes, but the way I am and not the way people would like me to be. I have to be allowed to be myself.

I want to be liked for what I do, not for what I pretend to be. I try - maybe too forcefully at times - to have the courage of my convictions and to stand my ground when necessary.

Fear is the cause and effect of the thoughts, feelings and actions that prohibit you from accepting yourself and realizing your full potential

Own your progress. Claim your worth.

You can't accept another if you don't accept yourself

A ella le gustaba de alma la noche, pero no tenía nada de perversa. A lo sumo tenía esa necesaria cuota de perversión que hace más llevadera la vida, pero no más. Era feliz como era: jamás quiso tener un hijo, jamás se arrepintió de nada que hubiera hecho. El que no está a la altura de su deseo, decía la Coca, ése es uno a quien el mundo puede llamar un cobarde.

It's like, at the end, there's this surprise quiz: Am I proud of me? I gave my life to become the person I am right now! Was it worth what I paid?

a thousand times: "You're a perfect expression of perfect Love, here and now. You will have a perfect

Sabes quién eres por dentro, pero la gente, desde afuera, ve algo distinto. Puedes elegir entre convertirte en la imagen y dejar que desaparezca quién tú eres, o continuar como eres y sentirte falso cuando representas la imagen.

No me sentía culpable de romper las promesas que me había hecho a mi mísmo, tales solo existen para los que aceptan lo corriente. Uno que ha palpado la perfección en su aprendizaje no necesita esa clase de promesas.

Proving yourself is a dangerous trap.

Humility and inner peace go hand in hand. The less compelled you are to try to prove yourself to others, the easier it is to feel peaceful inside.

Contrary to popular belief, negative feelings don't need to be studied and analyzed. When you analyze your negative feelings, you'll usually end up with more of them to contend with. The