Quotes About Self-acceptance

I found the right man, got married, and just had to keep not reinventing myself, just deciding that it doesn't matter what you are if you are a good person.

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

I am no size zero or super-thin Hollywood actress. I am built for men who like women to look like women.

The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit of - the last he does not concern himself about.

It is not being out at heels that makes a man discontented, it is being out at heart. To be contented is to be good friends with yourself.

If I did not wear torn pants, orthopedic shoes, frantic disheveled hair, that is to say, if I did not tone down my beauty, people would go mad. Married men would run amuck.

You have to find out what's right for you, so it's trial and error. You are going to be all right if you accept realistic goals for yourself.

Do not allow others to make your path for you. It is your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you. Accept yourself and your actions. Own your thoughts. Speak up when wrong, and apologize. Know your path at all times. To do this you must know yourself inside and out, accept your gifts as well as your shortcomings, and grow each day with honesty, integrity, compassion, faith, and brotherhood.

It's not okay to be critical of yourself.

Don't be afraid to be weird, don't be afraid to be different, don't worry too much about what other people think. Whatever it is that's original in you and your work might sometimes make you feel uncomfortable. That probably means you're on the right track, so just keep going. Dare to be foolish.

When she cried, he would say, "there is nothing wrong with crying. Your feelings tell you who are. They tell what is important. Don't ever be ashamed of them.

I'm not trying to be a middle aged centerfold, I just want to look at myself naked and not be disgusted.

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Heloise marvelled at how calmly Delia talked about herself, not trailing ragged ends of need or display.

If you are going to stop the world you must claim your power, but no man can claim his power if he feels unworthy of it.

I see a wiser person than when I was younger: having babies, and passing 30, were the turning points. What women in their 40s - I am 39 - lack in gorgeousness, they make up for in wisdom. I love ageing, despite the drawbacks - thinner, drier skin.

You need to be happy with yourself before you commit to somebody else for happiness

A man may despise himself for being as he is, but that does not absolve him of the responsibility for being as he is.

STOP COMPARING YOURSELF WITH OTHERS

The quickest way to improve your self-esteem is to be yourself.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

He has great tranquillity of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men. He will easily be content and pacified, whose conscience is pure. You are not holier if you are praised, nor the more worthless if you are found fault with. What you are, that you are; neither by word can you be made greater than what you are in the sight of God.

The deepest and most profitable lesson is this,the true knowlege and contempt of ourselves.

I am quite hard to live with, and I know that if I go through a bad run, I'm not the best company and am best left alone. But I'm not nearly as bad as people like to make out.