Quotes About Self-acceptance

Release the need for the attention of others

Your worth is determined by you, and with no need for an explanation to anyone. And your worthiness, a given, has nothing to do with your behavior and feelings. You may not like your behavior in a given instance, but that has nothing to do with your self-worth. You can choose to be worthy to yourself forever, and then get on with the task of working on your self-images.

Self-worth cannot be verified by others. You are worthy because you say it is so. If you depend on others for your value it is other-worth.

Guilt is the most useless of all erroneous zone behaviors. It is by far the greatest waste of emotional energy. Why? Because, by definition, you are feeling immobilized in the present over something that has already taken place, and no amount of guilt can ever change history.

Make an effort to remove all labels that you've placed on yourself. Labels serve to negate you. You must ultimately live up to the label rather than being the limitless spirit that is your true essence.

It is better to be hated for what you are, than loved for what you are not." — ANDRÉ GIDE

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval." — Mark Twain

The essential lesson I've learned in life is to just be yourself. Treasure the magnificent being that you are and recognize first and foremost you're not here as a human being only. You're a spiritual being having a human experience.

I'm sure you've heard the saying, "Wherever I go, there I am." This means that you've always got yourself to deal with, so you should only be concerned with consulting your inner signals.

work at living one day in complete harmony with your own nature, ignoring pressures to be otherwise.

lose interest in seeking approval.

Love yourself as God does, for yourself alone.

I don't think we've researched the importance of laughter enough, how good it feels to laugh and how therapeutic it is to be able to laugh at ourselves and others and not take life so seriously

Remind yourself that the fear of failure is very often the fear of someone else's disapproval or ridicule. If you let them have their own opinions, which have nothing to do with you, you can begin to evaluate your behavior in your own, rather than their terms. You'll come to see your abilities not as better or worse, but as simply different from others.

I love who I am and what I have attracted to myself up until now. I do not need another thing or even one tiny change in order to be happy or complete. I know in my heart that I am not going to get it all, but that I truly am it all already. The universe is endless, I am the universe, and therefore I am without boundaries.

Permit the paradox of wanting the irritant to vanish and allowing it to be what it is. Look inward for it in your thoughts and allow yourself to feel it wherever it is and however it moves in your body.

see yourself as whole and complete just as you are.

When approval-seeking is the guiding principle of life, it's virtually impossible to achieve a loving relationship with another human being.

If I don't have a story, I won't have to live up to it.

Toda questão de amar, dar e receber tem por base um eu que é plenamente amado.

begin changing your view of judgment as a valuable or important activity by being aware of when you're doing it to yourself.

Amar a si mesmo significa aceitar-se como alguém que tem valor porque decidiu ter valor.

Trust your own essential nature.

You may have a social disease, one that will not go away with a simple injection. You are quite possibly infected with the sepsis of low-esteem, and the only known cure is a massive dose of self-love.