Quotes About Self-acceptance

Why had I wasted all my time pretending to be someone I wasn't? I was tired, so very, very tired of standing on my own brakes. I felt...right. I felt free.

If we stop defining each other by what we are not and start defining ourselves by who we are we can all be freer. And this is what HeforShe is about. It's about freedom.

I don't have anything to prove anymore. I don't have a record deal, no one has any expectations, I'm in a position of freedom. I don't need anyone's approval.

I am at peace with myself.

It's not your job to like me - it's mine

I'm either my best friend or my worst enemy.

As long as our orientation is toward perfection or success, we will never learn about unconditional friendship with ourselves, nor will we find compassion.

You pick me up and brush me off and tell me I'm okay, sometimes that's just what we need to get us through the day.

I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.

Thin people are beautiful, but fat people are adorable.

Cause see they call me a menace; and if the shoe fits I'll wear it.

I'm not for everyone. I'm barely for me.

Hate me for who I am, I don't care. At least I'm not pretending to be someone I'm not.

Not that smart. Not that hot. Not that nice. Not that funny. That's me: I'm not that.

I am who I am. I can't pretend to be somebody who makes $25,000 a year.

Every one of us has our own strengths and weaknesses, and it is only when you accept everything you are, and aren't, that you will truly find the happiness and fulfillment you seek.

Nobody can replace you. You are unique in your position. Don't try to compare yourself with others.

Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you. - Tyrion Lannister

Be who you are even if nobody likes it.

You are who you are and no amount of judgement from others should ever change that.

You are the only one who defines you, so don't ever allow anyone to tell you who you are, or that you are not good enough.

Always be yourself despite what others think. If you're not selling the real you to people, you're selling yourself short.

I spent my whole life trying to fit in, trying to be popular, years being depressed over what I could never be. Then one day I woke up and decided that I didn't want to be sad anymore, and just accepted the fact that I am myself, God created me different from the rest for a reason.

Every girl is beautiful, including you. Maybe not in what you look like or what you do, but just in what you are.