Quotes About Self-acceptance

It seems totally unfair that the way we look matters so much. I mean, why can't we just get over this gotta-be-thin-and-beautiful thing? Why can't we just accept ourselves and others for what we are?

It's not until a woman gets loose and comfortable inside her own skin that she's comfortable wrapping it around a man." Mina

I longed to stabilize my core identity and to withstand the pressure of other people's words, behaviors, moods, and perceptions. I wanted to be less easily thrown.

everybody was a lady—the fish lady, the yam lady, the store lady, the teacher lady'.6 She noticed, however, many instances of self-contempt. 'When I was a child,' she said, 'nearly everything about us was bad, you know; they would tell yuh seh yuh have bad hair, that black people bad… and that the language yuh talk was bad. And I know that a lot of people I knew were not bad at all, they were nice people and they talked this language.'7

You are who you are, and no one can change that. So be yourself, because no one can do it better.

Actually, I'm really quite vain about the whole problem because I figure there is no competition - I am what I am, and either I am needed as that or I'm not suitable anyway.

I was not ladylike, nor was I manly. I was something else altogether. There were so many different ways to be beautiful.

In the schoolyard they had begun to gravitate toward each other, as outcasts will if they have not yet been taught to despise themselves.

I don't know what I did to deserve someone as smart and beautiful as you." "You were you. And maybe that was enough.

Frankly, my height or lack thereof never bothered me much. Although there is no doubt that it has contributed to a certain mental toughness. I've made the most of the head start one gains from being underestimated.

Kimse mükemmel de?ildir. Ba?kalar?n? affetti?inde asl?nda kendini affedersin.

Have you ever had a patient who didn't want to be gay?" "Yes." "Did you try to fix them?" "There was nothing to fix. I can't change someone's sexuality. I help them come to terms with who they are. I help them cope with their own nature.

My feeling is that labels are for canned food... I am what I am - and I know what I am.

When people hurt us, the best thing to do isn't to ask why they did it but to remind ourselves that it wasn't our fault.

They originally turned into superheroes when they were running from something they didn't like about themselves... All those superheroes were doing was fighting themselves.

And like flowers in the fields, that make wonderful views, when we stand side-by-side in our wonderful hues.. We all make a beauty so wonderfully true. We are special and different, and just the same, too! So whenever you look at your beautiful skin, from your wiggling toes to your giggling grin... Think how lucky you are that the skin you live in, so beautifully holds the "You" who's within.

The only fool he tolerated gladly was himself

I think I am a rare breed, a homosexual who doesn't like men.

Depression can be a form of self hatred. We don't feel comfortable in our own skin.

Children raised by the Double-Minded parent will often grow up having codependent tendencies, seeking acceptance from others, being unrealistic in their view of "self," and feeling insecure. They are confused about what it means to follow Christ, and might avoid their parents in adulthood.

You can be a lousy vampire. You can be a lousy human. What you are doesn't mean anything. It's what you do with what you are that counts.

Except...except for this demon thing. I couldn't control it. And now I can't change back. Of course I was able to scare Chris off. I scared him by how ugly I am." He shook his head. "Princess, there's nothing ugly about you.

you are right where you should be / now act like it

All the fat guys watch me and say to their wives, 'See, there's a fat guy doing okay. Bring me another beer.'