Quotes About Self-acceptance

Self acceptance is pure power.

Know the adjectives that define you and pay no heed to the verbs that defy you.

Self-loathing is man's effort to sweep the moon of footprints.

My life is exactly what it's meant to be, and I'm okay. I'm. Okay. Those two words, yeah, they mean a lot to me. I'm not perfect, I'm not completely healed, but I'm okay. I'll take it.

Shame eats away at the core of who we are.

I'd rather apologize to you for not being who you want me to be than apologize to God for not being who I should be.

When people call you by names you don't want to hear, adorn yourself with those 'names'. They take you to places, which those people will not be able to even pronounce.

Sometimes it takes a lot of courage to be who you are.

The opinions of others should not deter you from being yourself..

You have to validate yourself first, and then you will receive the much-deserved healing validation from the rest of the world.

I think I'll feel out of place wherever I go on earth, forever. But that's fine. I have to make my peace with that.

In this space, in this moment, we are who we want to be. I am lucky, because for me that doesn't take much courage. But for others, it takes a world of bravery to make it to the clearing.

Know who you are and be who you are insofar as it is deem fit, for there is nothing so contemptuous to be who you are!

Finally I was able to see that if I had a contribution I wanted to make, I must do it, despite what others said. That I was OK the way I was. That it was all right to be strong.

The Acceptance of who you are is in the embrace of who you will become.

I embrace my shadow self. Shadows give depth and dimension to my life. I believe in embracing my duality, in learning to let darkness and light, peacefully co-exist, as illumination.

Never let the light in your eyes fade...You are beautiful just the way youare..

Your mission: feel good about who you are, what you do, how you think, and how you look--without needing anybody's approval!

You are you, no one else is you, you are the right you, and the right you, is the you that you love.

If you put a small value on yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price.

You have to let people see what you wrote. It will never be perfect, but perfect is overrated.

You're not going to like everyone, and not everyone is going to like you. It's a statistical impossibility. So don't fret over it, and don't feel guilty or insecure about it.

You allow yourself that pleasure of liking yourself. What if this is enough?

I think my capacity to change has given me tremendous happiness, because who I am today I am completely content to be.