Quotes About Self-acceptance

That must be rough, wanting to be the rag doll, wishing you were the ragged thing, when all you did wrong was be too perfect.

I won't be what I'm not. -Jing-mei

I cling to my imperfection, as the very essence of my being.

Je tiens à mon imperfection comme à ma raison d'être.

Trying to please everyone all the time never works. It leads to hating oneself and then hating oneself even more when one later tries to assert one's authority. Today

Ne dites pas trop de mal de vous-meme: on vous croirait. - Don't talk too badly of yourself: they might believe you.

WARMING UP BEFORE THE MATCH, I pray. Not for a win, but for my hairpiece to stay on.

I could never dream of being cool.

Perché uno deve stare al gioco, se sa che il gioco fa schifo? Non è questione di coerenza astratta, è questione di non dimenticarti chi sei.

Does the sun ask itself, "Am I good? Am I worthwhile? Is there enough of me?" No, it burns and it shines. Does the sun ask itself, "What does the moon think of me? How does Mars feel about me today?" No it burns, it shines. Does the sun ask itself, "Am I as big as other suns in other galaxies?" No, it burns, it shines.

And just when you start thinking that you've accepted who you are, that changes, too. Because who you are is not permanent.

Ja sam više od svojih ožiljaka.

The point is that we are not doomed because we are homosexual, my dear, we are doomed only if we live in despair because of it, as we did on the beaches and the streets of Suck City.

I just feel it's ruined my life. It drains me, you know, it's like having a tumor, or a parasite! If I were straight I'd get married and that would be it. But being gay, I waste so much time imagining! I hate the lying to my family, and I know I'll never be any of the things they expect of me," he said, "because it's like having cancer but you can't tell them, that's what a secret vice is like.

I had to do the full body shave for the first coupla weeks of 'White Chicks,' then I said, 'You know what? I'm just gonna be a hairy white chick 'cause this is too much!

Some women give birth and then two weeks later look amazing. I don't think I'm going to be one of those women, and I'm OK with that. I just want to be a good mom; I don't really care about having a hot bod.

Don't waste so much time thinking about how much you weigh. There is no more mind-numbing, boring, idiotic, self-destructive diversion from the fun of living.

I don't weigh myself.

I always say you shouldn't weigh yourself. I don't even have a set of scales in my house.

Well, let me tell you, if you're 45, had three children and are post-menopausal, you're not going to weigh what you did the day you graduated from high school. Get that out of your head. That's a media-driven ideal that you're never going to healthfully obtain.

I don't weigh myself. I don't have a scale in the house.

I have no idea what I weigh. I don't even own a scale.

I never get on a scale now. I really don't know what I weigh. I don't care.