Quotes About Affirmation

He had a happy canine way of seeking approval without seeming insecure.

She laughed enough to migrate an entire flock of birds. That was how she said yes

that's all anyone wants from anyone else, not love itself but the knowledge that love is there

The common element in all the special forms of contemplation is the loving, yearning, affirming bent toward that happiness which is the same as God Himself, and which is the aim and purpose of all that happens in the world.

No, the contrary of acedia is not the spirit of work in the sense of the work of every day, of earning one's living; it is man's happy and cheerful affirmation of his own being, his acquiescence in the world and in God—which is to say love. Love that certainly brings a particular freshness and readiness to work along with it, but that no one with the least experience could conceivably confuse with the tense activity of the fanatical "worker".

Leisure draws its vitality from affirmation. It is not the same as non-activity, nor is it identical with tranquility; it is not even the same as inward tranquility. Rather, it is like the tranquil silence of lovers, which draws its strength from concord.

The secret cause of all suffering," he said, "is mortality itself, which is the prime condition of life. It cannot be denied if life is to be affirmed.

The conquest of the fear of death is the recovery of life's joy. One can experience an unconditional affirmation of life only when one has accepted death, not as contrary to life but as an aspect of life.

The words 'I am...' are potent words be careful what you hitch them to. The thing you're claiming has a way of reaching back and claiming you.

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Todos os dias sob todos os pontos de vista vou cada vez melhor.

Toute maladie, presque sans exception, peut céder à l'autosuggestion, si hardie et si invraisemblable que puisse paraître mon affirmation ; je ne dis pas cède toujours, mais peut céder, ce qui est différent. - Any disease, almost without exception, can give way to autosuggestion. However bold and implausible my assertion may seem; I don't say always yield, but can yield, which is different.

Every day, in every way. I'm getting better and better.

My own art is a negation of society, an affirmation of the individual, outside all rules and demands of society.

I remembered what had been circling in me: I am beautiful. I am full of love. I am dying.

Sometimes, you have to look around at the life you've made and sort of nod at it, like someone moving their head up and down to a tune they like.

Let us realize that, along with food, shelter, and clothing, we have another obligation to our children, and that is to affirm their "rightness." The whole world will tell them what's wrong with them—loud and often. Our job is to let our children know what's right about them.

The whole world will tell them what's wrong with them—loud and often. Our job is to let our children know what's right about them.

To be loved uniquely—for one's own special self—is to be loved as much as we need to be loved.

Still, the thought of the words "I want to spend the rest of my life with you" had me shaking and crying and unable to speak. What a statement. What a beautiful, unselfish, loving, trusting statement.

Whever I came into the room, she'd light up, so happy to see me. No one ever in the course of my entire life was ever as happy to see me as she was. Looking back, now, I realize that you only ever need one person who lights up that way when you enter a room. One person is all it takes to give a kid confidence.

The Oscar nomination is great. It's a great pat on the back. And I like that.

I think what everybody really wants is attention; we just want someone to pay attention to us.

I've always looked for my affirmation through my peers, the people I race against, and within my team.