About Yourself Quotes - Page 9

• Loving everything about yourself - even the 'unacceptable' - is an act of personal power. It is the beginning of healing.

  Christiane Northrup

  Healing, Loving Everything, Personal Power

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• Always speak and think kindly about yourself, because your soul needs your love and approval.

  Doreen Virtue

  Thinking, Soul, Needs

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• When you become a mother, you think less about yourself and care more about the world.

  Natalia Vodianova

  Mother, Thinking, World

  "Natalia Vodianova: My family values". Interview with Britt Collins, www.theguardian.com. March 11, 2011.

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• My advice to young actors is probably to do some theatre; definitely do that. I keep running into these actors who have never been on stage, and it's invaluable for an actor. What you will learn about yourself is huge.

  Yul Vazquez

  Running, Advice, Theatre

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• Creativity of all kinds focuses your mind, engages your imagination, and feeds your soul. Being creative can also facilitate understanding and encourage healing. Creativity is mindfulness in motion-intuitive, artistic motion. Creative moments and activities give you a boost and help you feel energized and good about yourself.

  Sue Thoele

  Art, Healing, Creativity

  Sue Patton Thoele (2008). “The Mindful Woman: Gentle Practices for Restoring Calm, Finding Balance, and Opening Your Heart”, p.60, New Harbinger Publications

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• At the beginning of a meditation session your thoughts will be relatively earthbound. You will think about yourself, your world, problems, difficulties and anxieties.

  Frederick Lenz

  Thinking, Meditation, Anxiety

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• To me, feeling good about yourself as you get older is all about your attitude - if you think you're old, you'll feel old.

  Lulu

  Attitude, Thinking, Feel Good

  "I'm through with having Botox, says pop diva Lulu". www.dailymail.co.uk. March 31, 2008.

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• If you look good, are in good health, and feel good about yourself, then you'll be more productive at work, you will be happier in your relationships with your friends and your family, and consequently, you will be a more productive, contributing member of society, making the world a better place for all. And, it all starts by working on yourself.

  Lee Labrada

  Feel Good, World, Looks

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• Dating is not only a wonderful time of life, but also a context for enormous spiritual and personal growth. You learn so much about yourself, others, God, love, spirituality, and life through dating. Done well, it can be fulfilling in and of itself. Done well, it can be one of the most fun and rewarding aspects of your life. Done well, it can lead to a good marriage.

  Henry Cloud

  Spiritual, Fun, Dating

  Henry Cloud (2005). “How to Get a Date Worth Keeping: Be Dating in Six Months Or Your Money Back”, p.30, Zondervan

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• The more you speak more languages, the more you understand about yourself. It's like being blind. You aren't less of a person, but you're missing out on wonderful things.

  Sandra Cisneros

  Missing, Language, Speak

  "Sandra Cisneros writes fable for grieving grown-ups" by Cindy Y. Rodriguez, www.cnn.com. October 23, 2012.

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• The more you see what other people do, the more you learn about yourself.

  Isaac Bashevis Singer

  People

  Isaac Bashevis Singer, Richard Burgin (1985). “Conversations with Isaac Bashevis Singer”, Doubleday Books

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• Whenever you complete a task of any size or importance, you feel a surge of energy, enthusiasm, and self-esteem. The more important the completed task, the happier, more confident, and more powerful you feel about yourself and your world.

  Brian Tracy

  Powerful, Self Esteem, Important

  Brian Tracy (2008). “Eat that Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time”, p.15, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Every cell in your body is totally aware of how you think and feel about yourself.

  Deepak Chopra

  Thinking, Cells, Body

  Deepak Chopra (2007). “The Essential Ageless Body, Timeless Mind: The Essence of the Quantum Alternative to Growing Old”, p.26, Harmony

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• Give up all ideas about yourself and simply be.

  Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

  Giving Up, Ideas, Giving

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• If you only think about yourself - how much money can I make, what can I buy, how nice is my house, what kind of fancy car do I have? - over the long term, I think, you get bored. I think your life becomes diminished. The way to live a full life is to think: What can I do for others?

  Barack Obama

  Nice, Thinking, Fancy Cars

  "Obama to Europe: No More Excuses" by Dan Froomkin, voices.washingtonpost.com. April 3, 2009.

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• Having someone in your class call you fat, ugly, too tall and so on, you start to think all those things about yourself. And if you're like me, those words are played on repeat inside your head. When I was at home, I felt loved and safe. My sisters were always a safe haven for me. I knew they would always play with me and make me feel like I was one of them. Now we have so many more social outlets, there are so many ways to be stalked and bullied. If social media is too much for you to handle then don't have a Twitter or Facebook account, just be yourself. Be who you want to be.

  Khloe Kardashian

  Being Yourself, Home, Thinking

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• I think creative people need to do a bit of, you know, tuning into every radio station - you just do, otherwise you don't know much about other people. You kind of have to learn a bit about yourself so you can work out how we all behave and why we do the things we do.

  Anne-Marie Duff

  Thinking, Work Out, People

  Interview with Aida Edemariam, www.theguardian.com. March 11, 2011.

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• Don't write about what you know - write about what you're interested in. Don't write about yourself - you aren't as interesting as you think.

  Tracy Chevalier

  Writing, Thinking, Interesting

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• The way you dress is the billboard that tells perceptive people how you feel about yourself.

  Barbara Walters

  Clothes, People, Dresses

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• Do not give to the poor expecting to get their gratitude so that you can feel good about yourself. If you do, your giving will be thin and short-lived, and that is not what the poor need; it will only improvish them further. Give only if you have something you must give; give only if you are someone for whom giving is its own reward.

  Dorothy Day

  Gratitude, Giving, Feel Good

  "Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation". Book by Parker Palmer, pp. 48-49, 1999.

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• I do know that I can take a punch. I've been punched in the face three times. That's, I think, a really important thing to know about yourself. It helps you in life. It helps you be brave when you know you can take a punch. I'm a lover, not a fighter. But, God bless me, I can take a punch.

  Sarah Silverman

  Thinking, Brave, Important

  "Sarah Silverman talks boobs, and answers our 11 questions". Interview with Marah Eakin, tv.avclub.com. September 23, 2014.

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• Reputation is what others think about you. What's far more important is character, because that is what you think about yourself.

  Billie Jean King

  Character, Thinking, Important

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• I think the reason that a lot of people have to have a lot of people around is just about being smart and knowing what you want to talk about. I want people to know who I am. Respect is a huge thing - especially in my family. ... If you don't respect people, people aren't going to respect you back. It's just about yourself, you respecting others, and hopefully everyone else will follow that and respect you, as well.

  Miley Cyrus

  Smart, Thinking, Who I Am

  "'I've never been that person to fake it,' says Miley Cyrus". Interview with Denise Quan, www.cnn.com. September 15, 2009.

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• It goes back to the if identity becomes your achievement, what do you do, this is what happens? And I do think it leads to psychological disorders. You have to start doing things and stop thinking about yourself.

  Greg Gutfeld

  Thinking About You, Psychological Disorders, Achievement

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• You can't talk about truth unless you talk about yourself.

  Cornel West

  Healing

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