Self Acceptance Quotes - Page 6

• To accept the truth of who you really are takes nothing short of realization. You have to see the diamond for yourself.

  Dennis Merzel

  Acceptance, Realization, Accepting

  Dennis Genpo Merzel (2005). “The Path of the Human Being: Zen Teachings on the Bodhisattva Way”, p.16, Shambhala Publications

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• Keep your heart open for as long as you can, as wide as you can, for others and especially for yourself.

  Morrie Schwartz

  Heart, Acceptance, Long

  Morrie Schwartz (2011). “Morrie In His Own Words: Life Wisdom From a Remarkable Man”, p.19, Pan Macmillan

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• I'm just your everyday woman who is trying to feel good and be healthy for her daughter, her fiancé, and herself.

  Jessica Simpson

  Daughter, Acceptance, Feel Good

  "Jessica Simpson: My 'Body Is Not Bouncing Back Like a Supermodel'" by Jennifer Abbey, abcnews.go.com. September 5, 2012.

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• I'm hard on myself, so I'm working on shifting perspective toward self-acceptance, with all my flaws and weaknesses.

  Gwyneth Paltrow

  Acceptance, Self, Perspective

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• The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.

  Paul Tillich

  Positive, Confidence, Courage

  Paul Tillich, F. Forrester Church (1999). “The Essential Tillich”, p.174, University of Chicago Press

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• The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

  Alan Watts

  Motivational, Change, Moving On

  Alan Watts (1951). “The Wisdom of Insecurity”, Vintage

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• I no longer agree to treat myself with disrespect. Every time a self-critical thought comes to mind, I will forgive the Judge and follow this comment with words of praise, self-acceptance, and love.

  Miguel Angel Ruiz

  Acceptance, Self, Judging

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• Growth begins when we start to accept our own weakness

  Jean Vanier

  Love Yourself, Learning, Acceptance

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• Assured of your salvation by the unique grace of our Lord Jesus Christ" is the heartbeat of the gospel, joyful liberation from fear of the Final Outcome, a summons to self-acceptance, and freedom for a life of compassion toward others.

  Brennan Manning

  Jesus, Acceptance, Unique

  Brennan Manning (2008). “The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out”, p.101, Multnomah

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• Loving yourself...does not mean being self-absorbed or narcissistic, or disregarding others. Rather it means welcoming yourself as the most honored guest in your own heart, a guest worthy of respect, a lovable companion

  Margot Anand

  Love Yourself, Mean, Heart

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• If you really want to find your voice, your goal is to journey toward inner wholeness--which is what life is about anyway. It involves self-acceptance and genuine self-respect.
  from Unleash the Writer Within

  Cecil Murphey

  Acceptance, Journey, Self

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• You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

  Gautama Buddha

  Love, Inspirational, Positive

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• One can develop new capacities and strengths with which to meet the natural vicissitudes of living; that one may gain a sense of inner peace through greater self-acceptance, through a more realistic perspective on one's relationships and experiences.

  Eda LeShan

  Acceptance, Self, Perspective

  Eda J. LeShan (1965). “How to survive parenthood”

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• We would have to settle for the elegant goal of becoming ourselves.

  William Styron

  Acceptance, Goal, Becoming

  William Styron (2015). “My Generation: Collected Nonfiction”, p.519, Random House

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• I always thought that people told you that you're beautiful-that this was a title that was bestowed upon you. [...] I think that it's time to take this power into our own hands and to say, "You know what? I'm beautiful. I just am. And that's my light. I'm just a beautiful woman."

  Margaret Cho

  Inspirational, Beautiful, Self Esteem

  Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 14, 2009.

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• You are more powerful than you know; you are beautiful just as you are.

  Melissa Etheridge

  Inspirational, Beautiful, Being Strong

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• Know thyself. Nothing in excess. The Self is required to balance the Self.

  Ralph Blum

  Acceptance, Self, Balance

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• Someone asked me recently, "Do you get sick of people asking you about your hair?" And the reason I don't is because I actually feel like you could chronicle my journey of self-acceptance through my journey with my hair. It's a badge of something bigger.

  Tracee Ellis Ross

  Acceptance, Journey, Hair

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

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• Our humanness is the part of us that we try and push away, that we don't want to see, that we don't like. It's about self-acceptance, number one, and it's also about accepting our creation.

  Christine McCormick Day

  Acceptance, Self, Humanness Is

  Source: www.edgemagazine.net

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• Friendship with oneself is all important.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Friendship, Self Esteem, Love Yourself

  Eleanor Roosevelt (1995). “What I Hope to Leave Behind: The Essential Essays of Eleanor Roosevelt”, Carlson Pub

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• Sometimes I think we Americans are the loneliest people in the world. To be sure, we hunger for the power of affection, the self-acceptance that gives life. It is the oldest and strongest hunger in the world. But hungering is not enough.

  Sherwood Anderson

  Acceptance, Thinking, Self

  Sherwood Anderson (1947). “The Sherwood Anderson reader”

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• If broken lives and souls are to be healed, it must begin with teaching the practice of the presence... To abide in the presence of the Lord is to begin to hear Him. To follow through on that hearing is to find healing, self-acceptance, and growth into psychological and spiritual balance and maturity.

  Leanne Payne

  Spiritual, Teaching, Healing

  Leanne Payne (1999). “Listening Prayer: Learning to Hear God's Voice and Keep a Prayer Journal”, p.131, Baker Books

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• Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.

  Honore de Balzac

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Confidence

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• Your own level of self-acceptance is determined largely by how well you feel you are accepted by the important people in your life.

  Brian Tracy

  Acceptance, Self, People

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• When the good student chooses the honest path, free of perfectionism and faking, music study becomes something refreshingly new: a calm oasis of self-acceptance for those who are so used to driving themselves and trying to please others.

  William Westney

  Acceptance, Oasis, Self

  William Westney (2006). “The Perfect Wrong Note: Learning to Trust Your Musical Self”, p.135, Amadeus Press

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