Self Acceptance Quotes

Let a man's talents or virtues be what they may, he will only feel satisfaction in his society as he is satisfied in himself.

The rose does best as a rose. Lilies make the best lilies. And look! You - the best you around!

The first step in this process of mindfulness is radical self-acceptance .

The first steps in self-acceptance are not at all pleasant, for what one sees is not a happy sight. One needs all the courage to go further.

Many of us have a need to be right. We then set out to make ourselves right by making someone else wrong. We must get right with ourselves. Once we do, we will have so much to do, we will not have time to keep track of who is wrong.

We must be our own before we can be another's.

Do not let anything from your past inhibit you in this Present Moment. Start over. Start Fresh. Each day. Each hour, if it serves you. Heck, each minute. Just get going. Just do it. Just say it. With love. All else will take care of itself.

Creativity flourishes when we have a sense of safety and self-acceptance.

Believing that you're enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic.

There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable; don't help them by doing the job yourself.

No one can love you until you love yourself, and you cannot love anyone else, until you love yourself.

You can succeed if nobody else believes it, but you will never succeed if you don't believe in yourself.

See If You Can Give Yourself Gifts That May Be True Blessings, Such As Self-Acceptance

The trick is that as long as you know who you are and what makes you happy, it doesn't matter how others see you.

Our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self acceptance.

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.

In deep self-acceptance grows a compassionate understanding. As one Zen master said when I asked if he ever gets angry, 'Of course I get angry, but then a few minutes later I say to myself, 'What's the use of this,' and I let it go.'

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.

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.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life.

Once you forgive yourself, the self-rejection in your mind is over. Self-acceptance begins, and the self-love will grow so strong that you will finally accept yourself just the way you are. That's the beginning of the free human. Forgiveness is the key.

Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It's about accepting all of yourself.

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

The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself.

You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.

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

In love, there is a total acceptance of self, and a willingness to give of self without an expectation of receiving anything in return. When you love, you are not afraid to share the truth of who you are, and you accept the truth of others without judgment.

You can't get it all right all the time, but you can try your best. If you've done that, all that's left is to accept your shortcomings and have the courage to try to overcome them.

Forgive yourself. The supreme act of forgiveness is when you can forgive yourself for all the wounds you've created in your own life. Forgiveness is an act of self-love. When you forgive yourself, self-acceptance begins and self-love grows.

Self-acceptance begets acceptance from others, which begets even deeper, more genuine self-acceptance. It can be done. But no one is going to bestow it on you. It is a gift only you can give yourself.

Self-acceptance begins in infancy, with the influence of your parents and siblings and other important people. Your own level of self-acceptance is determined largely by how well you feel you are accepted by the important people in your life. Your attitude toward yourself is determined largely by the attitudes that you think other people have toward you. When you believe that other people think highly of you, your level of self-acceptance and self-esteem goes straight up. The best way to build a healthy personality involves understanding yourself and your feelings.

The journey into self-love and self-acceptance must begin with self-examination. ... until you take the journey of self-reflection, it is almost impossible to grow or learn in life.

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.

It's not your job to like me - it's mine

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

Growth begins when we start to accept our own weakness

No amount of self-improvement can make up for any lack of self-acceptance.

Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.

You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

I think happiness comes from self-acceptance. We all try different things, and we find some comfortable sense of who we are. We look at our parents and learn and grow and move on. We change.

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

Acceptance of one's life has nothing to do with resignation; it does not mean running away from the struggle. On the contrary, it means accepting it as it comes, with all the handicaps of heredity, of suffering, of psychological complexes and injustices.

Friendship with oneself is all important.

There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life.

With self-acceptance, we have the ability to choose compassion and forgiveness over anger and self-hatred.

Be gentle and forgiving with yourself, abandon any and all shame, and refuse to engage in any self-repudiation.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.