Quotes About Acceptance And Belonging

#1. I often refer to shame as the fear of disconnection
the fear of being perceived as flawed and unworthy of acceptance or belonging.

Brene Brown

#2. Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.

Brene Brown

#3. The trance of unworthiness keeps the sweetness of belonging out of reach. The path to "the sweetness of belonging," is acceptance - acceptance of ourselves and acceptance of others without judgment.

Tara Brach

#4. Fitting in is about assessing a situation and becoming who you need to be to be accepted. Belonging, on the other hand, doesn't require us to change who we are; it requires us to be who we are.

Brene Brown

#5. The desire for acceptance and belonging is so strong.

Jenny Hayworth

#6. Positive feelings come from being honest about yourself and accepting your personality, and physical characteristics, warts and all; and, from belonging to a family that accepts you without question.

Willard Scott

#7. At the exact time that our society embraces shaming, blaming, judgment, and rejection, it also holds acceptance and belonging as immensely important. In other words, it's never been more impossible to 'fit in,' yet 'fitting in' has never been more important and valued

Brene Brown

#8. When it get's tough, keep moving & when you stop moving, get tough

Derek Anthony Reid

#9. We are all hungry for love, acceptance and belonging. Rejection can still feel like death.

Julian Short

#10. I try to be a good shiksa wife. I go to Central Synagogue in New York.

Drew Barrymore

#11. There's a drive in a lost soul - in one that is searching for acceptance, companionship, belonging, whatever you want to call it. The slightest coincidence ignites a spark that one hopes will lead to something meaningful.

Doug Cooper

#12. The truth is: Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance, because believing that you're enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic, vulnerable and imperfect.

Brene Brown

#13. You and Dad are really the wrecking ball of all of our teenage runaway fantasies. Why couldn't you jerks go and be crack addicts or religious fanatics so we could have excuses to live on the wide open road? - email from Lily

Candace Allan

#14. Education is a kind of continuing dialogue, and a dialogue assumes different points of view.

Robert M. Hutchins

#15. Shame is the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing we are flawed and therefore unworthy of acceptance and belonging.

Brene Brown

#16. As long as these blood brothers are our leaders, and as long as your party officials are Jewish lackeys, you will be no threat to the big money men.

Julius Streicher

#17. You are my home; it is in your loving gaze that I find the comfort, acceptance, and the sense of belonging.

Steve Maraboli

#18. You should just evaluate the work and make your judgments accordingly. That's the way you do it in life and every other subject.

Clint Eastwood

#19. Acceptance is the sense of belonging.

M.F. Moonzajer

#20. We all belong here equally ... Just by being born onto the earth we are accepted and the earth supports us. We don't have to be especially good. We don't have to accomplish anything. We don't even have to be healthy.

Polly Horvath

#21. We're all whores, sooner or later.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

#22. Acceptance is like an antibiotic that prevents past rejections from turning into present-day infections. The need for belonging runs deep.

Lysa TerKeurst

#23. Omigosh - I'm a squash!

Dave Horowitz