Top 100 Quotes About Self Acceptance
#1. When you believe that other people think highly of you, your level of self-acceptance and self-esteem goes straight up.
Brian Tracy
#2. 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.
Miguel Angel Ruiz
#3. Yoga is not only a process of the integration of the soul, mind, and body for self-improvement, it is a process of self -realization and self -acceptance.
Debasish Mridha
#4. Self-acceptance has been a blessed by-product of middle age.
Candice Bergen
#5. Self-acceptance begins in infancy, with the influence of your parents and siblings and other important people.
Brian Tracy
#6. yoga is not a practice of attaining idealized physical postures, but a process of self-exploration, self-acceptance, and self-transformation. Reinforce
Mark Stephens
#7. Genuine self-acceptance is not derived from the power of positive thinking, mind games or pop psychology. IT IS AN ACT OF FAITH in the God of grace.
Brennan Manning
#8. The greatest miracle you can hope for is self-acceptance.
Maxwell Maltz
#9. Self-acceptance is my refusal to be in an adversarial relationship to myself.
Nathaniel Branden
#10. 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
#11. No amount of self-improvement can make up for any lack of self-acceptance.
Robert Holden
#12. The creator made us creative. Our creativity is our gift from God. Our use of it is our gift to God. Accepting this bargain is the beginning of true self-acceptance.
Julia Cameron
#13. An act of imagination is an act of self-acceptance.
Richard Hugo
#14. 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.
Camryn Manheim
#15. I learned that true forgiveness includes total self-acceptance. And out of acceptance wounds are healed and happiness is possible again.
Catherine Marshall
#16. To increase your level of self acceptance, think of your unique talents and abilities.
Brian Tracy
#17. Self-acceptance is hard for many of us. There is a voice inside that is constantly judging, first ourselves and then others.
Bell Hooks
#18. You are a self and an other.
Your 'others' are in part your own creation.
This in turn affects and shapes your experiences of self.
Your levels of self-awareness and self-acceptance largely shape how you perceive others. p.231
Stephanie Dowrick
#19. I'm hard on myself, so I'm working on shifting perspective toward self-acceptance, with all my flaws and weaknesses.
Gwyneth Paltrow
#20. Where we see self esteem, we see self acceptance. High self esteem individual tend to avoid falling into an adversarial relationship with themselves.
Nathaniel Branden
#21. 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.
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
#22. Whether you're as healthy as you should be or not, that doesn't disallow you to look your best. Style is only possible from a place of self-acceptance.
Stacy London
#23. This book was written under the umbrella of self-acceptance. The sooner we are okay with being different from one another, the sooner we can get on with being the best version of ourselves and love how we were created.
Becky Murphy
#24. A Mother who radiates self-love and self-acceptance actually VACCINATES her daughter against low self-esteem.
Naomi Wolf
#25. I seem to have the blind self-acceptance of the eccentric who can't conceive that his eccentricities are not clearly understood.
Saul Bellow
#26. 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.
Iyanla Vanzant
#27. Introverts' wounds usually begin in childhood. Our families of origin convey to us messages about introversion, which set us on a path of either self-acceptance or self-criticism.
Adam S. McHugh
#28. See If You Can Give Yourself Gifts That May Be True Blessings, Such As Self-Acceptance
Jon Kabat-Zinn
#29. 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
#30. I am a bit of a fundamentalist when it comes to black women's hair. Hair is hair - yet also about larger questions: self-acceptance, insecurity and what the world tells you is beautiful. For many black women, the idea of wearing their hair naturally is unbearable.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
#31. Self-acceptance means living the life you choose to live without worrying what others think about you. It doesn't matter what someone else thinks about you. What matters is what you think about yourself. Life is about choices - your life choices, not someone else's choice about how you should live.
Sadiqua Hamdan
#32. Self-acceptance is self-love in action.
Jodi Livon
#33. Self acceptance is common, Unfortunately, for some daft reason you are expected to have some kind of psychology degree to learn it.
Auliq Ice
#34. Shame makes self-acceptance and self-love impossible.
Bell Hooks
#35. Creativity flourishes when we have a sense of safety and self-acceptance.
Julia Cameron
#36. In this culture, cultivating unconditional self-acceptance truly is radical.
Yancy Lael
#37. 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 Ruiz
#38. Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it.
Jack Kornfield
#39. To help people achieve the three basic REBT philosophies of unconditional self-acceptance, unconditional other-acceptance, and unconditional life-acceptance, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral methods, which are described in this monograph, are used.
Albert Ellis
#40. 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
#41. 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
#42. I may say that (Being) love, in a profound but testable sense, creates the partner. it gives him a self-image, it gives him self-acceptance, a feeling of love-worthiness, all of which permit him to grow. It is a real question whether the full development of the human being is possible without it.
Abraham Maslow
#43. 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.
Miguel Angel Ruiz
#44. 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
#45. While writing 'City Boy,' I relied mainly on my own memories. In particular, I was able to describe the effect of gay liberation on an individual life (mine) as events paralleled my own growing self-acceptance; in this case, the political truly was the personal.
Edmund White
#46. Practice love and self-acceptance and you'll have an absolutely beautiful life.
Frederick Lenz
#47. 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.
Jamie Lee Curtis
#48. 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
#49. Every relationship will suffer to some degree without finding self-acceptance and treating yourself like your own best friend.
L.K. Elliott
#50. In a society that says, "Put yourself last," self-love and self-acceptance are almost revolutionary. If
Brene Brown
#51. Self-acceptance was the foundation of the happiest time in your life and it was the engine that powered the train.
Phillip C. McGraw
#52. 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
#53. My whole journey has been about self-acceptance.
Jordin Sparks
#54. In my research, I've interviewed a lot of people who never fit in, who are what you might call 'different': scientists, artists, thinkers. And if you drop down deep into their work and who they are, there is a tremendous amount of self-acceptance.
Brene Brown
#55. Change is possible, but it must start with self-acceptance.
Alexander Lowen
#56. The healing that comes with self-acceptance rippled through my life. As I embraced my carefree nature, I began living from my truth, and watched as the pure expression of who I am and the love I bring to the world illuminated my life.
Shelley Lundquist
#57. Jealousy is the result of one's lack of self-confidence, self-worth, and self-acceptance.
Sasha Azevedo
#58. Self-acceptance is involved in this process. You have got to be able to look at both your dark and your light side and not get enamored or depressed by either.
Frederick Lenz
#59. With self-acceptance, we have the ability to choose compassion and forgiveness over anger and self-hatred.
Michelle Cruz-Rosado
#61. In addition to helping me understand what love looks like between people, these definitions also forced me to acknowledge that cultivating self-love and self-acceptance is not optional. They aren't endeavors that I can look into if and when I have some spare time. They are priorities.
Brene Brown
#62. The message of love is self-acceptance in the smaller sense and self-acceptance in the large sense - the Self as eternity.
Frederick Lenz
#63. A man needs self-acceptance or he can't live with himself; he needs self-criticism or others can't live with him.
James Pike
#64. The attitude of unconditional self-acceptance is probably the most important variable in their long-term recovery.
Albert Ellis
#65. Attempts to help humans eliminate all self-ratings and views self-esteem as a self-defeating concept that encourages them to make conditional evaluations of self. Instead, it teaches people unconditional self-acceptance.
Albert Ellis
#66. Total self acceptance is empowering. It means allowing others to see you as they choose, without being offended.
Deepak Chopra
#67. I hate how long it takes to feel radical, militantly maternal self-acceptance.
Anne Lamott
#68. Nothing destroys self-worth, self-acceptance and self-love faster than denying what you feel. Without feelings, you would not know where you are in life. Nor would you know what areas you need to work on. Honor your feelings. Allow yourself to feel them.
Iyanla Vanzant
#69. When we are able to see the choices we make through the eyes of self-acceptance, we are transformed.
Jodi Livon
#70. Self-acceptance isn't the beginning of happiness; it's at the core of peaceful and happy living.
K.J. Kilton
#71. Loving and accepting ourselves are the ultimate acts of courage. In a society that says, "Put yourself last," self-love and self-acceptance are almost revolutionary.
Brene Brown
#72. The yoga of love is the yoga of acceptance. Love teaches us that which is most important is self-acceptance.
Frederick Lenz
#73. Self-acceptance should not be confused with an over-vaulting aggrandisement of self over others. That individual's exaggerated positive view of self relies upon a comparison with others - they sustain their own positive self-view, relatively, by maintaining a negative view of others.
Dave Mearns
#74. Self-approval and self-acceptance in the now are the main keys to positive changes in every area of our lives.
Louise L. Hay
#75. A second quality of mature sirituality is kindness. It is based on a fundamental notion of self-acceptance ...
Jack Kornfield
#76. The basis of everything in the wizards' world rests upon the insight "All this is myself." Therefore, in accepting the world as it is, the wizard views everything in the light of self-acceptance, which is the light of love.
Deepak Chopra
#77. 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
#78. The old Ivy feared parental reaction from each tiny act of defiance. But the new Ivy says, "Fuck 'em all!" a sentiment that Rachel will surely appreciate. My new motto? Be who you are and own that shit-because only with true self-acceptance comes peace and joy.
B.L. Berry
#79. When you stop living your life based on what others think of you real life begins. At that moment, you will finally see the door of self acceptance opened.
Shannon L. Alder
#80. What self-acceptance does is open up more possibilities of succeeding because you aren't fighting yourself along the way.
Shannon Ables
#81. Acceptance in the mindful context means that even when the unthinkable happens, we honor our self and our experience with dignity and kindness. Rather than turn our back on our own suffering, we treat ourselves as we would a beloved friend.
Heather Stang
#82. Happiness is attained, not through self-interest, but through unconditional fidelity in endless love of eternal light.
Aaron Cohen
#83. Be what you are. Do what you love. Speak what you feel. Don't hide
your humanity. Celebrate it. Embrace it.
That is how you change the world.
Vironika Tugaleva
#84. There is no other company in the world I've found more pleasurable than my own. For no one else has ever been as accepting of me or as thoroughly entertained by my quirkiness. It is a sweet thing to like yourself.
Richelle E. Goodrich
#85. Accept me for who iam or leave me the way iam, for a true image of God needs no Photoshop and the core of who i really am has no settings
Morgan Chabane
#86. Where would we have been without the discoveries of our predecessors, and where are we going without your discoveries?
Ogwo David Emenike
#87. All energy given to us for the achievements of goals and self-actualization is instead spent on deriving acceptance from our surroundings and compliance with the requirements of the society
Sunday Adelaja
#89. We must be able to love other people or forever endure the stain of disgraceful loneliness. By recognizing and expressing empathy for other people, we come to accept our own fallibility.
Kilroy J. Oldster
#92. When we accept ourselves as we are, we aren't "settling" or "keeping the problem in place." We're showing love and compassion for ourselves-for our feelings, our situation, and our history.
Nick Ortner
#93. The vilest form of self-abasement and self-destruction is the subordination of your mind to the mind of another, the acceptance of an authority over your brain, the acceptance of his assertions as facts, his say-so as truth, his edicts as middle-man between your consciousness and your existence.
Ayn Rand
#94. It's time to accept that I am average, and to stop making this acceptance of my averageness into a bereavement.
Sara Baume
#95. Because one believes in oneself, one doesn't try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn't need others' approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.
Lao-Tzu
#96. The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.
C. G. Jung
#97. There is stability in walking an uncertain path, because you never allow yourself to be misled by what you think you know.
A.J. Darkholme
#98. Why is it so easy to abandon ourselves, and why do we so easily fall into the illusion that this self-abandonment is the only way people will like us?
Ariana Carruth
#99. The four stages of acceptance:
1. This is worthless nonsense.
2. This is an interesting, but perverse, point of view.
3. This is true, but quite unimportant.
4. I always said so."
(Review of The Truth About Death, in: Journal of Genetics 1963, Vol. 58, p.464)
J.B.S. Haldane
#100. Public acceptance will never replace self-love. Nor will group membership add, create, or dictate your value.
Tiffany L. Jackson
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