Self Acceptance Quotes - Page 6

• 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'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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• 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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• 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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• 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.

  Neale Donald Walsch

  Acceptance, Past, Starting Over

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

  Melissa Etheridge

  Inspirational, Beautiful, Being Strong

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

  Ralph Blum

  Acceptance, Self, Balance

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• 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.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Love You, Acceptance, Self

  FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Apr 11, 2013

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• Integrity is unity of the personality; it implies being brutally honest with ourselves about our intentionality. Since intentionality is inextricably bound up with the daimonic, this is never an easy, nor always pleasant pursuit. But being willing to admit our daimonic tendencies - to know them consciously and to wisely oversee them - brings with it the invaluable blessing of freedom, vigor, inner strength, and self-acceptance.

  Stephen A. Diamond

  Integrity, Acceptance, Blessing

  Stephen A. Diamond (1996). “Anger, Madness, and the Daimonic: The Psychological Genesis of Violence, Evil, and Creativity”, p.233, SUNY Press

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• 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

  Inspiration, Acceptance, Sight

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• We always condemn most in others, he thought, that which we most fear in ourselves.

  Robert M. Pirsig

  Acceptance

  "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". Book by Robert M. Pirsig, en.wikiquote.org. 1974.

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• If you're going to make an emotional connection with somebody, whether it's in the story or in the world, there's a certain amount of self-acceptance that is required.

  George Saunders

  Acceptance, Emotional, Self

  Source: therumpus.net

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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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• 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 you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself.

  Barbara De Angelis

  Love, Life, Self Esteem

  Barbara De Angelis (2009). “Real Moments for Lovers: The Enlightened Guide for Discovering Total Passion and True Intimacy”, p.20, Dell

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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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• 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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• I seem to have the blind self-acceptance of the eccentric who can't conceive that his eccentricities are not clearly understood.

  Saul Bellow

  Acceptance, Self, Eccentric

  Saul Bellow, Gloria L. Cronin, Ben Siegel (1994). “Conversations with Saul Bellow”, p.67, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• My whole journey has been about self-acceptance.

  Jordin Sparks

  Acceptance, Journey, Self

  "September Cover Girl Jordin Sparks: The Full Interview". Interview with Lori Berger, www.redbookmag.com. August 14, 2012.

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