Self Acceptance Quotes - Page 7

• A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

  Mark Twain

  Confidence, Good Life, Inspirational Life

  Mark Twain (2015). “Mark Twain's Essays: Top Essays”, p.14, 谷月社

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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  The main thing, of course, always, is the fact that there is only one of you in the world, just one, and if that is not fulfilled then something has been lost. Ambition is not enough; necessity is everything.

  Martha Graham

  Life, Dance, Love Yourself

  "The Routledge Dance Studies Reader". Book by Alexandra Carter and Janet O'Shea, p. 96, 1998.

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

  Julia Cameron

  Creativity, Acceptance, Self

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.66, Souvenir Press

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• When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves.

  George Pataki

  Responsibility, Acceptance, Government

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• Conditions for creativity are to be puzzled; to concentrate; to accept conflict and tension; to be born everyday; to feel a sense of self.

  Erich Fromm

  Creativity, Acceptance, Self

  "Creative Expression: Creativity and Self Exploration". Book by Jennifer Freed, p. 39, 2007.

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• When you affirm your own Tightness in the universe, then you co operate with others easily and automatically as part of your own nature. You, being yourself, help others be themselves.

  Jane Roberts

  Being Yourself, Acceptance, Helping Others

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• Oh, I'm so inadequate. And I love myself!.

  Meg Ryan

  Inspirational, Acceptance, Loving Yourself

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• To increase your level of self acceptance, think of your unique talents and abilities.

  Brian Tracy

  Acceptance, Unique, Thinking

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• Change is possible, but it must start with self-acceptance.

  Alexander Lowen

  Acceptance, Compassion, Self

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• 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.'

  Jack Kornfield

  Letting Go, Acceptance, Compassion

  Jack Kornfield (2012). “Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are”, p.136, Shambhala Publications

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

  Brené Brown

  Acceptance, Self, Levels

  Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.122, Penguin

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  To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Positive, Beauty

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• 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

  Inspirational, Creativity, Acceptance

  Julia Cameron (2002). “The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.227, Penguin

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• Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth. To be consciously aware of it, to experience love in ourselves and others, is the meaning of life. Meaning does not lie in things. Meaning lies in us.

  Marianne Williamson

  Life, Sweet, Lying

  Marianne Williamson (1992). “A return to love: reflections on the principles of "A course in miracles"”

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• Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Confidence, Self Esteem, Love Yourself

  "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, Chapter X, 1595.

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• It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

  Sally Field

  Confidence, Self Esteem, Love Yourself

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  Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

  Rumi

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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  We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.

  Barbara Jordan

  Inspirational, Acceptance, People

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

  Byron Katie

  Inspiring, Boyfriend, Strong Women

  Twitter post from Jan 06, 2014

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

  William James

  Inspirational, Motivational, Relationship

  Letter to his class at Radcliffe College, 6 Apr. 1896, in Letters (1920) vol. 2, p. 33

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