#Self Acceptance Quotes

“Let me be that I am and seek not to alter me.”

“If I had my mouth, I would bite; if I had my liberty, I would do my liking. In the meantime, let me be that I am, and seek not toalter me.”

“Simply the thing that I am shall make me live.”

“Cannot we let [children] be themselves, and enjoy life in their own way? You are trying to make another you. One's enough.”

“The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in.”

“Therefore was I created with a stubborn outside, with an aspect of iron, that when I come to woo ladies, I fright them. But, in faith, Kate, the elder I wax, the better I shall appear. My comfort is that old age, that ill layer-up of beauty, can do no more spoil upon my face. Thou hast me, if thou hast me, at the worst, and thou shalt wear me, if thou wear me, better and better.”

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

“What you have despised in yourselfas a thorn opens into a rose.”

“Self worth cannot be verified by others. You are worthy because you say it is so. If you depend on others for your value it is other-worth.”

“you don't need to be better than any one else you just need to be better than you used to be”

“Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole, total person, not an apprentice person on the way to someplace else.”

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

“Give yourself a kiss. If you want to hold the beautiful one, hold yourself.”

“Our problem is that we make the mistake of comparing ourselves to other people. You are not inferior or superior to any human being...You do not determine your success by comparing yourself to others, rather you determine your success by comparing your accomplishments to your capabilities. You are 'number one' when you do the best you can with what you have.”

“As long as I continue to hear 'normal' people telling me I am too childish, I know I'm doing just fine.”

“Remind yourself that you cannot fail at being yourself.”

“Your reputation is none of your business.”

“My goal is not to be better than anyone else..but to be better that I used to be”

“You're only lonely if you don't like the person you are alone with.”

“You will make a lousy anybody else, but you will be the best "you" in existence.”

“A man must thank his defects, and stand in some terror of his talents. A transcendent talent draws so largely on his forces as tolame him; a defect pays him revenues on the other side.”

“It makes no difference where you go, there you are. And it makes no difference what you have, there’s always more to want. Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what you have.”

“What other people think of me is none of my business. One of the highest places you can get to is being independent of the good opinions of other people.”

“Accept that you are enough. You don't need to be anything that you are not.”

“I have too many flaws to be perfect. But i have too many blessings to be ungrateful.”

“Deficiency motivation doesn't work. It will lead to a life-long pursuit of try to fix me. Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are.”

“Resist Impulses to Label Yourself with Descriptions that Limit You in Any Way.”

“When you're at peace with yourself and love your self, it is virtually impossible to do things to yourself that are destructive.”

“Releasing guilt is like removing a huge weight from your shoulders. Guilt is released through the empowering thought of love and respect for yourself. Let go of standards of perfection and refuse to use up the precious currency of your life, the now, with thoughts that continue to frustrate and weaken you. Instead, vow to be better than you used to be, which is the true test of nobility.”

“Self worth cannot be verfied by others”

“Resist the temptation to compare yourself to others. This is crucial in order to be able to manifest whatever you want.”

“Don't judge me by my past. I don't live there anymore”

“So I'm ugly. So what? I never saw anyone hit with his face.”

“Once you have accepted yourself, it's so much easier to accept other people and their points of view.”

“Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what you have.”

“I just go where I'm sent and I do what I'm told. I listen to the highest voices within me. I don't feel the least bit courageous. I don't feel like I deserve any medals. I don't feel that I'm any more special than anybody else who's out there.”

“You are a success when you have made friends with your past, are focused on the present, and are optimistic about your future”

“Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are.”

“People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.”

“By giving children lots of affection, you can help fill them with love and acceptance of themselves. Then that's what they will have to give away.”

“Needing approval is like saying 'your view of me is more important than my own opinion of myself'.”

“How pleasant is the day when we give up striving to be young-or slender.”

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

“Sometimes when we are labeled, when we are branded our brand becomes our calling.”

“I thought it out this very day,Noon upon the clock,A man may put pretence awayWho leans upon a stick,May sing, and sing until he drop,Whether to maid or hag.”

“Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it.”

“I celebrate myself, and sing myself.”

“My life is not an apology, but a life.”

“I will grow. I will become something new and grand, but no grander than I now am. Just as the sky will be different in a few hours, its present perfection and completeness is not deficient, so am I presently perfect and not deficient. I will be different tomorrow. I will grow and I am not deficient.”

“All that you need in order to have total happiness, fulfillment, and love in your life you already have right now, whoever you are, wherever you are.”