546 Quotes About Self-acceptance



  • Author Sadiqua Hamdan
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    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.

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  • Author Anne Poirier
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    It’s important to think of self-acceptance as something related to your present state. It means accepting yourself as you are at this very moment. It doesn’t mean, “I would love myself more if I lost ten pounds,” or “I accepted myself when I was 20 years younger.

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  • Author Harriet Lerner
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    Our society doesn’t promote self-acceptance and it never will. First of all, self-acceptance doesn’t sell products. Capitalism would fall if we liked ourselves the way we are now.

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  • Author Todd Kashdan
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    Acknowledging seemingly contradictory aspects of the self will increase the power and influence you wield in the present, and the vitality, agility and perseverance you can bring to the life tasks that lie ahead.

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  • Author Katherine May
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    Nobody had ever said to me before, "You need to live a life that you can cope with, not the one that other people want. Start saying no. Just do one thing a day. No more than two social events in a week." I owe my life to him.

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