Self-acceptance Quotes

Self-acceptance has been a blessed by-product of middle age. (Candice Bergen)
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. View quote
Sherwood Anderson
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. View quote
Brené Brown
A good place to start is with yourself. See if you can give yourself gifts that may be true blessings, such as self-acceptance, or some time each day with no purpose. Practice feeling deserving enough to accept these gifts without obligation-to simply receive from yourself, and from the universe. View quote
Jon Kabat-Zinn
A Mother who radiates self-love and self-acceptance actually VACCINATES her daughter against low self-esteem. View quote
Naomi Wolf
Self-approval and self-acceptance in the now are the main keys to positive changes in every area of our lives. View quote
Louise L. Hay
Self-acceptance is my refusal to be in an adversarial relationship to myself. View quote
Nathaniel Branden
No amount of self-improvement can make up for any lack of self-acceptance. View quote
Robert Holden
The attitude of unconditional self-acceptance is probably the most important variable in their long-term recovery. View quote
Albert Ellis
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. View quote
Albert Ellis
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)
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. View quote
Jamie Lee Curtis
My whole journey has been about self-acceptance. View quote
Jordin Sparks
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. View quote
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The greatest miracle you can hope for is self-acceptance. View quote
Maxwell Maltz
I'm hard on myself, so I'm working on shifting perspective toward self-acceptance, with all my flaws and weaknesses. View quote
Gwyneth Paltrow
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. View quote
Brennan Manning
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. When we don't have that, we shape-shift and turn into chameleons; we hustle for the worthiness we already possess. View quote
Brené Brown