I was once afraid of people saying, “Who does she think she is?” Now I have the courage to stand and say, “This is who I am.
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I was once afraid of people saying, “Who does she think she is?” Now I have the courage to stand and say, “This is who I am.
It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
You're always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.
Most people need love and acceptance a lot more than they need advice.
Your problem is you're... too busy holding onto your unworthiness.
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.
I had to grow to love my body. I did not have a good self-image at first. Finally it occurred to me, I'm either going to love me or hate me. And I chose to love myself. Then everything kind of sprung from there. Things that I thought weren't attractive became sexy. Confidence makes you sexy.
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.
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.
One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world -- making the most of one's best.
It doesn't matter how old you are, there is a little child within who needs love and acceptance.
Everything in the universe wants to be loved and accepted. Our personal work is to find the love and acceptance within ourselves.
Give love and unconditional acceptance to those you encounter, and notice what happens.
The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.
To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow - this is a human offering that can border on miraculous.
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