We fitted together like the two halves of an oyster-shell. I was Narcissus, embracing the pond in which I was about to drown. However much we had to hide our love, however guarded we had to be about our pleasure, I could not long be miserable about a thing so very sweet. Nor, in my gladness, could I quite believe that anybody would be anything but happy for me if only they knew.
Sarah WatersStichwörter: sexuality happiness love passion self-acceptance relationships lgbt first-love lesbian-partners
The way you think about yourself determines your reality. You are not being hurt by the way people think about you. Many of those people are a reflection of how you think about yourself.
Shannon L. AlderStichwörter: women self-acceptance self-esteem confidence jealousy vanity self-hatred self-loathing competition envy self-love envious self-abuse jealous-woman male-ego jealous-women angry-men gossipers
There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time you must accept yourself. It is not any more what you will become. It is what you are and always will be. You are too young to know this. You are still becoming. Not being.
John FowlesStichwörter: self-acceptance becoming being
To love, and be loved, this is the greatest challenge that any of us face in our lives.
T. Scott McLeodStichwörter: love acceptance self-acceptance relationship acceptance-of-others lovers-quarrel
If you go to war with your mind, you will always be at war.
T. Scott McLeodStichwörter: truth love acceptance freedom self-acceptance peace enlightenment awakening the-meaning-of-life acceptance-of-others life-s-truths
One of the best guides to how to be self-loving is to give ourselves the love we are often dreaming about receiving from others. There was a time when I felt lousy about my over-forty body, saw myself as too fat, too this, or too that. Yet I fantasized about finding a lover who would give me the gift of being loved as I am. It is silly, isn't it, that I would dream of someone else offering to me the acceptance and affirmation I was withholding from myself. This was a moment when the maxim "You can never love anybody if you are unable to love yourself" made clear sense. And I add, "Do not expect to receive the love from someone else you do not give yourself.
bell hooksStichwörter: inspirational love self-acceptance affirmation self-love
There's no alternative to being yourself. Accept it, honour it, value it - and get on with it.
Rasheed OgunlaruStichwörter: self-acceptance self-esteem courage self-discovery appreciation life-lessons value honour pragmatism alternatives inspiring-quotes rasheed-ogunlaru-quotes acceptance-self-love your-self
Sometimes in life there's no problem and sometimes in there is no solution. In this space - between these apparent poles - life flows.
Rasheed OgunlaruStichwörter: wisdom happiness self-acceptance contentment problems life-lessons conflict challenges problem-solving solutions going-with-the-flow accepting-change accepting-life rasheed-ogunlaru-quotes facing-challenges
Sometimes in life there's no problem and sometimes there solution. Within this space - between these apparent poles - life flows.
Rasheed OgunlaruStichwörter: wisdom acceptance self-acceptance peace contentment problems life-lessons conflict problem-solving solution going-with-the-flow self-realisation the-human-condition rasheed-ogunlaru-quotes finding-answers inner-fulfilment projecting seeking-solutions
You won't ever build your confidence from a perception of lack. For it grows and evolves from realising who you are and what you already have.
Rasheed OgunlaruStichwörter: happiness self-acceptance contentment confidence fulfillment self-confidence self-realization lack self-belief happyness motivational-quotes rasheed-ogunlaru fulfilment rasheed-ogunlaru-quotes building-confidence
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