“In my work as a psychotherapist, I've found that we tend to be ashamed of our most unique, passionate and iconoclastic parts. These aspects of ourselves threaten our safety, but as I explain in my book Deeper Dating, they are the direct path to love and, not incidentally, to personal greatness. When…”— Ken Page, psychologytoday.com
“Belonging is the innate human desire to be part of something larger than us. Because this yearning is so primal, we often try to acquire it by fitting in and by seeking approval, which are not only hollow substitutes for belonging, but often barriers to it. Because true belonging only happens when w…”— Brené Brown, amazon.com
“Compassion is not a virtue -- it is a commitment. It's not something we have or don't have -- it's something we choose to practice.”— Brené Brown, amazon.com
“When I look at narcissism through the vulnerability lens, I see the shame-based fear of being ordinary. I see the fear of never feeling extraordinary enough to be noticed, to be lovable, to belong, or to cultivate a sense of purpose.”— Brené Brown, amazon.com
“Maybe there's a grown-up mean girl or an office stunner who makes your inner 15-year-old feel like hiding in the bathroom until you can slink home under cover of darkness. Screw that. There is at least one thing about you, and probably far more, that is incomparably beautiful: your eyes, your smile,…”— Stephanie Quinn Jackson, divorcedmoms.com
“Shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change.”— Brené Brown, amazon.com
“If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can't survive.”— Brené Brown, amazon.com
“It’s a very simple premise—loving yourself. I’ve been criticized for being too simplistic, and I have found that the simple things are usually the most profound.”— Louise Hay, louisehay.com
“You don’t have to be different to be worthy. Your worth is in your true nature, a core of love and inner goodness. You are a beautiful light. You are love. We can bury our magnificence, but it’s impossible to destroy.”— Tess Marshall, tinybuddha.com
“Our judgments of others are often a result of our personal criticisms. If I stop putting pressure on myself to do things the ‘right’ way, I’ll also stop putting pressure on others as well. Not judging myself or others is a crucial step to acceptance.”— Dani DiPirro, kindovermatter.com
“What if—stay with me here—a woman decided that she was enough? What if, somehow, a woman decided she liked all of who she was? What if she looked in the mirror and thought she was just ravishing? What on Earth is wrong with that?”— Erin Brown, girlsgonestrong.com
“After this relationship ended, I truly learned the value of loving myself, and I found that with my newfound confidence, I was a much happier person out of the relationship than I had ever been when I was in it.”— Sabrina Alexis, anewmode.com
“It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.”— Agnes Repplier, brainyquote.com
“At some point we all reach that moment where it’s such a waste of energy to act as if you know things that you really don’t. It’s really kind of liberating to be okay with that.”— Grace Helbig, time.com
“The more you fight it, the worse it’s gonna get. It’s like when your car slides on ice, you stir into the skid.”— Tami Sagher, Ted Mosby, Josh Radnor, imdb.com
“That’s life, you know, we never end up where you thought you wanted to be.”— Marshall Eriksen, amazon.com
“There is hardly a more gracious gift that we can offer somebody than to accept them fully, to love them almost despite themselves.”— Elizabeth Gilbert, amazon.com
“People always fall in love with the most perfect aspects of each other’s personalities. Who wouldn’t? Anybody can love the most wonderful parts of another person. But that’s not the clever trick. The really clever trick is this: Can you accept the flaws? Can you look at your partner’s faults honestl…”— Elizabeth Gilbert, amazon.com
“You either like me or you don’t. It took me twenty-something years to learn how to love myself, I don’t have that kinda time to convince somebody else.”— Daniel Franzese, goodreads.com
“No one will ever accept anything. I think the goal is to not want anyone's acceptance.”— Nicki Minaj, alien-bambi.tumblr.com