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> [By the grace of God you are what you are; glory in your selfhood, accept yourself and go on from there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilferd-peterson/by-the-grace-of-god-you-are-what-you-are-glory-in-your-selfhood/)

[Wilferd Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilferd-peterson/)

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## Other authors on Accept yourself

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rajneesh-77002.jpg) Rajneesh 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accept-yourself/rajneesh/)

## More by Wilferd Peterson

> [Be gentle with yourself, learn to love yourself, to forgive yourself, for only as we have the right attitude toward ourselves can we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilferd-peterson/be-gentle-with-yourself-learn-to-love-yourself-to-forgive-yourself/)

[Wilferd Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilferd-peterson/)

> [Imagination helps you to recognize the reality of facts, but then to go beyond them, to penetrate beneath them, to rise above them in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilferd-peterson/imagination-helps-you-to-recognize-the-reality-of-facts-but-then-to/)

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> [Words of encouragement fan the spark of genius into the flame of achievement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilferd-peterson/words-of-encouragement-fan-the-spark-of-genius-into-the-flame-of/)

[Wilferd Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilferd-peterson/)

> [Cynics and critics wake us up. Kindness often covers up the truth and allows us to sleep on in our ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilferd-peterson/cynics-and-critics-wake-us-up-kindness-often-covers-up-the-truth-and/)

[Wilferd Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilferd-peterson/)

> [Every forward step achieved by man has been due to the adventurous attitude. This attitude inspires dissatisfaction with the world as it is; it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilferd-peterson/every-forward-step-achieved-by-man-has-been-due-to-the-adventurous/)

[Wilferd Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilferd-peterson/)

> [I believe that God is a power underneath my life here on earth. His goodness undergirds me and uplifts me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilferd-peterson/i-believe-that-god-is-a-power-underneath-my-life-here-on-earth-his/)

[Wilferd Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilferd-peterson/)

> [Champion the right to be yourself; dare to be different and to set your own pattern, live your own life, and follow your own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilferd-peterson/champion-the-right-to-be-yourself-dare-to-be-different-and-to-set/)

[Wilferd Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilferd-peterson/)

> [The best leaders are very often the best listeners. They have an open mind. They are not interested in having their own way but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilferd-peterson/the-best-leaders-are-very-often-the-best-listeners-they-have-an-open/)

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> [We can make these three dynamic words - "reverence for life" - a part of our lives by becoming aware that God is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilferd-peterson/we-can-make-these-three-dynamic-words-reverence-for-life-a-part-of/)

[Wilferd Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilferd-peterson/)

> [You visualize yourself as the person you want to be. You strive to make the ideal in your mind become a reality on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilferd-peterson/you-visualize-yourself-as-the-person-you-want-to-be-you-strive-to/)

[Wilferd Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilferd-peterson/)

> [Success is not arriving at the summit of a mountain as a final destination. It is a continuing upward spiral of progress. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilferd-peterson/success-is-not-arriving-at-the-summit-of-a-mountain-as-a-final/)

[Wilferd Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilferd-peterson/)

> [There are no secrets of success. Success is doing the things you know you should do. Success is not doing the things you know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilferd-peterson/there-are-no-secrets-of-success-success-is-doing-the-things-you-know/)

[Wilferd Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilferd-peterson/)

> [Success is relative and individual and personal. It is your answer to the problem of making your minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilferd-peterson/success-is-relative-and-individual-and-personal-it-is-your-answer-to/)

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> [Prayer is dedicating our thought, feeling and action to the expression of goodness. It is to become like a window through which the light…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilferd-peterson/prayer-is-dedicating-our-thought-feeling-and-action-to-the-expression/)

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> [Work miracles by setting a good example. Others will catch your spirit! The power of a good example is the greatest miracle-working power of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilferd-peterson/work-miracles-by-setting-a-good-example-others-will-catch-your-spirit/)

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