--- title: "1 Accept yourself Quotes By William Ury" description: "1 Accept yourself quotes by William Ury. Plus more from William Ury and more Accept yourself sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d1/william-ury-16849_accept-yourself_self-judgment-may-be-the-greatest-barrie_2790696.jpg" --- > [“Self-judgment may be the greatest barrier to self-understanding. If we want to understand other human beings, there is no better way than to listen to them with empathy like a close friend would. If you wish to understand yourself, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ury/self-judgment-may-be-the-greatest-barrier-to-self-understanding-if-we/) [William Ury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d1/william-ury-16849_accept-yourself_self-judgment-may-be-the-greatest-barrie_2790696.jpg) ## 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 William Ury > [“How can we get what we really want and at the same time deal with the needs of others in our lives? Perhaps no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ury/how-can-we-get-what-we-really-want-and-at-the-same-time-deal-with-the/) [William Ury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ury/) > [“Yet, as beneficial as it can be, giving respect is often a difficult concession for people to make. In a problematic situation or relationship,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ury/yet-as-beneficial-as-it-can-be-giving-respect-is-often-a-difficult/) [William Ury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ury/) > [“My friend Donna even likes to give humorous names to her reactive emotions such as “Freddy Fear,” “Judge Judy,” and “Anger Annie.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ury/my-friend-donna-even-likes-to-give-humorous-names-to-her-reactive/) [William Ury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ury/) > [“We can make a strong unconditional commitment to ourselves to take care of our deepest needs, no matter what other people do or don’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ury/we-can-make-a-strong-unconditional-commitment-to-ourselves-to-take/) [William Ury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ury/) > [“have found that this journey from no to yes with myself is not a single trip, but ultimately a lifelong journey. I have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ury/have-found-that-this-journey-from-no-to-yes-with-myself-is-not-a/) [William Ury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ury/) > [“She began the conversation with Tom by acknowledging his work and then focused on the problem at hand, sticking strictly to the facts:”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ury/she-began-the-conversation-with-tom-by-acknowledging-his-work-and/) [William Ury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ury/) > [“Michel de Montaigne noted four centuries ago: “My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ury/michel-de-montaigne-noted-four-centuries-ago-my-life-has-been-full-of/) [William Ury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ury/) > [“The lesson . . . ,” Gilbert says, “is that our longings and our worries are both to some degree overblown because we have within us the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ury/the-lesson-gilbert-says-is-that-our-longings-and-our-worries-are-both/) [William Ury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ury/) > [“The balcony is a metaphor for a mental and emotional place of perspective, calm, and self-control. If life is a stage and we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ury/the-balcony-is-a-metaphor-for-a-mental-and-emotional-place-of/) [William Ury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ury/) > [“George Bernard Shaw once observed: “People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ury/george-bernard-shaw-once-observed-people-become-attached-to-their/) [William Ury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ury/) > [“He who lives not in time, but in the present, is happy. —LUDWIG VON WITTGENSTEIN”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ury/he-who-lives-not-in-time-but-in-the-present-is-happy-ludwig-von/) [William Ury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ury/) > [“INTRODUCTION THE FIRST NEGOTIATION Let him who would move the world first move himself. —SOCRATES”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ury/introduction-the-first-negotiation-let-him-who-would-move-the-world/) [William Ury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ury/) > [“3A trap”: we attack, we accommodate (in other words, give in), or we avoid altogether,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ury/3a-trap-we-attack-we-accommodate-in-other-words-give-in-or-we-avoid/) [William Ury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ury/) > [“The bedrock desire then, is a universal one: to be loved and happy. This may seem utterly obvious, but uncovering this universal desire can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ury/the-bedrock-desire-then-is-a-universal-one-to-be-loved-and-happy-this/) [William Ury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ury/) > [“How can we get what we truly want while satisfying the needs and concerns of others in our lives—family members, work colleagues, clients, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ury/how-can-we-get-what-we-truly-want-while-satisfying-the-needs-and/) [William Ury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ury/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accept-yourself/william-ury/#itemlist", "name": "1 Accept yourself Quotes By William Ury", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Self-judgment may be the greatest barrier to self-understanding. 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