Accept Quote by Audre Lorde Download Open image “Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.” — Audre Lorde ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Accept Accept Used Accepting Diminish Inspirational Love Self acceptance Self love Used Used Diminish Women empowerment
Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me. I am who I am, doing what I came to do,… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
The constant reprimands made me hyperconscious of my own performance, and so instead of getting rid of self, I had become embedded in the… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
I never really mind what people say about me - I am far too unconventional and far too dedicated to being true to myself… — Zsa Zsa Gabor Copy Share Image
If you are not yourself, if you surrender your personality, you have nothing left to give the world. You have no pleasure, no use,… — Edward Wilmot Blyden Copy Share Image
I'm better at accepting the people who don't have nice things to say about me anonymously, but until you've experienced it, you don't understand… — Steve Grand Copy Share Image
Don't exepect people to change things about themselves when you won't change that same thing about you. — Drake Copy Share Image
For me, if there's something I don't like about myself, I'll accept it - the sooner you can accept it, then you can work… — Jordyn Woods Copy Share Image
I am humanly unable to correct my negative self-image until I encounter a life-changing experience with non-judgmental love bestowed upon me by a Person… — Robert H. Schuller Copy Share Image
“Let go of your constant strife to sustain and assert the idea of who you are. It is this massive effort of defining your… — Franco Santoro Copy Share Image
Every woman I have ever loved has left her print upon me, where I loved some invaluable piece of myself apart from me-so different… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
There are many kinds of open. . . Love is a word, another kind of open. . . Take my word for jewel in your open light. — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
I can't really define it in sexual terms alone although our sexuality is so energizing why not enjoy it too? — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
“For once we begin to feel deeply all the aspects of our lives, we begin to demand from ourselves and from our life-pursuits that… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
the fear of death is that you are dying too soon. Nobody wants to, but at the point that you die you can pray… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
“There is an important difference between openness and naïveté. Not everyone has good intentions nor means me well. I remind myself I do not… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
What are the words you do not yet have? What do you need to say? What are the tyrannies you swallow day by day… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
I learned to read from Mrs. Augusta Baker, the children's librarian. ... If that was the only good deed that lady ever did in… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change,… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
“I think that in America there are certain kinds of problems and in Russia there are certain kinds of problems, but basically, when you… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
Institutionalized rejection of differences is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people. As members of such an economy,… — Audre Lorde Copy Share Image
If we accept being talked to any kind of a way, then we are telling ourselves we are not quite worth the best. And… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The shelves of many evangelicals are full of books that point out the flaws in evolution, discuss it only as a theory, and almost… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
The fans can accept a poor performance, but they won't take it when you choose not to put in the effort. — Pep Guardiola Copy Share Image
“See, I know what they think about me. That I’m some project. And, yeah, I’ll accept their help. But I’m gonna pay my way.… — Kirsty Eagar Copy Share Image
If you're disabled or different from what general society deems normal, it's fine. There will always be people who won't accept you, but there… — Millicent Simmonds Copy Share Image
Things don't go on forever, and the quicker you accept that change is inevitable, the happier you're gonna be. — Trey Anastasio Copy Share Image
It's very important to me that people accept me as a transgendered female. But it's ridiculous to a lot of people and I understand… — Alexis Arquette Copy Share Image
I've always taken care of myself, and I'm a non-conformist, so I don't accept the negativity that comes with birthdays. — Rob Van Dam Copy Share Image
Not harder than it should be, no. We're about the business, we're about the work. It's all about the work, always. We have fun… — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
I wish I could just accept that I'm not that good and not be shy about the fact that I'm not that professional. — Charlotte Gainsbourg Copy Share Image
“I hope there is less stigma and judgment against working moms and childless career women. All should be acceptable positions and society should not… — Chan Heng Chee Copy Share Image
