Acceptance-of-oneself Quote by Harry Papas

“Hating our bodies is something that we learn, and it sure as hell is something that we can unlearn.”

— Megan Jayne Crabbe

“It suddenly hit me—it was nearly impossible to take good care of something I hated. I’d spent so long hating my body that I…

— Jessica Ortner

“When people hate with all that energy, it is something in themselves they are hating.”

— Evelyn Waugh

“Don’t use your energy to hate on anyone; use it to create the life you desire.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Focusing your energy on the things you don’t like about yourself is self-sabotage and defeating. When you re-direct all that energy into a more…

— Susan C. Young

“I feel like if we just accepted the circumstances that we’re in, what we’re given, and make balance and beauty out of that instead…

— Jhameel Kim

“It takes the fuel away from your endless, driving self-criticism. You will eventually be able to see more clearly that some things in life…

— Mark Williams

“Be real. Embrace that you have weakness. Because everyone does. Embrace that your body is not perfect. Because nobody’s is. Embrace that you have…

— Dan Pearce

“There’s an adrenaline rush that comes with denying the common rules of society: that I should always be trying to lose weight, that I…

— Virgie Tovar

“I have felt incredible energy and life force through my body, and I have really been reborn a happier, healthier, and more confident person.…

— Ina May Gaskin

“Stop hating yourself for the things you have not and start loving yourself for the things that you have.”

— Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

“The body has been used as a form of social control through the ages and a mature economy can only achieve growth by making…

— Orna Ross