“You accept certain unlovely things about yourself and manage to live with them. The atonement for such an acceptance is that you make allowances for others — that you cleanse yourself of the sin of self-righteousness.”

“You have options. You can either continue to be miserable or you can just stop being angry at everyone and accept the way things are. Allow yourself to live.”

Ricky Gervais (1961) English comedian, actor, director, producer, musician, writer, and former radio presenter

“You look at yourself and you accept yourself for who you are, and once you accept yourself for who you are you become a better person.”

Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist

“Sometimes you have to accept how things are. You can make it easy on yourself, or you can make it hard. The choice is yours.”

Susan Mallery (1950) American author

“By accepting yourself and being fully what you are, your presence can make others happy.”

Jane Roberts (1929–1984) American Writer

“Being around someone who accepts and supports you will remind you to accept and support yourself.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Lucky One

“You need to know things the others don't know. It's what no one knows about you that allows you to know yourself.”

Don DeLillo Point Omega

“Accept everything about yourself — I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end — no apologies, no regrets.”

Henry Kissinger (1923–2023) United States Secretary of State

“Accepting means you allow yourself to feel whatever it is you are feeling at that moment…you can't argue with what is. Well, you can, but if you do, you suffer.”

Eckhart Tolle book A New Earth

“Accept no one’s definition of you, define yourself.”

Robert Frost (1874–1963) American poet