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Self-acceptance6 quotes
Rest and be kind, you don't have to prove anything. — Jack Kerouac · 1958Doing what we can with what we have is the most we should expect of ourselves or anyone else. — Fred Rogers · 2003When we love a person, we accept him or her exactly as is: the lovely with the unlovely, the strong along with the fearful, the true mixed in with the facade, and of course, the only way we can do it is by accepting ourselves that way. — Fred Rogers · 2003Painting is the best way I've found to get along with myself. — Robert Rauschenberg · 2005Let every one mind his own business, and endeavor to be what he was made. — Henry David Thoreau · 1854If the day ever came when we were able to accept ourselves and our children exactly as we and they are, then, I believe, we would have come very close to an ultimate understanding of what "good" parenting means. It's part of being human to fall short of that total acceptance—and often far short. But one of the most important gifts a parent can give a child is the gift of accepting that child's uniqueness. — Fred Rogers · 2003Accepting others3 quotes
Doing what we can with what we have is the most we should expect of ourselves or anyone else. — Fred Rogers · 2003When we love a person, we accept him or her exactly as is: the lovely with the unlovely, the strong along with the fearful, the true mixed in with the facade, and of course, the only way we can do it is by accepting ourselves that way. — Fred Rogers · 2003If the day ever came when we were able to accept ourselves and our children exactly as we and they are, then, I believe, we would have come very close to an ultimate understanding of what "good" parenting means. It's part of being human to fall short of that total acceptance—and often far short. But one of the most important gifts a parent can give a child is the gift of accepting that child's uniqueness. — Fred Rogers · 2003Acceptance2 quotes
When we love a person, we accept him or her exactly as is: the lovely with the unlovely, the strong along with the fearful, the true mixed in with the facade, and of course, the only way we can do it is by accepting ourselves that way. — Fred Rogers · 2003If the day ever came when we were able to accept ourselves and our children exactly as we and they are, then, I believe, we would have come very close to an ultimate understanding of what "good" parenting means. It's part of being human to fall short of that total acceptance—and often far short. But one of the most important gifts a parent can give a child is the gift of accepting that child's uniqueness. — Fred Rogers · 2003Art1 quote
Painting is the best way I've found to get along with myself. — Robert Rauschenberg · 2005Art as therapy1 quote
Painting is the best way I've found to get along with myself. — Robert Rauschenberg · 2005Being oneself1 quote
Let every one mind his own business, and endeavor to be what he was made. — Henry David Thoreau · 1854Expectations1 quote
Doing what we can with what we have is the most we should expect of ourselves or anyone else. — Fred Rogers · 2003Kindness1 quote
Rest and be kind, you don't have to prove anything. — Jack Kerouac · 1958Love1 quote
When we love a person, we accept him or her exactly as is: the lovely with the unlovely, the strong along with the fearful, the true mixed in with the facade, and of course, the only way we can do it is by accepting ourselves that way. — Fred Rogers · 2003Nothing to prove1 quote
Rest and be kind, you don't have to prove anything. — Jack Kerouac · 1958Painting1 quote
Painting is the best way I've found to get along with myself. — Robert Rauschenberg · 2005Parenting1 quote
If the day ever came when we were able to accept ourselves and our children exactly as we and they are, then, I believe, we would have come very close to an ultimate understanding of what "good" parenting means. It's part of being human to fall short of that total acceptance—and often far short. But one of the most important gifts a parent can give a child is the gift of accepting that child's uniqueness. — Fred Rogers · 2003Perfectionism1 quote
Doing what we can with what we have is the most we should expect of ourselves or anyone else. — Fred Rogers · 2003Yin and yang1 quote
When we love a person, we accept him or her exactly as is: the lovely with the unlovely, the strong along with the fearful, the true mixed in with the facade, and of course, the only way we can do it is by accepting ourselves that way. — Fred Rogers · 2003