By Maxime Lagacé
Maxime is the founder of WisdomQuotes. He has been collecting quotes since 2004. His goal? To help you develop a calm and peaceful mind. Learn more about him on his about page.
Here are 65 of the best acceptance and self-acceptance quotes I could find.
What’s my goal?
Simply to help you embrace life and yourself fully.
You’ll discover authors like Lao Tzu, Thich Nhat Hanh, Eckhart Tolle, and more.
Enjoy!
Acceptance is the road to all change. Bryant McGill
First you accept, then you become peaceful. Maxime Lagacé
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. Mark Twain
Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her. Lao Tzu
Acceptance is not love. You love a person because he or she has lovable traits, but you accept everybody just because they’re alive and human. Albert Ellis
The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely. Carl Gustav Jung
Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Eckhart Tolle (Source)
Happiness can exist only in acceptance. George Orwell
The true measure of maturity is the willingness to accept the inevitable. Maxime Lagacé
Don’t seek for everything to happen as you wish it would, but rather wish that everything happens as it actually will — then your life will flow well. Epictetus
Forgiveness is hard. Acceptance is doable. Sarah Dessen
When the resistance is gone, so are the demons. Pema Chödrön
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. Thich Nhat Hanh
My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations. Michael J. Fox
When you live in complete acceptance of what is, that is the end of all drama in your life. Eckhart Tolle
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More Quotes About Acceptance
The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance. Nathaniel Branden
Self-acceptance is my refusal to be in an adversarial relationship to myself. Nathaniel Branden
We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope. Martin Luther King Jr
Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you. George R.R. Martin
Don’t ever mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance or my kindness for weakness. 14th Dalai Lama
Radical acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is. Tara Brach (Radical Acceptance, Amazn book)
I found myself praying: “May I love and accept myself just as I am. Tara Brach
When you learn to accept fear, you cease making a catastrophe of it. Then it ceases to be your master. Nathaniel Branden
Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery. J.K. Rowling
Face the demands of life voluntarily. Respond to a challenge, instead of bracing for a catastrophe. Jordan Peterson
Whoever denies me, it shall not trouble me; Whoever accepts me, he or she shall be blessed, and shall bless me. Walt Whitman (Leaves of Grass)
Acceptance is the spiritual hammock. Tim Berners-Lee
Acceptance is serenity. E.S. Carter
Self-acceptance isn’t giving up on self-improvement. It’s deciding to stop beating yourself up for being human — and keep working to become a better human. Getting comfortable in your own skin doesn’t stifle growth. When you can laugh at your faults, it’s easier to overcome them. Adam Grant (Source)
The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen. Ralph Marston
Acceptance means: For now, this is what this situation, this moment, requires me to do, and so I do it willingly. Eckhart Tolle
Complete acceptance is the doorway to transformation. Eckhart Tolle (Source)
If you live for people’s acceptance you will die from their rejection. Lecrae Moore
You don’t need to learn to be positive. Positivity is its own illusion. See things as they are. Some things seem good, other things seem bad. Seek peace in reality, in acceptance. Thibaut
Please stop seeking peace, love, emotional-security, acceptance and approval, from people who’s heart and minds are toxic. Lalah Delia
The more you practice self-acceptance, the more you’ll realize the only person who’s acceptance you ever needed, is your own. Mel Robbins (Source)
A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself-and especially to feel, or not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at any moment is fine with them. That’s what real love amounts to – letting a person be what he really is. Jim Morrison
Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. Lao Tzu
The first step to accepting yourself is to simply become comfortable being with yourself. There is a benefit to sitting in silence for a few moments each day. It’s difficult to work through internal baggage when you are constantly receiving external stimuli. James Clear (Source)
The approach is that the best way to use unwanted circumstances on the path of enlightenment is not to resist but to lean into them. Pema Chödrön
Honor yourself by not criticizing, judging, or denying what you feel. Iyanla Vanzant
No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow. Alice Walker
I’d rather live my life accepting that I’m not perfect, than spending my whole life pretending to be. Soulja Boy
Objective judgment, now at this very moment. Unselfish action, now at this very moment. Willing acceptance — now at this very moment — of all external events. That is all you need. Marcus Aurelius
A great advantage can be found in accepting hard truths faster than others. Shane Parrish (Source)
What would it be like if I could accept life – accept this moment – exactly as it is? Tara Brach
Acceptance of the unacceptable is the greatest source of grace in this world. Eckhart Tolle
Accepting all the good and bad about someone. It’s a great thing to aspire to. The hard part is actually doing it. Sarah Dessen (What Happened to Goodbye)
Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Brené Brown
Happiness and joy result from total acceptance of living in the present moment. Deepak Chopra
Accepting is no substitute for understanding. Naval Ravikant (Source)
Sometimes you just have to regret things and move on. Charlaine Harris
Related: 8 Ways to Accept Yourself (psychcentral.com)
There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it. Shannon L. Alder
If God were our one and only desire we would not be so easily upset when our opinions do not find outside acceptance. Thomas à Kempis
Much of spiritual life is self-acceptance, maybe all of it. Jack Kornfield (Source)
Stop expecting others to show you love, acceptance, commitment, and respect when you don’t even show that to yourself. Steve Maraboli
Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world. Don’t let anything stand in the way of the light that shines through this form. Risk being seen in all of your glory. Jim Carrey
The moment that judgement stops through acceptance of what it is, you are free of the mind. You have made room for love, for joy, for peace. Eckhart Tolle (Practicing the Power of Now, Amazon book)
All children should be taught to unconditionally accept, approve, admire, appreciate, forgive, trust, and ultimately, love their own person. Asa Don Brown
As you get wiser, you realize fear, seriousness and angst lead nowhere. Acceptance is the bridge. Maxime Lagacé
Acceptance of one’s life has nothing to do with resignation; it does not mean running away from the struggle. On the contrary, it means accepting it as it comes, with all the handicaps of heredity, of suffering, of psychological complexes and injustices. Paul Tournier
Acceptance is the key to be truly free. Katy Perry
Acceptance means: For now, this is what this situation, this moment, requires me to do, and so I do it willingly. Eckhart Tolle
Acceptance of what is immediately frees you from mind identification and thus reconnects you with Being. Resistance is the mind. Eckhart Tolle
Accept the chaos of life. Fools try to control it. The wise dance with it. Maxime Lagacé
Key Takeaways
- Acceptance starts with self-awareness, humility, and courage.
- Resisting reality creates friction, confusion, and misery.
- The more you expect, the less room there is for happiness.
- If you don’t accept it means you’re living in the past: with how things should be and how things could have been.
- How to be more accepting?
- Keep in mind: You are not perfect. I am not perfect. Life is not perfect. Relax. Smile.
- Have better self-talk. Repeat to yourself “accept” more often.
- Learn about the benefits of meditation. Check out loving-kindness to be more accepting toward others.
- Reminder #1: We are all in this together, doing our best.
- Reminder #2: Judging creates a wall. Accepting creates a bridge.
Video About Acceptance And Wu Wei (The Art Of Not Forcing) With Alan Watts
Further Readings
- Topic: Happiness
- 77 Zen Quotes To Bring Stillness Into Your Life
- 89 Moving On Quotes To Bring Lightness Into Your Life
- 100 Meditation Quotes (For Less Stress And More Calmness)
- How To Be Happy
- How To Improve Your Mental Health
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Do you accept easily? What’s your favorite acceptance quote? Please tell us in the comment section below!