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Love And Acceptance Quotes About Self-Love

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.
Lucille Ball

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
Oscar Wilde

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
Buddha

Self-love is not selfish; you cannot truly love another until you know how to love yourself.
Unknown

The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.
Steve Maraboli

You are enough just as you are.
Megan Markle

Self-love is the source of all our other loves.
Pierre Corneille

Love yourself enough to set boundaries. Your time and energy are precious. You get to choose how you use it. You teach people how to treat you by deciding what you will and won't accept.
Anna Taylor

Self-love is not a destination, it's a journey.
Unknown

You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.
Rumi

Love And Acceptance Quotes About Diversity

Diversity is not about how we differ. Diversity is about embracing one another's uniqueness.
Ola Joseph

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.
Maya Angelou

We are all different, which is great because we are all unique. Without diversity, life would be very boring.
Catherine Pulsifer

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.
Martin Luther King Jr.

Diversity is the one true thing we all have in common. Celebrate it every day.
Unknown

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.
Dalai Lama

Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization.
Mahatma Gandhi

Love is the bridge between you and everything.
Rumi

Diversity is the magic. It is the first manifestation, the first beginning of the differentiation of a thing and of simple identity.
Julius Evola

Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice.
Michael Novak

Love And Acceptance Quotes About Forgiveness

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
Mark Twain

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Mahatma Gandhi

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.
Martin Luther King Jr.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
Hannah Arendt

Forgiveness is the final form of love.
Reinhold Niebuhr

Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.
George MacDonald

Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.
Josh McDowell

Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.
Dag Hammarskjold

Forgiveness is the only way to heal ourselves and be free from the past.
Desmond Tutu

Forgiveness is not forgetting. It's letting go of the hurt.
Kathy Lovegren

Love And Acceptance Quotes About Empathy

Empathy is seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another, and feeling with the heart of another.
Alfred Adler

Empathy is the starting point for creating a community and taking action. It's the impetus for creating change.
Max Carver

Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself.
Mohsin Hamid

Empathy is the antidote to shame. If you put shame in a Petri dish, it needs three things to grow exponentially: secrecy, silence, and judgment. If you put the same amount of shame in a Petri dish and douse it with empathy, it can't survive.
Brené Brown

Empathy is the ability to step outside of your own bubble and into the bubbles of other people.
C. JoyBell C.

Empathy is the key to great stories.
Ami Vitale

Empathy is the highest form of knowledge.
Bill Bullard

Empathy is simply listening, holding space, withholding judgment, emotionally connecting, and communicating that incredibly healing message of you're not alone.
Brené Brown

Empathy is the bridge that connects us to other people.
Unknown

Empathy is the capacity to think and feel oneself into the inner life of another person.
Carl Rogers

Love And Acceptance Quotes About Compassion

Compassion is the key to living outside of the confines of our ego and connecting with others.
Gabby Bernstein

Compassion is not a sentiment but is an active principle that involves recognizing the suffering of others and then actively working to alleviate it.
Phil Cousineau

Compassion is the basis of all morality.
Arthur Schopenhauer

The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.
Albert Schweitzer

Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals.
Pema Chödrön

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
Dalai Lama

Compassion is the ultimate and most meaningful embodiment of emotional maturity.
Arthur Jersild

Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things.
Thomas Merton

Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.
Eric Hoffer

Love And Acceptance Quotes About Understanding

The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.
Brian Tracy

Love and acceptance are the two key ingredients for a healthy relationship. Without them, it's like trying to build a house without a foundation.
Unknown

When we love and accept ourselves, we open up the possibility for deep and meaningful connections with others.
Sharon Salzberg

True love is about acceptance, understanding, and compassion.
Unknown

Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.
Osho

When we seek to understand and love others, we bring peace to ourselves and the world.
Unknown

Love is the bridge between two hearts, and acceptance is the foundation upon which it is built.
Unknown

The greatest act of love is to accept someone for who they truly are.
Unknown

Love is not about changing someone, it's about accepting them for who they are.
Unknown

When we love and accept others, we create a space for them to be their true selves.
Unknown

Love And Acceptance Quotes About Equality

We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter their color.
Maya Angelou

We are all equal in the fact that we are all different. We are all the same in the fact that we will never be the same.
C. JoyBell C.

Love is the absence of judgment.
Dalai Lama XIV

Love is the only force capable of turning an enemy into a friend.
Nelson Mandela

Love is the voice under all silences, the hope which has no opposite in fear; the strength so strong mere force is feebleness: the truth more first than sun, more last than star.
E.E. Cummings

Love And Acceptance Quotes About Respect

Respect is love, and love is respect. If you don't have respect, you can't have love.
Unknown

Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting and of all relationships.
Jodie Foster

Respect is one of the greatest expressions of love.
Miguel Angel Ruiz

Love and respect are the keys to a successful marriage.
Unknown

Respect is the foundation of love.
Unknown

Love and respect go hand in hand. You can't have one without the other.
Unknown

Respect is the first step in love.
Unknown

Love and respect are the cornerstones of a healthy relationship.
Unknown

Respect is the glue that holds love together.
Unknown

Love and respect are the two most powerful things in the world. With them, you can conquer anything.
Unknown

Love And Acceptance Quotes About Authenticity

Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we're supposed to be and embracing who we are.
Brené Brown

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.
Carl Jung

Authenticity is the alignment of head, mouth, heart, and feet - thinking, saying, feeling, and doing the same thing - consistently. This builds trust, and followers love leaders they can trust.
Lance Secretan

The greatest thing you can ever do for another person is to simply be yourself.
Bernard Kelvin Clive

The authentic self is the soul made visible.
Sarah Ban Breathnach

Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It's about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen.
Brené Brown

The authentic self is always there, waiting for us to recognize it. It is the source of our intuition and creativity.
Deepak Chopra

Authenticity is not something we have or don't have. It's a practice - a conscious choice to show up and be real. It's about the choice to let our true selves be seen.
Brené Brown

When you show up authentic, you create the space for others to do the same. Walk in your truth.
Anonymous

Love And Acceptance Quotes About Gratitude

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
Melody Beattie

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
Henry Ward Beecher

Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.
Zig Ziglar

Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness. It’s the spark that lights a fire of joy in your soul.
Amy Collette

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
Melody Beattie

Gratitude is the memory of the heart.
Jean Baptiste Massieu

Gratitude is the sweetest thing in a seeker’s life – in all human life. If there is gratitude in your heart, then there will be tremendous sweetness in your eyes.
Sri Chinmoy

Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy.
Fred De Witt Van Amburgh

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.
Jacques Maritain

Love And Acceptance Quotes About Kindness

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
Mark Twain

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
Aesop

Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.
Barbara De Angelis

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.
Robert Green Ingersoll

Kindness is the oil that takes the friction out of life.
Author Unknown

Kindness is the greatest wisdom.
Author Unknown

Kindness is the essence of greatness and the fundamental characteristic of the noblest men and women I have known.
Joseph B. Wirthlin

Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations.
Paramahansa Yogananda

Kindness is the foundation of a good life.
Author Unknown

Kindness is the mark we leave on the world.
Author Unknown

Love And Acceptance Quotes About Inclusion

Inclusion is not a matter of political correctness. It is the key to growth.
Jesse Jackson

Inclusion is not just about including people with disabilities. It's about including everyone.
Unknown

We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion.
Max de Pree

Diversity is being invited to the party. Inclusion is being asked to dance.
Vernā Myers

Inclusion is not a strategy to help people fit into the systems and structures which exist in our societies; it is about transforming those systems and structures to make it better for everyone.
Diane Richler

We are all different, but when we ask for the Lord's blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal.
Unknown

Inclusion is not a matter of political correctness. It is the key to progress.
Unknown

Love And Acceptance Quotes About Tolerance

Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.
John F. Kennedy

Love and tolerance are the only things that can change the world.
Cory Booker

Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself.
Robert Green Ingersoll

Tolerance isn't about not having beliefs. It's about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.
Timothy Keller

Love and acceptance are the antidotes to fear and intolerance.
Unknown

Tolerance is the highest degree of your strength, and desire to see others at their strength.
Unknown

Love and tolerance are the foundation of a peaceful society.
Unknown

Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

Love and acceptance are the keys to unlocking the door of tolerance.
Unknown

Love And Acceptance Quotes About Open-Mindedness

The highest form of love is acceptance.
Unknown

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.
Albert Einstein

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
Alan Watts

The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him.
Henry Stimson

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Socrates

The only way to deal with fear is to face it head on.
Unknown

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
Steve Jobs

The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The only way to make a difference in the world is to be different from the world.
Unknown

Love And Acceptance Quotes About Non-Judgment

The highest form of love is non-judgmental
Deepak Chopra

Love is the absence of judgment
Dalai Lama XIV

Love is the ability to recognize and appreciate differences
Unknown

Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation
Osho

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend
Martin Luther King Jr.

Love is the bridge between you and everything
Rumi

Love is the absence of fear
Unknown

Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality
Viktor E. Frankl

Love is the voice under all silences, the hope which has no opposite in fear
e.e. cummings

Love is the key to the heart that opens the door to the soul
Unknown

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