Brennan Manning Quotes

My main focus in sobriety has been to replace fear with faith or love.

One way to feel good about yourself is to love yourself... to take care of yourself.

My life is exactly the way it needs to be.

I truly believe the eating disorder is gone. The discovery of what was at the bottom of it lifted me, and I walked into a different phase of my life.

The minute you start getting down about how your life is panned out - I'm not a religious person, but how God made ya - the minute you get down about that, it's gonna eat at you and eat at you.

If you don't embrace who you are and accept who you are, you won't be able to live a happy life.

I am now trying to trust the universe to take care of me and not necessarily rely on other people to make me happy.

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

I think everybody should focus on inner beauty.

You need to love your life; you have to appreciate yourself.

When younger, I was thin as a rail. As I've grown older, I've put on weight. I have continued to love myself in all those roles. Part of my spirituality, I always tell people, is to accept yourself for who you are.

We have to be careful not to look for confidence in the acceptance of others because true confidence only comes from knowing God.

Strive to find things to be thankful for, and just look for the good in who you are!

As I get older, I feel better about myself because I've done a lot of spiritual work on myself and balanced myself out, and so I feel more confident about myself as a person and as a woman.

By loving yourself, you're going to be a happy person. A lot of people don't like themselves for whatever reason.

You can only begin to share life well when you think well of yourself.

My first book, 'Radical Acceptance', grew out of the suffering of feeling personally deficient and unworthy. Because most of us are so quick to turn against ourselves, the teachings and practices of radical acceptance continue as a strong current in 'True Refuge': nurturing a forgiving, understanding heart is a basic step on the path.

Happiness is when you love who you are and you are able to accept yourself and others.

I think every girl needs to love herself, regardless of anything. Like if you're having a bad day, if you don't like your hair, if you don't have the best family situation, whatever, you have to love yourself and you can't do anything until you love yourself first.

I'm learning to embrace who I am and what I look like.

If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy.

Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change others.

Allowing myself to love God completely has obviously shed light on my self-love because he loves me more than I could ever love myself.

If you don't like me, if you like me; both are equally cool. I send love and positive energy to all those people in their lives. I hope they find where they're meant to be.

There is no way to reach your fullest potential if you don't really find the love of yourself.