Donald Miller Quotes

Be at peace with yourself first and then you will be able to bring peace to others.

A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else.

Being a survivor doesn't mean being strong - it's telling people when you need a meal or a ride, company, whatever. It's paying attention to heart wisdom, feelings, not living a role, but having a unique, authentic life, having something to contribute, finding time to love and laugh. All these things are qualities of survivors.

I talk a lot about strength, faith and love, but I don't ever talk about the fact that I am one of the most sensitive people in my family. That might be the most shocking, because you always see me fighting the good fight, with the strong face on, but I am the most emotional.

You're only lonely if you're not there for you.

The story of Love is the story of Love of Self.

Freud suggests that in order to love someone else, one must love themselves; it's a classic "needs before other needs" argument. Unfortunately, no one really loves themselves . And, if they do, they need to get to know themselves better. Unfortunately, no one is really happy.

A man who loves himself takes the first step towards real love.

If you establish serenity and happiness inside yourself, you provide the world with a solid base of peace. If you do not give yourself peace, how can you share it with others? If you do not begin your peace work with yourself, where will you go to begin it?

Whatever you want that others in your life can't give you, ask yourself how you can give it to yourself.

When a warrior is present and awake to all that she is, she is able to take on any challenge, any project, or any future that she desires. Her daily prayer is to have the strength to love all of herself, the courage to listen to what she is guided to do and the confidence to go out, stand tall and deliver her gifts to the world.

When you do your best you learn to accept yourself

Do not expect to receive the love from someone else you do not give yourself.

The other day I went to a school in Harlem to talk to some 7th graders [12-year-olds] and I said, ‘If I have to give you some advice, the most important thing is: the sooner you become your own best friend, the better your life will be,’

Just keep coming home to yourself, you are the one who you've been waiting for.

Be the love you seek.

For when I can love all of me, I will love all of you.

In an ideal world we would all learn in childhood to love ourselves. We would grow, being secure in our worth and value, spreading love wherever we went, letting our light shine. If we did not learn self-love in our youth, there is still hope. The light of love is always in us, no matter how cold the flame. It is always present, waiting for the spark to ignite, waiting for the heart to awaken and call us back to the first memory of being the life force inside a dark place waiting to be born - waiting to see the light.

We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay - and rise!

When you really understand who you are, it enables you to fight and believe.

People make me out to be this super strong woman, but I have my tough days just like anyone else.

I think that I'm shy and I judge myself. But at the same time, I also have big contradictions. I can be sometimes sure of myself as well. I'm not always fragile and vulnerable. I can feel tough and strong.

It's okay to have moments where you feel weak; you don't always have to be strong.

When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier.

You're killing yourself with cynicism. Your idols got taken away from you one by one and now you have nothing to give your love to.