Hugh Herr Quotes

Being perfect is being flawed, accepting it, and never letting it make you feel less than your best.

We are human less by virtue of our ideal goals than by the vice of our inferiority.

The Savior desires to save us from our inadequacies as well as our sins. Inadequacy is not the same as being sinful - we have far more control over the choice to sin than we may have over our innate capacity. . . . A sense of falling short or falling down is not only natural but essential to the mortal experience. Still, after all we can do, the Atonement can fill that which is empty, straighten our bent parts, and make strong that which is weak.

I have so much more confidence in myself now than I ever did before.

You have to stand up and say, 'There's nothing wrong with me or my shape or who I am; you're the one with the problem!'

Loving smart means believing in you, your worth and your value.

That each day that you love, honor, and respect your own unique point of view, you're a step closer to finding a fortune.

Don't be a hard rock when you really are a gem!

When someone comments on my weight, I have to work hard to stand in front of the mirror and say, "This is who you are. You're okay in this lady, and you're a great, healthy, lovable and loving person." I try to accept myself.

Self love is a great recurring theme, the headwaters that feed my ability to be the best version of myself in every other aspect of my life. Self worth sets the standard that life meets.

Every moment is an invitation to live out of your weakness or to live out of your strength.

Shame corrodes the very part of us that believes we are capable of change.

Love yourself. Respect yourself. Never sell yourself short. Believe in yourself regardless of what people think. You can accomplish anything, absolutely anything, if you set your mind to it.

The great mystery is not that we should have been thrown down here at random between the profusion of matter and that of the stars; it is that from our very prison we should draw, from our own selves, images powerful enough to deny our own nothingness.

If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.

When your sense of worth exceeds your conditions, conditions will shift to match your vision.

I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles.

You will find it easier to accept contrary views, knowing that you are not defined by anything or anyone external to yourself.

You become more attractive when you love yourself. You ATTRACT the right things when you have a sense of who you are.

If we resist the temptation to allow other people to define who we are, then we will gradually be able to let the sun inside our own soul shine forth.

One of the things that I truly have had to learn, sometimes the hard way, but that I'd like to share with you is to trust your own instincts no matter what people might say about you, no matter what criticism or what negativity might come your way for just being who you are, and just being yourself, it's so important. Tonight is your night.

Today I will learn to reject shame. Shame is an overwhelming sense that who I am isn't good enough. I realize that I am good enough, and that my imperfections are part of being human. I let go of shame.

Please don't allow anyone to make you feel less than what you are.

I've always felt that if you're not on your side, why should anyone else be. So I always encourage people to be confident, and sometime even a little falsely so, just so you can give yourself an opportunity.

My hands are small, but they're not yours, they are my own... I am never broken.