Grace Gealey Quotes

I take deep breaths and be true to my heart.

I've learned to take things a little more easily, to be a little more forgiving of myself.

I'm hard on myself, so I'm working on shifting perspective toward self-acceptance, with all my flaws and weaknesses.

Forgiveness for one's self is the only way we can keep going through life and give ourselves the best chance at being the best people we can be.

It's really hard to foster self-love; it really is. I think a lot of people who claim that they do have a definite lack of self-loathing are either lying or just in a place that I don't relate to.

The biggest lesson I've learned throughout the first season of 'Workin' Moms' is that you have to give yourself permission to forgive yourself.

If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.

I have concluded through careful empirical analysis and much thought that somebody is looking out for me, keeping track of what I think about things, forgiving me when I do less than I ought. Giving me strength to shoot for more than I think I’m capable of. I believe they know everything that I do and think, and they still love me, and I’ve concluded, after careful consideration, that this person keeping score is me.

Compassion directed to oneself is humility.

You can forgive yourself a great deal.

I've always been someone who is pretty hard on herself. But I've lightened up a lot.

In order to heal others, we first need to heal ourselves. And to heal ourselves, we need to know how to deal with ourselves.

As I have got older, I have become easier on myself. It's about realising things can't be perfect.

If you can't be with yourself, you'll never learn to be with anyone else.

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.

Patience doesn't mean making a pact with the devil of denial, ignoring our emotions and aspirations. It means being wholeheartedly engaged in the process that's unfolding, rather than ripping open a budding flower or demanding a caterpillar hurry up and get that chrysalis stage over with.

I can live with myself.

If you can't forgive yourself, you think you're never going to be able to forgive yourself, and you repeat the same behavior.

I don't have to try to be perfect at everything.

I have from time to time been a double A or triple A personality. I'm not anymore. I'm more lenient on myself.

I'm no expert. I have no psychic powers, and I sure don't possess any secret wisdom. I'm just Janet. I have strengths, weaknesses, fears, happiness, sadness. I experience joy and I experience pain. I'm highly emotional. I'm very vulnerable.

Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.

I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.

The only thing I can talk about is just forgiving yourself, because I do not have everything together. And so I tell people: No, you should see my house, it's a mess.

If you never lie to yourself, you'll always be happy with yourself, and eventually the person you wake up with and the person you go to sleep with is yourself.