Saoirse Ronan Quotes

We'll love you just the way you are if you're perfect.

I digested this value system that told me there was no one for me unless I reached a certain type of perfection. And as you get older, you realize that ideal is constantly changing.

I must let go of my need for the world to love me.

I try not to think about what people think of me. You can't, because then you get hung up in all the people who love you, and you've also got all the people who hate you, because of what you're doing.

What I am is how I came out. No one's perfect and you just have to accept your flaws and learn to love yourself.

It's difficult to have everybody like everything you do. I don't know anybody that's perfect and doesn't have a zit somewhere.

I do not look at myself every morning and think: 'Oh, my gosh, I am so perfect, so beautiful, so talented.' No, I like to make fun of myself.

Much protective self-criticism stems from growing up around people who wouldn't or couldn't love you, and it's likely they still can't or won't. In general, however, the more you let go of the tedious delusion of your own unattractiveness, the easier it will be for others to connect with you, and the more accepted you'll feel.

I seldom look at myself to avoid any self-criticism.

It's impossible to be perfect, and you won't do a good job if you're too focused on proving yourself to others.

Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults.

There is nothing perfect, no one can be perfect, and perfectionism is something you shouldn't chase.

I am not immersed in self-admiration.

I've never been a big fan of me, me, me.

When you feel fulfilled, you feel happy - You feel love. When it comes to love, you always come first. If you don't love yourself, you can't truly love anyone else, either. I always tell myself to stay in love.

If you want to love others, I think you should love yourself first.

I don't want to force my vibe on anyone, but you've got to learn to love yourself, as opposed to being in love with yourself.

The better you understand yourself the less cause you will find to love yourself.

But how can we love someone if we don't like him? Easy-we do it to ourselves all the time. We don't always have tender, comfortable feelings about ourselves; sometimes we feel foolish, stupid, asinine, or wicked. But we always love ourselves: we always seek our own good. Indeed, we feel dislike toward ourselves, we berate ourselves, precisely because we love ourselves; because we care about our good, we are impatient with our bad.

Self-love exaggerates our faults as well as our virtues.

I think the obsession with wanting to change yourself is crazy over the top.

I want people to love me, but it's not going to hurt me if they don't.

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

You want to love unconditionally everything you do, or don't do it.

I learned to love myself, because I sleep with myself every night and I wake up with myself every morning, and if I don't like myself, there's no reason to even live the life.