Anne Lamott Quotes

Never compare your inside with somebody else's outside. -Gabe Singleton remembering his counselor's first advice-

I realised that to compare your insides with other people's outsides leads to unhappiness.

When I look back, it saddens me to think that I was so hard on myself - when I was younger, I thought I had to look like everyone else, but I learned that beauty comes from how you feel about yourself. Once I started taking care of my mind, body, and soul, I realized that I didn't need to conform to what's "normal" and started to love myself.

Comparing how you feel on the inside (bad) to the way someone else looks on the outside (great) is a losing proposition. It's an impossible standard.

There's this whole idea of perfection. What young girls don't realize is that these girls do have problems. It's good for people to realize everyone is human.

The 12 years I was in Fleetwood Mac before were not particularly happy years. I was not in a very good place, psychologically, when I left. I didn't have a lot of confidence in what I was doing.

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

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

I used to be smaller than I am now, and it didn't make my life any easier. It's not really about your body. It's about what's going on inside, in your head and your heart.

Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It's about accepting all of yourself.

Lately though I've been in love with myself and I've become my own best friend.

I'm so glad I spent 10 years being sad and lonely.

I feel like there's more to life then worrying about the way that you look.

You have to accept who you are in order to make someone happy and be happy.

Everyone grows at their own pace, and you shouldn't compare yourself to anyone.

We're trying to get the world to see it's not always about the outside, it's about the inside.

I don't make much of comparisons in general, it's not how I think people construct themselves and I don't think it's a healthy way of dealing with your own reality.

I've realised you don't gain validation from other people just because you have perfect skin or hair, it comes from the inside and I feel brighter and happier since I made peace with, and begun to accept, my spots.

It is harmful to compare yourself to others. Others will do that for you.

Love yourself-accept yourself-forgive yourself-and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things.

Love yourself first and the rest of your life will fall into place.

If we all aim to love ourselves, every bit, we will become love and radiate beauty to all those around us.

I can't make anybody happy, so I try my best to be good at what I do

There are more important things to focus on in life than how you look.

To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness.