Nathaniel Branden Quotes

The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.

For me, it really is about the self-acceptance... the more time that I spend really accepting and allowing myself to be exactly where I am, the faster it is I move towards what I wanna be doing.

If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.

What do I want to let go of and what do I want to give myself to?

As I get older, I'm more comfortable in my skin.

I haven't always been the person I am today. I came into loving myself more than anything or anyone else.

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

Change is always preceded by a little pain. Some people can change and they don't have to go through so many painful things. But I think that I'm of a personality that I'm a little stubborn, so it's tough for me.

When you invoke the agent of change called acceptance, you must accept all that you are, all that you've been, and all that you will be in the future.

I don't really believe in regret or mistakes. I try to take everything as it is, be comfortable with myself.

You learn to accept your own reality.

The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore.

You express different energies at different times in your life.

You know, Motorcycle Diaries has no incredible stories, no sudden plot twists, it doesn't play that way. It's about recognizing that instance of change and embracing it.

Growth begins when we begin to accept our own weakness.

Shakespeare will not make us better, and he will not make us worse, but he may teach us how to overhear ourselves when we talk to ourselves... he may teach us how to accept change in ourselves as in others, and perhaps even the final form of change.

It's neat to have finally reached a point where I can accept what I was and what I am.

My main hope for myself is to be where I am.

Sometimes you have to let your life fall apart and let it come back together on its own and learn to care for yourself in a different way.

I have come to terms with all the complications of my life.

When you start to find balance, then you start to ask more important questions, like, 'Who am I really?' That's when you start seeing that every single person around you is a human being just doing the best that they can.

We all have some flaws. But when I have a moment of doubt, I find inspiration from being in the moment, by letting go. I don't hold onto what I can't control. Doubt is a fleeting emotion that can destroy you if you allow it to consume your mind and spirit. Each person's time comes at variant phases, and the best you can do is enjoy what you're doing and work hard. It can't always be about you. Life is transformation - the wind blows, climate changes, birds chirp and trees burn. Where you are today is not where you will be tomorrow. The only person you can be is you.

Through forgiveness, which essentially means recognizing the insubstantiality of the past and allowing the present moment to be as it is, the miracle of transformation happens not only within but also without.

No matter what is going on around or within you, everything at some point must change. It's harder to accept when things are great - and a source of strength when change is what you need. Either way, it reminds me to try my best to be fully present in every moment.

I've never seen any life transformation that didn't begin with the person in question finally getting tired of their own bullshit.