Catherine Reitman Quotes

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.

I can live with myself.

I kind of learned that I am way too tough of a critic on myself and that other people are not judging me as harshly as I judge myself, so I need to give myself a break.

The older I've got, the easier I've found it to accept myself. I think I've finally learnt not to beat myself up so much.

Forgiving yourself will help with giving yourself strength.

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.

Somebody once told me that self-punishment is worse than any other punishment.

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

For me, when I go to bed at night, I am happy that I haven't hurt someone. And if I think I have, I will rectify it. I now refuse to give someone permission to make me feel bad about myself. They can't make me feel bad about myself if I don't allow it.

Well. I'm probably not loving myself like I should, but I'm really trying.

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

After many years of self-flagellation, I've realised that beating myself up doesn't get me anywhere.

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.

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 was so self-critical. I still am, but it's not as bad anymore.

Being self-critical is good; being self-hating is destructive. There's a very fine line there somewhere, and I walk it carefully.

There's no wrong you can't make right again, so be kinder to yourself; you know, have fun, take chances. Those bounds.

I don't think I can be too hard on myself.

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.

Self-love is not something that you get in one day or two days. It's an ongoing process, and I go through it every day.

Work hard on yourself; don't be hard on yourself.

The most important relationship we have in our lives is the relationship we have with ourselves, and we're not taught about it.

What I learned is you have to be forgiving with yourself. You have to be willing to take your time, and you can't expect things from yourself that you can't deliver.

Learning to love yourself is not going to happen overnight - the first step is trying to be kinder and more patient with yourself, and I understand that it takes time.