Therese of Lisieux Quotes

I'm a human being. I'm not perfect.

We give it up and just look directly with compassion and humor at who we are. Then loneliness is no threat and heartache, no punishment.

I ain't no perfect man I'm tryna do the best that I can with what it is I have.

It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always. The conscience really does not, and ought not to monopolizethe whole of our lives, any more than the heart or the head. It is as liable to disease as any other part.

If I simply do my best, I cannot complain even if I am taken to hell.

When you do your best you learn to accept yourself

The full and joyful acceptance of the worst in oneself may be the only sure way of transforming it.

Grace only sticks to our imperfections. Those who can’t accept their imperfections can’t accept grace either.

I dislike nothing more than finding fault with a man's nature or talent; it only depresses and worries and does no good; one cannot add a cubit to one's stature, all striving and struggling are useless there, so one has to be silent about it, and let the responsibility rest with God.

Once you accept the fact that you're not perfect, then you develop some confidence.

You're not perfect, but you're not your mistakes.

I may not be perfect, but I'm trying.

We can't be as good as we'd want to, so the question then becomes, how do we cope with our own badness?

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

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.

Challenge yourself, its fine not to be a totally finished person.

If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.

Well, I think everyone struggles with self-love.

In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.

I'm like a recovering perfectionist. For me it's one day at a time.

My whole journey has been about self-acceptance.

We're not meant to be perfect. It took me a long time to learn that.

I know my flaws before other people point them out to me.

I don't really care about being accepted now. I wish I had been like that earlier.