Alan Cohen Quotes

Stop saying yes out of fear about what others will think about you and say NO out of love for yourself!

I'm done living for other people. I'm done being a people pleaser. I'm done thinking about what people think about me.

Here I am.... You get the parts of me you like and also the parts that make you uncomfortable. You have to understand that other people's comfort is no longer my job. I am no longer a flight attendant.

The next time you feel you have to say, "I love you" to someone, say it to yourself - and see if you believe it.

Laugh and dare to try to love somebody, starting with yourself. You must love yourself first, of course, and you must protect yourself so that nobody overrides you, overrules you, or steps on you. Just say, 'Just a minute. I'm worth everything, dear.'

Standing in our power requires us to let go of the need to make others like us & instead stand committed to honoring ourselves.

I love myself. Because I'm all that I have and if I don't love myself, no one else will. Whenever I feel myself starting to dislike something I tell myself, "This is who I am," so what's the point in disliking it?

I was more worried about what other people would think rather than, you know, me. But you have got to do what is right for yourself and what you feel comfortable with.

I love myself that much and I will never apologize to you.

We need to find the courage to say no to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.

Don't change who you are and it's okay to say no.

Accept yourself. Love yourself just as you are. Your finest work, your best moments, your joy, peace, and healing come when you love yourself. You give a great gift to the world when you do that. You give others permission to do the same: to love themselves. Revel in self love. Roll in it. Bask in it, as you would the sunshine.

Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves, but persuades us that they escape the notice of others.

The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet.

Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.

Loving and accepting ourselves are the ultimate acts of courage.

Say yes to your self. Say no to your anti-self.

If I give more to myself, I can ask more from myself. Self-regard isn't selfish.

I'm realizing, you don't need to change anything about yourself. This is who you are, and it's okay. That's daring.

If one is to love oneself one must behave in ways that one can admire.

As a young woman, I was so eager to please that I served others' happiness and even their values before my own. It didn't earn me love, but it did deliver me to a place where I had to choose between what I thought of myself and what other people did. I chose myself.

I embrace my body, and I embrace everything about myself.

Give yourself a kiss. If you want to hold the beautiful one, hold yourself.

We set the standard of how we want to be treated. Our relationships are reflections of the relationships we have with ourselves.

You almost have to step outside yourself and look at you as if you were someone else you really care about and really want to protect. Would you let someone take advantage of that person? Would you let someone use that person you really care about? Or would you speak up for them? If it was someone else you care about, you'd say something. I know you would. Okay, now put yourself back in that body. That person is you. Stand up and tell 'em, "Enough!