Mary Oliver Quotes

When we finally stop asking America to love us and begin to love ourselves, we will prosper as a people.

I love who I am.

I get people to truly accept themselves unconditionally, whether or not their therapist or anyone loves them.

My mother used to say, If other people have a problem with you, that's their problem. It's not your problem. I still have that philosophy today.

You have the freedom to live and let live, to love and let love. Granting yourself that freedom is one of the healthiest, most constructive things you can do for yourself and the people who matter to you.

Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, masturbate, don't judge people by their religion, color or sexual habits, love life and your family.

A man who loves himself takes the first step towards real love.

You can love yourself spiritually, physically-in almost any way that anybody else can.

Loving other people starts with loving ourselves and accepting ourselves.

I am giving myself permission to love - ALL of it.

Love yourself, so that love will not be a stranger when it comes

Forgive yourself and welcome love back into your life.

If you must love your neighbor as yourself, it is at least as fair to love yourself as your neighbor.

Be the love you seek.

Love your self's self where it lives.

The fundamental problem most patients have is an inability to love themselves, having been unloved by others during some crucial part of their lives.

Because I loved myself, I was loved.

I believe that discipline and self-love are the total secrets to freedom.

I must let go of my need for the world to love me.

Love as if you liked yourself, and it may happen.

I suggest we learn to love ourselves before it's made illegal.

Act happy, feel happy, be happy, without a reason in the world. Then you can love, and do what you will.

You're not a star until you love yourself. Directors, yeah, they've got to love their own philosophies. But actors have to really love themselves.

If you can learn to love yourself and all the flaws, you can love other people so much better. And that makes you so happy.

I have learned to take the part of me that is very fearful and work on that. There is space for that in my life. I have learned to give myself a bit more freedom between 'action' and 'cut.' I come by all that fear honestly, like most humans have. I can't bring it with me to work, so in that way, the work feels quite liberating.