Thought-Changing Quotes

heathermaxine
heathermaxine Posts: 13
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"If you talked to your friends the way you talked to your body, you would have no friends left." - Marcia Hutchins

I found this quote a couple weeks ago and it hit me right between the eyes.
I've never really thought about it this way....but it's true.
Just as I'm sure everyone does, there are times when I can be downright mean when speaking to and about my body.
But, I would never, ever speak to a friend the way I speak to myself and if someone spoke about my thighs or belly the way I do I'd walk away, insulted and infuriated.

What are your thoughts on this and have you ever come across a quote or saying that really altered your way of thinking about something? Please do share. :smile:

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  • ashelt6
    ashelt6 Posts: 76 Member
    I guess most of us find it acceptable to talk to ourselves that way. Maybe we think its how others would talk to us if they could speak their mind? I doubt it. It is (in my case anyway) LOW SELF ESTEEM! We are much harder on ourselves than we need to be. My opinion for what its worth!
  • Ashlee2421
    Ashlee2421 Posts: 58 Member
    "Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none" Shakespeare.

    It sums up how my grandmama raised me. =]
  • render911
    render911 Posts: 1
    I like Be Yourself, Love Yourself.... and then on days when I have to do extra cardio - it's commit or quit
  • MFPBONNIE
    MFPBONNIE Posts: 94 Member
    God's work must truly be our own. JFK
  • BeautyFromPain
    BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
    "If you talked to your friends the way you talked to your body, you would have no friends left." - Marcia Hutchins

    I found this quote a couple weeks ago and it hit me right between the eyes.
    I've never really thought about it this way....but it's true.
    Just as I'm sure everyone does, there are times when I can be downright mean when speaking to and about my body.
    But, I would never, ever speak to a friend the way I speak to myself and if someone spoke about my thighs or belly the way I do I'd walk away, insulted and infuriated.

    What are your thoughts on this and have you ever come across a quote or saying that really altered your way of thinking about something? Please do share. :smile:

    Wow that just hit me...
    can't believe this is actually made me tear up /:
  • BeautyFromPain
    BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
    bump
  • flashbert
    flashbert Posts: 5
    "Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels."

    I don't know the author.
  • la_faerie
    la_faerie Posts: 53
    "Your body won't run on 635 calories a day just because you decided it would." -Matchstick Molly (blogger)

    I have had issues with disordered eating in the past, thinking things such as "Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels" (sorry, flashbert, but I highly disagree with the implications of that statement) were the law and forcing my body to throw up these forbidden foods was the only way to clean myself of the guilt. Either way, this further helped me recover from this mental anguish and put things into perspective.

    I also really like "I exercise because I love my body, NOT because I hate it." It's just one of those sayings I've seen around and that has really stuck with me too. I love myself, and I am doing all of this to make my awesomeness even more awesome, inside and out.

    SELF LOVE IS A REVOLUTION RAH RAH RAH BODY PEACE. Lol. :)
  • BeautyFromPain
    BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
    "Your body won't run on 635 calories a day just because you decided it would." -Matchstick Molly (blogger)

    I have had issues with disordered eating in the past, thinking things such as "Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels" (sorry, flashbert, but I highly disagree with the implications of that statement) were the law and forcing my body to throw up these forbidden foods was the only way to clean myself of the guilt. Either way, this further helped me recover from this mental anguish and put things into perspective.

    I also really like "I exercise because I love my body, NOT because I hate it." It's just one of those sayings I've seen around and that has really stuck with me too. I love myself, and I am doing all of this to make my awesomeness even more awesome, inside and out.

    SELF LOVE IS A REVOLUTION RAH RAH RAH BODY PEACE. Lol. :)

    I like you, think I'm going to add you :)
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    "War is not about who is right. It is about who is left."
  • allifantastical
    allifantastical Posts: 946 Member
    Ohh I've never heard that before. I like it!

    All time favorite quotes:

    "I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it." Jonathan Winters

    "Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward." Gallagher, Robert C.

    "Be as you wish to seem." Socrates

    "Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase." Martin Luther King Jr.

    "Every man dies. Not every man really lives." William Wallace
  • BrownEyedGrrl
    BrownEyedGrrl Posts: 144 Member
    Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. ~ John Wooden

    I always remind myself of this quote whenever I get discouraged because of physical, mental, or financial limitations. It helps me to focus on the positive, and not be dragged down by the negatives in my life.
  • childofArtemis24
    childofArtemis24 Posts: 334
    If you can't explain it simply, then you don't know enough about it. -Albert Einstein
  • BeautyFromPain
    BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
    "Ah yes, the past can hurt. But the way I see it you can either run from it or learn from it."
    "Change is good, but it's not easy."
    "Believe in yourself and there will come a day when others will have no choice to believe with you."
    Hakuna Matata - it means no worries for the rest of your days!
    "Remember who you are."
    "It won't change anything, you can't change the past."

    Can you guess what my favorite movie is? ;)
  • star2001
    star2001 Posts: 1 Member
    I'm a science nerd so I will quote the amazing Albert Einstein
    "Everyone is a genius, but if you judge a fish by it's ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it's stupid."
  • BeautyFromPain
    BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
    I'm a science nerd so I will quote the amazing Albert Einstein
    "Everyone is a genius, but if you judge a fish by it's ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it's stupid."

    OMG I LOVE THIS!
  • isabellasmama21
    isabellasmama21 Posts: 53
    When life makes you have to put up with mean and hateful people, just think of them as sandapaper. The may scratch you, rub you the wrong way, but eventually you end up smooth and polished, and the sandpaper...is just gonna be worn out and ugly.
  • kcoftx
    kcoftx Posts: 765 Member
    “Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” ~Dennis P. Kimbro

    “Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.” ~Charles F. Kettering

    “It’s not the mistakes in life that are important; it’s what we learn from them.” ~Donna Guthrie

    “There’s a difference between interest and commitment. When you’re interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstances permit. When you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.” ~Unknown

    “A goal without a plan is just a wish.” ~Larry Elder

    “You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change.” ~Les Brown

    “Nothing will work unless you do.” ~Maya Angelou

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