CARL ROGERS UNCONDITIONAL POSITIVE REGARD QUOTE

“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”

“People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don’t find myself saying, ‘Soften the orange a bit on the right-hand corner.’ I don’t try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds.”

“The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination.”

“The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.”

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”

“What is most personal is most universal.”

“The good life is not something that is available only to the fortunate few. It is available to anyone who is willing to take the time and make the necessary changes.”

“When I look at the world, I’m pessimistic, but when I look at people, I am optimistic.”

“If you can understand what I am saying, it is not because I am such a good communicator, but because you are willing to listen.”

“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”

“The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination.”

“The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.”

“What is most personal is most universal.” TAKE ME BACK TO GOOD OLD DAYS QUOTES

“The road to becoming is paved with a lot of failures, but also with great insights.”

“People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don’t find myself saying, ‘Soften the orange a bit on the right-hand corner.’ I don’t try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds.”

“The good life is not something that is available only to the fortunate few. It is available to anyone who is willing to take the time and make the necessary changes.”

“When I look at the world, I’m pessimistic, but when I look at people, I am optimistic.”

“If you can understand what I am saying, it is not because I am such a good communicator, but because you are willing to listen.”

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”

“The road to becoming is paved with a lot of failures, but also with great insights.”

“The most valuable thing we can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of a room, not try to be or do anything whatever.”

“In my early professional years, I was asking the question: How can I treat, or cure, or change this person? Now I would phrase the question in this way: How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for his own personal growth?”

“What I am is good enough if I would only be it openly.”

“The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination.”

“When I accept myself just as I am, then I can change and grow.”