Quotes about Acceptance

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them. Votes: 10

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow. Votes: 7

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. Votes: 6

The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you. Votes: 6

Acceptance comes through understanding. Votes: 5

Forgiveness is hard. Acceptance is doable. Votes: 5

Acceptance is the truest kinship with humanity. Votes: 5

Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections. Votes: 5

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying. Votes: 5

Acceptance is the only way out of hell. Votes: 4

The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for. Votes: 4

Beauty is about being comfortable in your own skin. It's about knowing and accepting who you are. Votes: 4

An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law. Votes: 4

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Votes: 4

Acceptance is the spiritual hammock. Votes: 3

Acceptance means commitment, among other things. Votes: 3

Acceptance is the vessel of realization. Votes: 3

Acceptance spells death to a writer. Votes: 3

Acceptance is the sense of belonging. Votes: 3

Acceptance is the key to everything. Votes: 3

Acceptance is a small quiet room. Votes: 3

Acceptance is the road to all change. Votes: 3

Change is one thing. Acceptance is another. Votes: 3

Acceptance is the key to be truly free. Votes: 3

Acceptance and awareness are the keys to freedom. Votes: 3

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. Votes: 3

Regret swallows broken men whole. Acceptance builds them anew. Votes: 3

Fear of darkness reinforces darkness. Acceptance and kindness magnify brightness. Votes: 3

Acceptance means events can make it through you without resistance Votes: 3

Acceptance is what we wish for ourselves and often deny others. Votes: 3

Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha. Votes: 3

Acceptance makes an incredible fertile soil for the seeds of change. Votes: 3

Acceptance is usually more a matter of fatigue than anything else. Votes: 3

Acceptance, tolerance, bravery, compassion. These are the things my mom taught me. Votes: 3

Acceptance does not mean inaction; acceptance is actually acknowledging the present situation. Votes: 3

Acceptance of the bit happens in the haunches, not in the mouth. Votes: 3

Acceptance is the key to finding where my truth lies in the darkness. Votes: 3

If you truly dwell within Acceptance, you are wityout two things-Expectations and Disappointments. Votes: 3

Time for Tolerance,Equality, and Acceptance, It's allways TEA time with my Friends... Votes: 3

Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own. Votes: 3

Acceptance is the letter sealed within the envelope of inner peace. - Charmainism Votes: 3

Kindness moves mountains. Acceptance opens doors, makes room for change, diffuses misunderstandin g. Votes: 3

Radical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is. Votes: 3

Acceptance of race mixture was more developed in Arab culture than in Jewish culture. Votes: 3

The Key to Abundance is Acceptance. The more you expect the less you accept. Votes: 3

Cherish forever what makes you unique, 'cuz you're really a yawn if it goes. Votes: 3

I.. know what I do, and am unmoved by men's blame, or their praise either. Votes: 3

See If You Can Give Yourself Gifts That May Be True Blessings, Such As Self-Acceptance Votes: 3

We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now. Votes: 3

Acceptance is the act of embracing what life presents to you with a good attitude. Votes: 3

Acceptance is going to a restaurant where the salad's not great, but the steak is fine. Votes: 3

Tolerance is just a fancy word for ignoring a fascist ideology. Acceptance is the only way. Votes: 3

Acceptance, she thinks, is the harshest lesson life teaches and the one most important to learn. Votes: 3

Acceptance is such an important commodity, some have called it "the first law of personal growth". Votes: 3

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. Votes: 3

Acceptance.Good and bad,Fortune and misfortune,Pleasure and pain,I want it all,Because it's mine. Votes: 3

Acceptance means no complaining, and happiness means no complaining about the things over which you can do nothing. Votes: 3

Acceptance is taking from God's hand absolutely anything He gives, looking into His face in trust and thanksgiving. Votes: 3

Acceptance means no complaining, and happiness means no complaining about the things over which you can do nothing. Votes: 3

Acceptance is the magic that makes change possible. It is not forever, it is for the present moment Votes: 3

Behold me, here I am; thy little handmaiden Acceptance-with-Joy and all that is in my heart is thine. Votes: 3

Acceptance of what is immediately frees you from mind identification and thus reconnects you with Being. Resistance is the mind. Votes: 3

On this sacred path of Radical Acceptance, rather than striving for perfection, we discover how to love ourselves into wholeness. Votes: 3

Acceptance means: For now, this is what this situation, this moment, requires me to do, and so I do it willingly. Votes: 3

The acceptance of oneself is the essence of the whole moral problem and the epitome of a whole outlook on life. Votes: 3

Acceptance of death when it arrives is one thing, but to allow it to upstage the joys of living is ingratitude. Votes: 3

Accepting people as they are has the miraculous effect of helping them improve. Acceptance doesn't prohibit growth; rather, it fosters it. Votes: 3

Nonacceptance is always suffering, no matter what you are not accepting. Acceptance is always freedom, no matter what you are accepting. Votes: 3

Now she wanted for me the same thing I thought I wanted. Acceptance, in her eyes, was simply another means for survival. Votes: 3

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. Votes: 3

Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. Votes: 3

Acceptance is the word we must substitute for dependence in dealing with the aged. Their acceptance of help, ours of their need. Votes: 3

I surround people in unconditional acceptance and love to such a degree that everything that is unloving about them rises to the surface. Votes: 3

Denial is fear gone delusional. Acceptance is fear given to God. Engaging is fear overruled by God. Victory is fear banished by God. Votes: 3

Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it. Votes: 3

The only person we have the right or the power to forgive is ourselves. For everything else, there is the Art of Acceptance. Votes: 3

Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets. Votes: 3

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. Votes: 3

Acceptance is not love. You love a person because he or she has lovable traits, but you accept everybody just because they're alive and human. Votes: 3

Acceptance is an act of the heart. To accept someone is to affirm to them that you think it's a very good thing they are alive. Votes: 3

Acceptance is the universal currency of real friendship. . . .It does not warp or shape or wrench a person to be anything other than what they are. Votes: 3

When you wear the weed of impatience in your heart instead of the flower Acceptance-with-Joy, you will always find your enemies get an advantage over you. Votes: 3

Meditation is acceptance. It is the acceptance of life within us, without us and all around us. Acceptance of life is the beginning of human satisfaction. Votes: 3

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give. Votes: 3

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement. Votes: 3

Acceptance, under someone else's terms, is worse than rejection. Votes: 2

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons. Votes: 2

You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf. Votes: 2

Conformity begins the moment you ignore how you feel for acceptance. Votes: 2

There's a difference between playing it cool and being a jerk. Votes: 2

Autism is not a choice. Acceptance is. Imagine if the opposite was true. Votes: 2

Acceptance of the unacceptable is the greatest source of grace in this world. Votes: 2

The Acceptance of who you are is in the embrace of who you will become. Votes: 2

Acceptance is a conscious choice to receive your spouse as God made him or her. Votes: 2

Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery. Votes: 2

Acceptance by government of a dissident press is a measure of the maturity of a nation. Votes: 2

Blame anchors us into the past; a place we cannot change. Acceptance frees us to the future. Votes: 2

Acceptance is to love and embrace everything that we find within ourselves like a mother embraces her child. Votes: 2

Every advantage is temporary. Votes: 1

Aberrant is not abhorrent Votes: 1

Love is a sacrificial item Votes: 1

Water flows because it's willing. Votes: 1

Accepting defeat is not wisdom. Votes: 1

Love first; ask questions later. Votes: 1

The benefits of forgiveness are limitless. Votes: 1

Shema Israel Adonai Ehohenu Adonai Echad. Votes: 1

Happiness can exist only in acceptance. Votes: 1

Either nobody's perfect,or everyone is. Votes: 1

Time doesn't always heal all wounds. Votes: 1

Betrayals rarely come from an enemy. Votes: 1

Whatever gets you through the night Votes: 1

Ukifanya maamuzi kubaliana na matatizo yake. Votes: 1

Accept what it, forget what was. Votes: 1

Hate is a lack of imagination. Votes: 1

Love it the way it is. Votes: 1

I'm not perfect but I'm loyal. Votes: 1

Embrace courageously the challenging beauty of life. Votes: 1

Each rejection brings us closer to acceptance. Votes: 1

Understanding is the first step of accepting! Votes: 1

I love the body God gave me. Votes: 1

You're insane!""I won't argue that point. Votes: 1

Love is an unconditional state of being. Votes: 1

Let nothing human be foreign to me Votes: 1

All we know is what we're told. Votes: 1

Be like a river. Be open. Flow. Votes: 1

Let's not hate the existence of hatred. Votes: 1

I don't think I'm destined for love. Votes: 1

A weed is but an unloved flower. Votes: 1

Say No! Accept the burdens of revenge. Votes: 1

To experience what isn't, love what is. Votes: 1

Wisdom. . .is knowing what you have to accept. Votes: 1

Accepting conflict brings you closer to knowing peace. Votes: 1

Forgiveness has the ability to transform our thoughts. Votes: 1

Was insanity really easier to accept than unconsciousness? Votes: 1

Be calm. God awaits you at the door. Votes: 1

Capability can handle challenges, it doesn't accept charity. Votes: 1

Often times, the greatest peace comes of surrender. Votes: 1

Stark truth, is seldom met with open arms. Votes: 1

We're all strange in our own strange way. Votes: 1

The purest love always reveals itself during acceptance. Votes: 1

He embraced his weirdness, and it was nice. Votes: 1

Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. Votes: 1

Do you want love, or do you want control? Votes: 1

I had embraced you...long before i hugged you. Votes: 1

Where we fall are the stepping-stones for our journey. Votes: 1

when you obey the rules, the rules obey you Votes: 1

Integrity is the integument that makes intelligence more acceptable Votes: 1

Rain falls on the just and the unjust alike. Votes: 1

In mindfulness, acceptance always comes first, change comes after. Votes: 1

Defiant misery is never as rewarding as peaceful acceptance. Votes: 1

When you're lost, admit it, and ask for directions. Votes: 1

When you are not accepted, dare to be exceptional. Votes: 1

Life itself is the best (and the only) timekeeper. Votes: 1

The future happens. No matter how much we scream. Votes: 1

Memories are meant to serve you, not enslave you. Votes: 1

The most unpresentable persons are generally the most interesting. Votes: 1

Don't forget to fall in love with yourself first. Votes: 1

Never do anything you'll regret. Never regret anything you do. Votes: 1

You cannot change a man . . . you can only change yourself. Votes: 1

Learning is the first quality of acceptance and vice versa Votes: 1

When you accept fallibility within yourself you become more perfect. Votes: 1

Humility means accepting reality with no attempt to outsmart it. Votes: 1

Some long for acceptance while others fear for anything ordinary. Votes: 1

The difference between impossible and possible is a willing heart. Votes: 1

Sometimes you have to embrace the darkness to stop it. Votes: 1

The world you once knew is no more for you. Votes: 1

Judge not, lest ye miss out on all the fun. Votes: 1

What comes, when it comes, will be what it is. Votes: 1

Change can never be good until you face it head-on. Votes: 1

When you don't fit in, be sure to stand out. Votes: 1

Sometimes you just have to regret things and move on. Votes: 1

We are equal by fault, but never equal in acceptance. Votes: 1

I just want to be loved, is that so wrong?! Votes: 1

If you love people, you have no desire to judge them. Votes: 1

It's incorrigible but inevitable how one gets used to everyone dying. Votes: 1

Accept the good, however big or small, with no strings attached. Votes: 1

Hatred never ceases with hatred, but with love alone is healed. Votes: 1

Everyone has baggage, maybe we should help each other carry it. Votes: 1

The Arts are the only acceptable theatre of war for peace. Votes: 1

The world is already yours - why try to conquer it? Votes: 1

Sie wird gebraucht, unsere Schuld, sie rechtfertigt viel im Leben anderer. Votes: 1

A Year from Now You Will Wish You had Started Today. Votes: 1

Things you call wrong, describe your levels of acceptance and understanding.. Votes: 1

All religions are good except when they try to resist nature. Votes: 1

A spiritually mature person is capable of admitting his mistakes and sins. Votes: 1

How wonderful! How wonderful! All things are perfect, exactly as they are. Votes: 1

Without appreciation (for yourself, others and life itself) there is no growth Votes: 1

Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death. Votes: 1

If you don't accept and respect your suffering, it isn't going anywhere. Votes: 1

Failure is an essential ingredient for success. Accept it and move on. Votes: 1

Understand the flaws and you will know the perfection of the Universe. Votes: 1

Perfection itself is not the ultimate goalbut the ultimate condition of life. Votes: 1

When we stop judging others and ourselves, our heart begins to open. Votes: 1

The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance. Votes: 1

If anyone doesn't agree with you, the truth is on your side. Votes: 1

We see the world not as it is, but as we are. Votes: 1

He who fights is powerless, but he who loves is power itself. Votes: 1

You are so much more than you are willing to accept, child. Votes: 1

What is this thing? trading passions for a tiny bit of acceptance. Votes: 1

A life lived without forgiveness is a life lived in the past. Votes: 1

I am not a broken heart,and I am not your fault. Votes: 1

Love me as I am, sweet one, for I shall never be better. Votes: 1

Know that everything is in perfect order whether you understand it or not. Votes: 1

Know that everything is in perfect order whether you understand it or not. Votes: 1

The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom. Votes: 1

But you don't always get what you want;,you get what you get Votes: 1

Respectful communication under conflict or opposition is an essential and truly awe-inspiring ability. Votes: 1

Criticism is no threat to your self-esteem or identity, but rather informs you. Votes: 1

Don't tell a lie to be loved, speak the truth to be hated. Votes: 1

I think tolerance and acceptance and love is something that feeds every community. Votes: 1

Reading doesn't mean accepting everything you read, it means reasoning everything you read. Votes: 1

The desire to change things must begin with accepting things as they are. Votes: 1

A crucial element of the real self is its unconditional acceptance of itself. Votes: 1

If you put out acceptance and warmth, you tend to attract the same. Votes: 1

There will always be people who will accept you for what you are! Votes: 1

If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?? Votes: 1

Living in the past is like choosing to cling to a chronic illness. Votes: 1

That's how you should be. Accept your burden and carry it, with joy. Votes: 1

In our need to be somebody, we often forget that we are somebody. Votes: 1

But with trust we can strive to accept even what we cannot understand. Votes: 1

Once you awaken, you will have no interest in judging those who sleep. Votes: 1

What you hate, you re-create; and what you bless, you put to rest. Votes: 1

Ladies, part of loving your mate is accepting him exactly as he is! Votes: 1

You reclaim your power by loving what you were once taught to hate. Votes: 1

We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate; it oppresses. Votes: 1

I've realized the quirky things that make you different are what make you beautiful Votes: 1

If we all desire love and acceptance, shouldn't we love and accept all others? Votes: 1

How soon will we accept this opportunity to be fully alive before we die? (88) Votes: 1

If you go to war with your mind, you will always be at war. Votes: 1

Even baldness becomes a beauty of a hairless head through the heart of acceptance Votes: 1

The process of grieving any loss is dependent upon your relationship to the person. Votes: 1

It was a shallow thing, this acceptance, but sometimes even shallow things feel important. Votes: 1

Why when people are on their deathbed, they finally come to terms with life? Votes: 1

Purpose drives the process by which we become what we are capable of being. Votes: 1

I am Dead, but it's not so bad. I've learned to live with it. Votes: 1

What you deny or ignore, you delay, What you accept and face, you conquer. Votes: 1

Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it. Votes: 1

Search not for happiness outside yourself, for nothing could be further from the truth. Votes: 1

Did other people have this much trouble fitting in, or was it just her? Votes: 1

Being angry, resentful, or saddened by rejection can suck the sweetness out of acceptance. Votes: 1

Forgiveness is the intentional act or process of pardoning or offering absolution unto another. Votes: 1

What would it be like if I could accept life--accept this moment--exactly as it is? Votes: 1

The more we accept the imperfections of life, the more perfect life seems to become. Votes: 1

Never let the principle of what you believe in become more important than the person. Votes: 1

Anyone can possess, anyone can profess, but it is an altogether different thing to confess. Votes: 1

The soul accepts the mystery within and all around, immersing itself in it, celebrating it. Votes: 1

Learn to see past the flaws and you will understand the perfection of the Universe. Votes: 1

To love your weakness, negativity and darkness is to accept half of who you are. Votes: 1

Ayurveda teaches us to love "as is" - not as we think people "should be. Votes: 1

Life happens, whether you're in it or not, but death doesn't give you a choice. Votes: 1

For people who like that sort of thing, that's the sort of thing they like. Votes: 1

It must be an odd person indeed that can say for certain they are normal. Votes: 1

What I will no longer accept is the mediocre life of a modest little gentleman. Votes: 1

Without the possibility of making mistakes, we wouldn't need to bother about making a decision. Votes: 1

I only accept your mistakes and flaws to the degree that I accept my own. Votes: 1

Do what you can to help people but have the wisdom to accept your limits. Votes: 1

Always resignation and acceptance. Always prudence and honour and duty. Elinor, where is your heart? Votes: 1

Accept that you are not finished, and a new and better life is just beginning. Votes: 1

Walking in ignorance is a choice for those who find reality too hard to face. Votes: 1

The Inner Self...What makes us who we areshould be glorifiedpersonifiedand sung unto the stars! Votes: 1

It is not giving up, it is accepting. And the light will enter. Always does. Votes: 1

On the inside, the copycats of the ruffians are more delicate than the copycats of prudes. Votes: 1

Your responsibility as an adult is accept your childhood and make your own choice of life. Votes: 1

Experts say that denying bad feelings intensifies them, acknowledging bad feelings allows good feelings to return. Votes: 1

When you accept your value and have gratitude you are declaring your worthiness of further receivership. Votes: 1

Compassion, acceptance and LOVE is the cure to MOST of the issues that plague this world. Votes: 1

Happiness is attained, not through self-interest, but through unconditional fidelity in endless love of eternal light. Votes: 1

My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations. Votes: 1

That's what friends should do. cherish the good and pretend not to notice the harmless rest. Votes: 1

Being different is a revolving door in your life where secure people enter and insecure exit. Votes: 1

Now that she had actually seen and accepted reality, and reality brought such a healing calm. Votes: 1

The happier person is one, that acknowledges and accepts life won't get any better than this. Votes: 1

For a very long time everybody refuses and then almost without a pause almost everybody accepts. Votes: 1

'Age' is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years. Votes: 1

There is no greater treasure in this world than somebody who loves you as you are. Votes: 1

We must be free, but to have real freedom, you must be wild and free yourself. Votes: 1

Dogs are how people would be if the important stuff is all that mattered to us. Votes: 1

It's my place when I'm here alone. It's ours when you are here with me." ~Nolan Votes: 1

When you have acceptance of who you are there is no need to discuss your past. Votes: 1

America was never designed to be fixed forever, but was meant to be fluid and evolving. Votes: 1

If I simply do my best, I cannot complain even if I am taken to hell. Votes: 1

One must lie under certain circumstances and at all times when one can't do anything about them. Votes: 1

Be whoever you want to be. Party all night if you want. Just come home to me. Votes: 1

I been talkin' with my buddy, and he thinks I'm virgin enough fer the two of us. Votes: 1

You can't always control what someone gives you, but you're always in control of what you accept. Votes: 1

The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance. Votes: 1

For after all, the best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain. Votes: 1

What an unilateral life, when from the material of a renunciation, we must fashion something we love. Votes: 1

A mature heart for Christ would much rather spend its time praising him than condemning his fanatics. Votes: 1

Discovery requires courage and acceptance that we are not in control, and that the future is uncertain. Votes: 1

Chiron reminds us that only through recognising and accepting our inner wounds can we find true healing. Votes: 1

Loving isn't about selecting only the good parts. It's about taking the whole and loving the lot. Votes: 1

You learned to accept, or you ended up in a small room writing letters home with Crayolas. Votes: 1

Letting go of the past, is like opening the flood gates of healing to be set free. Votes: 1

We are not slaves of the past, nor servants of the present, but masters of the future. Votes: 1

I know what it's like to battle everyday of my life, just for acceptance, just to survive. Votes: 1

Love and accept everyone for who they are, for where they are in life. That is compassion. Votes: 1

You must never, at any rate, lend yourself to the wrong, in any form, which you condemn. Votes: 1

A leader learned to follow, and serves the followers who are learning to lead. ~T.F. Hodge Votes: 1

And you require no answers", Foamfollower was laughing in his gladness, "You are sufficient to every question". Votes: 1

We can only forgive the world to the extent that we forgive ourselves for being in it. Votes: 1

There are special, strange gifted people in the world and they have to be treated with understanding Votes: 1

I've always been just me, but I was the last to know that it was all right. Votes: 1

Not being understood may be taken as a sign that there is much in one to understand. Votes: 1

I rather have you win, because in God even those who are in second place are first. Votes: 1

Some of the pain released, and love filled the cleared space, uniting, magnetizing more self-love to it. Votes: 1

Never waste any moment of your life seeking approval or acceptance from people. They are not your creator. Votes: 1

True, lasting peace comes not through stamping out the ignorance of others, but through cultivating acceptance with ourselves. Votes: 1

IT happened. There is no avoiding it, no forgetting. No running away, or flying, or burying, or hiding. Votes: 1

Perfection is an illusion. Allow yourself room to make mistakes and permission to be happy regardless of outcome. Votes: 1

Goths do not hate the world. They just learned to accept the world that refuses to understand them. Votes: 1

They were determined to find something mechanically wrong with him - because broken machines are easier to fix. Votes: 1

Every relationship will suffer to some degree without finding self-acceptance and treating yourself like your own best friend. Votes: 1

Control doesn't validate love; it validates the nonexistence of trust and the painful unwillingness to accept the truth. Votes: 1

Truth was never meant to make you comfortable, unless you stand in the middle of it with acceptance. Votes: 1

Give the child a taste of meditation by creating a climate and atmosphere of love, acceptance and silence. Votes: 1

The purpose of life is to reach a point where you can say 'yes' to all of it. Votes: 1

If something bad happened just do this 3 things.First inhale second exhale and third accept that it happened. Votes: 1

Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well. Votes: 1

Learn to love someone when they least deserve it, because that is when they need your love most. Votes: 1

I have a self-made quote: Celebrate diversity, practice acceptance and may we all choose peaceful options to conflict. Votes: 1

We can accept and embrace our pasts as part of the path that shaped who we are now. Votes: 1

A best friend is the only one that walks into your life when the world has walked out. Votes: 1

I've been badly scared myself, badly, for quite a few years now. You learn to live with it. Votes: 1

Living in the past is a conscious or an unconscious choice made through a connection to the past. Votes: 1

To love, and be loved, this is the greatest challenge that any of us face in our lives. Votes: 1

Quit lying to yourself and accept your power and beauty. Liberate yourself from the slow-death you call life. Votes: 1

To appreciate life's small moments, it helps to have a sense the whole can never be made perfect. Votes: 1

I would just as soon have abused the old village church at home for not being a cathedral. Votes: 1

And sometimes - to get what you want - you must be prepared to accept the apparently unacceptable. Votes: 1

Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear of the future. Votes: 1

People are so worried about being accepted that it causes them to lose themselves and in turn, lose moments. Votes: 1

True love begins when you accept yourself in your totality. Then, and only then, can you completely love another. Votes: 1

I'm only telling you on the truth," he said. "If you can't stand the truth, don't ask for it. Votes: 1

I'm often painted as the bad guy, and the artistic part of me wants to hand out the brush. Votes: 1

Accept the ego of extraordinary people as they have achieved something but don't accept the ego of ordinary people. Votes: 1

A problem isn't a real problem till you decide to make it a problem... so what's the problem again? Votes: 1

They were determined to find something mechanically wrong with him - because broken machines are easier to fix. p303 Votes: 1

...definitely believe that, there's got to be a spark to a place...to make it feel like a home... Votes: 1

Throw your arms around the world and hold on tight. But not through fear ...but because of your love. Votes: 1

Life's too short to care about what other people think. Besides, they should accept us for who we are Votes: 1

It doesn't matter how you conceive of divinity. It only matters that you see it in everything, including yourself. Votes: 1

In order to grow you have to let go of all that you are and all that you know. Votes: 1

All children should be taught to unconditionally accept, approve, admire, appreciate, forgive, trust, and ultimately, love their own person. Votes: 1

You won't lose anything admitting that you've failed or you are struggling just remember not to dwell on that reality. Votes: 1

There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance Votes: 1

Panic causes tunnel vision. Calm acceptance of danger allows us to more easily assess the situation and see the options. Votes: 1

A liberal pretending to be a conservative? That's like a straight person pretending to be gay to get greater acceptance. Votes: 1

You can never make someone like something they don't like, but you can always help them to better understand it. Votes: 1

There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance. Votes: 1

Its not easy taking your own advice, accepting what you don't like hearing, & seeing the grey amongst the black & white. Votes: 1

Is it love, or is it attachment? Do you want to love her, or do you want to control her? Votes: 1

The land of possibility is a better place to make your home than the realm of expectation will ever be Votes: 1

When you live with dignity no man will ever take it. Live without it and every boy will steal it. Votes: 1

When you accept that there is no success greater than inner-peace and contentment, you instantly qualify yourself for more success. Votes: 1

You will never accept gratitude as a solution to your problems, until you have reached the last stage of grief--acceptance. Votes: 1

To seek acceptance is to seek pity, but to give acceptance and love is to gain the hearts of many. Votes: 1

The truth is, it's really only okay to be yourself if that self is within an accepted range of 'normal'. Votes: 1

It is easier to make our wishes conform to our means than to make our means conform to our wishes. Votes: 1

To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can't just accept the ones you like. Votes: 1

There was no going back to the way things were, because all you ever got was the way things are. Votes: 1

The degree of your mindset will confine you - just as the breadth of your open-heartedness will set you free Votes: 1

Nobody's going to win all the time. On the highway of life you can't always be in the fast lane. Votes: 1

Never give up on the possibilities or accept what is when you can see it for what it could be. Votes: 1

Some days we lose all at once and somedays we get all back at once. But either way,Accept it. Votes: 1

The acceptable is unacceptable. The truth is a lie. The good is pure evil. Even freedom has become a prison. Votes: 1

I have found that the less expectation you put on others, the more happiness you will find with them and yourself. Votes: 1

Set the standard! Stop expecting others to show you love, acceptance, commitment, & respect when you don't even show that to yourself. Votes: 1

At the end of the day, that's what a family is - a group of different people who accept each other. Votes: 1

I could never acceptlife as it was,I could never gobbledown all itspoisonsbu there were parts,tenuous magic partsopen for theasking. Votes: 1

True wisdom is being able to say 'it is what it is' with a smile of celebratory wonder on your face. Votes: 1

I'm not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there; it's like relaxing into - and an acceptance of - things. Votes: 1

Though people know the meaning of the word acceptance, people are ignorant about it. Thinking acceptance may hurt their self esteem. Votes: 1

We deny the parts of ourselves that we deem unacceptable rather than accepting the fact that we're all less than perfect. Votes: 1

In the West, they will either accept or reject. In the East, they will always accept also provide guidance and patience. Votes: 1

We have enough space in our hearts, but we are afraid of allowing animals shit and mess around with our feelings. Votes: 1

The beautiful world is just one thought away. It's already there just waiting for us to realize and to accept it. Votes: 1

One thing is clear to me: we, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves. Votes: 1

When someone else's safety and acceptance in society is on the line, your personal discomfort comes in a very distant second. Votes: 1

I know now it is children who accept life; grown people cover it up and pretend it is different with drinks. Votes: 1

Sometimes in life there's no problem and sometimes there solution. Within this space - between these apparent poles - life flows. Votes: 1

Simplicity gives you the power of freedom.Kindness gives you the power of boldness.Humility gives you the power of acceptance. Votes: 1

I look like a stinking pond that you always run away from,but there are some beautiful lotuses inside that pond Votes: 1

There is stability in walking an uncertain path, because you never allow yourself to be misled by what you think you know. Votes: 1

When you find complete acceptance in the Father, you will no longer stress about what others believe, think or say about you. Votes: 1

Whatever Nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge. Votes: 1

Dad they think she has Down Syndrome." He smiled genuinely as his eyes welled up with tears. "That's okay. We love her. Votes: 1

At the heart of personality is the need to feel a sense of being lovable without having to qualify for that acceptance. Votes: 1

True regret is knowing you missed your only opportunity to be simply a good friend to someone that was exactly like you. Votes: 1

Home is where 'I know you', 'I accept you', 'I forgive you', and 'I love you' are most likely to be heard. Votes: 1

When our challenge persists, returning in different forms, it may be a sign for us to accepted it as a valuable lesson. Votes: 1

To be fully seen by somebody, then, and be loved anyhow - this is a human offering that can border on miraculous. Votes: 1

It is what it is. Isn't that how these things always go? They are what they are. We just get to cope. Votes: 1

My life,my rules, I play it, you watch me.Approval not desired nor required.You dig me or beat the road Votes: 1

Through your eyesI am learningto see myself.Through your heartI am learningto love myself.In the chrysalisof your acceptanceI can feel myselfbecoming. Votes: 1

Is it a weakness not being able to hate? Or is it preparation for what is inevitable, the ability only to love. Votes: 1

I don't put my ideas in a meeting for acceptance or rejection, I put them in the market for success or failure. Votes: 1

I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be. Votes: 1

The only way we succeed as a group is not simply following directions, but in keeping each other accountable for our actions. Votes: 1

Ascension to successive echelons in the pyramid of awareness is an act of inclusion requiring unconditional acceptance of all that lies below. Votes: 1

Some people are severely lonely, all they can do is accept the single life as an example of being free and happy. Votes: 1

Accepting all the good and bad about someone. It's a great thing to aspire to. The hard part is actually doing it. Votes: 1

In broad terms; success is something you spend your lifetime looking for and happiness is something you spend your whole life overlooking Votes: 1

We must plant trees, grow gardens instead of lawns, ride bicycles when we can and support responsible local businesses over big brands. Votes: 1

She had the hard, half-apathetic expression of one who deems anything possible at the hands of time and chance, except perhaps fair play Votes: 1

Have a big enough heart to love unconditionally, and a broad enough mind to embrace the differences that make each of us unique. Votes: 1

To hate the hate was just more hate; to reject the rejection was just more rejection; to judge the judging, just more judging. Votes: 1

...you can pretend that bad things will never happen. But life's a lot easier if you realize and admit that sometimes they do. Votes: 1

As the aperture of your heart opens to love you will receive more of the light of compassion, acceptance, gentleness, grace and understanding. Votes: 1

Learn from past experiences but accept them all as perfect while staying in the present. Let go of everything that doesn't serve you. Votes: 1

Happiness in something you need to search for, It comes from inside. You can pull it out from inside by satisfaction and acceptance. Votes: 1

When small towns find they cannot harm the strangest of their members, when eccentrics show resilience, they are eventually embraced and even cherished. Votes: 1

The world of romance and business works on this principle - You may be rejected several times, but not everyone will reject you. Votes: 1

If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love our friends for their sakes rather than for our own. Votes: 1

I will not compare myself with others, nor them with me. I will appreciate myself and others for what I and they contribute. Votes: 1

It takes courage to say goodbye. To stare at a thing lost and know it is gone forever. Some tears are iron forged. Votes: 1

The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned. Votes: 1

You make me feel at home in my own skin, and that is one of the greatest gifts anyone has ever given me. Votes: 1

They talked on into the early morning, the high, pale cast of light in the windows, and they did not think of leaving. Votes: 1

I accept my body and its defects.I accept my characterand its weaknesses.I love myself as a perfect partof a perfect Whole. Votes: 1

If God were our one and only desire we would not be so easily upset when our opinions do not find outside acceptance. Votes: 1

Grant not my prayers, when they are contrary to Thy will, which at all times must be the best. Oh, hear them not; Votes: 1

When you believe you reflect what is holy and good, you can see more that is good in every stage of your life. (319) Votes: 1

The question isn't whether the world is perfect.The real question to consider is: If it were, would you still be in it? Votes: 1

we must love those with whom we live and work, and love them for all their failings, manifest and manifold though they be. Votes: 1

the hardest thing in life is to accept the facts that are hard to accept and to accept the things you can't accept. Votes: 1

I tried so hard to fit in different places and people,but finally decided to try fitting in me. It was a perfect fit. Votes: 1

For it is one thing to declare one's love for someone and quite another to accept that loving that person requires sacrificing one's dreams. Votes: 1

Although we may wish for more or strive to do better than we have, in these times it is enough to keep your soul. Votes: 1

Through each crisis in my life, with acceptance and hope, in a single defining moment, I finally gained the courage to do things differently. Votes: 1

I overcome the fear of losing.I overcome the fear of changing.I let go of what is going.I allow what is coming. Votes: 1

I, like you, was not depraved or defected before birth but created to be magnificent, a wonderful and freeing realization - simple but explosive. Votes: 1

For darkness terrifies. It swallows you, warps you, nullifies you. Who alive can possibly profess confidence in darkness? In the dark, you can't see. Votes: 1

Only love that continues to flow in the face of anger, blame, and indifference can be called love. All else is simply a transaction. Votes: 1

Sometimes, I present myself as an expert and talk non-sense. To be honest, passing out hugs is far better than passing judgements. TRY THIS! Votes: 1

Our unity will always be a greater force with mixed ideals than if we demand that others change for us, to what we believe. Votes: 1

Soldiers live. He dies and not you, and you feel guilty, because you're glad he died, and not you. Soldiers live, and wonder why. Votes: 1

You know, sometimes it's nice to just have someone to blame, even if it has to be yourself, even if it doesn't make sense. Votes: 1

Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle. Votes: 1

You need to accept your yesterday, so u can be happy on your today, risk and failures will always be there, and so is success. Votes: 1

The most confused you will ever get is when you try to convince your heart and spirit of something your mind knows is a lie. Votes: 1

To best influence someone's behavior, be a personal example. - Be the one who points out the bright side and serves compliments rather than complaints. Votes: 1

Letting go doesn't mean that you don't care about someone anymore. It's just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself. Votes: 1

Rather than allowing our response to an even affect our breathing, we can learn instead to let our breathing change our relationship to the event. Votes: 1

Would the people in her life still love her if they knew the whole truth about her? Perhaps, but would they love her the same? Votes: 1

Falling in love was simple; one had only to yield. Digesting another person, however, and sustaining love, was bloody work, and not a soft job. Votes: 1

...burying themselves in his arm was more about feeling his love in the confusion, in the difficulty, than it was about having moved past it. Votes: 1

In this moment, there is plenty of time. In this moment, you are precisely as you should be. In this moment, there is infinite possibility. (17) Votes: 1

Nowadays 'invisibility' was supposed to be the big problem, but the way I saw it was, all that mattered was to be visible to yourself. Votes: 1

Sometimes I am all right. Is this what they call letting go? I have let go, if letting go means I am all right sometimes. Votes: 1

In life one has a choice to take one of two paths: to wait for some special day - or to celebrate each special day. Votes: 1

There are some things in life that just are. They are meant to be, and to fight against them is to ensure your own loss. Votes: 1

Self-expression has to come out pure. It has to have an environment waiting for it. It has to have a garden it can plant itself in. Votes: 1

There is only one certain test of the virtue and that is humiliation. The acceptance of humiliation alone shows the depth and reality of our humility. Votes: 1

Treat gain and loss the same.' Don't be Intimidated. Don't make a Big Deal of anything - just accept things as they come to you. Votes: 1

There is no compromise when it comes to someones delicate feelings, the only way out is to stop pretending and set yourself free from someones life. Votes: 1

You have to give up! you have to give up!You have to realize that someday you will die,Until you know that, you are useless! Votes: 1

I have never found anybody who could stand to accept the daily demonstrative love I feel in me, and give back as good as I give. Votes: 1

I swear from the bottom of my heart I want to be healed. I want to be like other men, not this outcast whom nobody wants. Votes: 1

The son needs the father to have access to his source, and the father needs the son to have access to the future and the infinite. Votes: 1

All defensiveness and emotional tumult is a fear response because of your need for acceptance and ruthless control of the territory of your safe fantasy world. Votes: 1

And as she held me, I suddenly realized that my lifelong search for love and acceptance had finally ended in the arms of a foster parent. Votes: 1

Sometimes you must agree with someones opinion for the sake of being polite and modest, but within you, you know that you are not foolish and crazy. Votes: 1

When someone hurts you time and time again, accept the fact that they don't care about you. Its a tough pill to swallow, but its necessary medicine. Votes: 1

You have to accept that you'll never be good enough for some people. Whether that is going to be your problem or theirs is up to you. Votes: 1

You are what your creators and experiences have made you, like every other being in this universe. Accept that and be done; I tire of your whining. Votes: 1

What is a truth and what is a lie? Is truth the mutually accepted part of a lie, or is lie a mutually denied part of truth? Votes: 1

Sometimes the bridges you burn light the way out of your darkness, but the memory of the blaze will be burned into your heart and mind forever. Votes: 1

Out of all the guys she could love, I am two of them. But she chose my clone over me and that hurts. And it feels good. Votes: 1

Body love is more than acceptance of self or the acceptance of the body. Body love is about self-worth in general. It's more than our physical appearance. Votes: 1

Never pretend to be something you are not, especially to be accepted. Be loved for who you are, it will be tough at times but worth it. Votes: 1

The moment that judgement stops through acceptance of what it is, you are free of the mind. You have made room for love, for joy, for peace. Votes: 1

If you have not been served personally by caring hands in your own life, do not be bitter, but instead, ask yourself who you can now serve. Votes: 1

For many years, I searched for this connection outside of myself but always to no avail. It was only when I turned inward did I find this power. Votes: 1

The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one. Votes: 1

Love is a feeling that is imposed on you. You cannot be lazy; it is up to you to make things work and make the best of it. Votes: 1

The end of a melody is not its goal: but nonetheless, had the melody not reached its end it would not have reached its goal either. A parable. Votes: 1

But for half a minute she wished it was a different sort of day, even though she knew that nothing good could come from wanting at the world. Votes: 1

Mine own people do not care for me, John Carter; I am too unlike them. It is a sad fate, since I must live my life amongst them. Votes: 1

Every woman that finally figured out her worth, has picked up her suitcases of pride and boarded a flight to freedom, which landed in the valley of change. Votes: 1

Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say, So what. That's one of my favorite things to say. So what. Votes: 1

When did the skin on our bodies, the difference in our voice, or the direction our heart takes us decide whether or not we should have human rights? Votes: 1

When the guy kissed her, Cassidy felt a stab of pain that was close to physical, and therefore within the penumbra of hurts he told himself he could bear. Votes: 1

You're yourself," Tana said, grinning. "More purely yourself than anyone I know. And if you can't see who that is anymore, then see yourself the way I see you. Votes: 1

Why is it so easy to abandon ourselves, and why do we so easily fall into the illusion that this self-abandonment is the only way people will like us? Votes: 1

Sometimes it is best for men not to attempt to interfere with destiny. Our prayers can be answered in ways which we do not expect and do not welcome. Votes: 1

Time is an illusion, only the keepers of the illusion are real, and the reality they have spun, keeps us, until we set upon the path of the dream. Votes: 1

A hug is worth a thousand words. A friend is worth more."True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost. Votes: 1

You are allowed to float around having no damned idea what you want to do with yourself with no actual time frame in which you need to figure it out. Votes: 1

Forgive me, my sons. I've been defeated by this despicable idiot. This is as far as I go.I leave everything to you.You have my gratitude. Farewell, my sons. Votes: 1

A child said What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands;How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any morethan he. Votes: 1

Well, I think the first thing to do when trying to let go of the past is to accept it. Denial only delays the problem for later. Deal with it now. Votes: 1

Stop fighting yourself and accept where you are in life. Let this time in your life motivate you to let go of all of the things that are holding you back. Votes: 1

He knew at the same time that this stricture of acceptance (by which what we must love is made into what we can love) would eventually be a part of himself Votes: 1

True friends are those who came into your life, saw the most negative part of you, but are not ready to leave you, no matter how contagious you are to them. Votes: 1

I let it go. It's like swimming against the current. It exhausts you. After a while, whoever you are, you just have to let go, and the river brings you home. Votes: 1

If you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward. You want to see more, do more. You can't wait until you're sixty-five. Votes: 1

We do not have to see the beginning and the end of our lives, but we must close our eyes and live as if we didn't start or would never end. Votes: 1

...when you let go of your expectations, when you accept life as it is, you're free.To hold on is to be serious and uptight. To let go is to lighten up. Votes: 1

The image I'd had of myself as a child was someone I'd never be, and it was only recently that I realized it was okay to be who I was. - Cat Votes: 1