Quotes about Accepting

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. Votes: 4

Accepting defeat is not wisdom. Votes: 3

Accepting new challenges makes me come alive. Votes: 3

Accepting help is its own kind of strength. Votes: 3

Accepting death is a massive problem for everybody. Votes: 3

Accepting that we have weaknesses becomes a strength. Votes: 3

Accepting conflict brings you closer to knowing peace. Votes: 3

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them. Votes: 3

Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself. Votes: 3

Accepting the reality of change gives rise to equanimity. Votes: 3

Accepting the Christ' is merely a shift in self-perception. Votes: 3

Accepting oneself does not preclude an attempt to become better. Votes: 3

Accepting responsibility is the fulcrum point for succeeding at anything. Votes: 3

Accepting yourself as you are is an act of civil disobedience. Votes: 3

Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory. Votes: 3

We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them. Votes: 3

Accepting blame when it's not really due sometimes makes the point better. Votes: 3

Accepting others' life choices is something most people only learn with age. Votes: 3

Accepting good advice means nothing other than to strengthen one's own ability. Votes: 3

Accepting responsibility for the actions of others contributes to your own greatness. Votes: 3

Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable. Votes: 3

Accepting both the opportunity and the responsibility evokes a great deal of humility. Votes: 3

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying. Votes: 3

The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he's dead. Votes: 3

Accepting your flaws is a hard thing to do when you're constantly reminded of them. Votes: 3

Accepting the nonexistence of being,when the absence of existence means the negation of being. Votes: 3

Accepting that the odds are against you is the same as accepting defeat before you begin. Votes: 3

Accepting the apology signals the acknowledgment of a need to move forward, but not necessarily together. Votes: 3

Beauty is about being comfortable in your own skin. It's about knowing and accepting who you are. Votes: 3

Some people change. Most people don't. Accepting this makes it much harder for them to disappoint you. Votes: 3

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome. Votes: 3

Don't compare yourself with someone else's version of happy or thin. Accepting yourself burns the most calories. Votes: 3

Accepting and appreciating heart brings abundance in life but gratitude acknowledge and dance with joy of receiving. Votes: 3

Accepting money from the federal government to conduct research places academic inquiry in the service of national interests. Votes: 3

Being afraid something is true is accepting the possibility. Accepting the possibility is the first step to believing. Votes: 3

You shouldn't be afraid of science. Accepting the reality of nature makes life more exciting and even more precious. Votes: 3

Accepting your teen's individuality and natural evolution is one of the most difficult challenges you'll face as a parent. Votes: 3

Accepting evolution does not force us to jettison our morals and ethics, and rejecting evolution does not ensure their constancy. Votes: 3

There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them. Votes: 3

Accepting federal funding undermines state sovereignty as states become beholden to federal requirements in order to keep the money flowing. Votes: 3

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. Votes: 3

Accepting your own mortality is like eating your vegetables: You may not want to do it, but it's good for you. Votes: 3

That's gotta be one of the principles behind reality. Accepting things that are hard to comprehend, and leaving them that way. Votes: 3

Accepting the gift may take the accumulated wisdom of some trodden miles, but it also opens the welcome windows of joy. 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

We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us. Votes: 3

Accepting all the good and bad about someone. It's a great thing to aspire to. The hard part is actually doing it. Votes: 3

Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else. Votes: 3

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself. Votes: 3

There is a strong tendency to get used to and accept very bad things that would be shocking if seen with fresh eyes. Votes: 3

Enduring means accepting. Accepting things as they are and not as you would wish them to be, and then looking ahead, not behind. Votes: 3

Accepting that Arabs have the right to elect their own leaders means accepting the rise of governments that do not share America's pro-Israel militancy. 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

Accepting what we're given is a practice in being present to everything beyond us that lets us become intimate with the nature of life. Votes: 3

Accepting that the world is full of uncertainty and ambiguity does not and should not stop people from being pretty sure about a lot of things. Votes: 3

Accepting God's acceptance of me doesn't mean I'm going to stop trying. It means I'm going to stop trying out. And I am intentionally redirecting my obsession. Votes: 3

Accepting a government grant with its accompanying rules is like marrying a girl and finding out her entire family is moving in with you before the honeymoon. 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

Accepting the absurdity of everything around us is one step, a necessary experience: it should not become a dead end. It arouses a revolt that can become fruitful Votes: 3

You never read Spider-Man? Accepting your true identity means understanding that you are a stranger to this world. A freak, ostracized by the very people you want to help. Votes: 3

Accepting does not necessarily mean liking, enjoying, condoning. I can accept what is-and be determined to evolve from there. It is not acceptance but denial that leaves me stuck. Votes: 3

Accepting that we are angry is a healthy and appropriate response as long as we don't get stuck in it. Acknowledging it is one way of going through it. Votes: 3

The creator made us creative. Our creativity is our gift from God. Our use of it is our gift to God. Accepting this bargain is the beginning of true self-acceptance. Votes: 3

Being in love makes me vulnerable. Intimacy on that level can be so exposing. Accepting that vulnerability and allowing myself to be completely transparent is an ongoing process for me. Votes: 3

Accepting the reality of our sinfulness means accepting our authentic self. Judas could not face his shadow; Peter could. The latter befriended the impostor within; the former raged against him. Votes: 3

Accepting that your imperfections and so-called negative attributes are part of what makes you unique will help you to stop continually trying to be someone or something that you are not. Votes: 3

We need to accept that we won't always make the right decisions, that we'll screw up royally sometimes - understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success. Votes: 3

In our imaginations we believe that love is apart from us. Actually there is nothing but love, once we are ready to accept it. When you truly find love, you find yourself Votes: 3

The first step to truly living a good and fearless life, is accepting responsibility for your actions. Accepting what part you had in any situation. Difficult, to say the least, but liberating. Votes: 3

Live in the mysterious. Accepting and being fully at peace with not knowing what's going to happen in the future will allow us to be fully present and more peaceful in the present. Votes: 3

The key to accepting responsibility for your life is to accept the fact that your choices, every one of them, are leading you inexorably to either success or failure, however you define those terms. Votes: 3

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future. Votes: 3

Accepting means you allow yourself to feel whatever it is you are feeling at that moment. It is part of the isness of the Now. You can't argue with what is. Well, you can, but if you do, you suffer. Votes: 3

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: 3

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word. Votes: 3

We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it. Votes: 3

Confidence comes with maturity, being more accepting of yourself. Votes: 1

We are increasingly recognising and accepting, respecting and celebrating, our cultural diversity. Votes: 1

Thank you for accepting me as I am, with my virtues and defects. Votes: 1

We have come dangerously close to accepting the homeless situation as a problem that we just can't solve. Votes: 1

Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It's about accepting all of yourself. Votes: 1

There is no place, no country, more compassionate more generous more accepting and more welcoming than the United States of America. Votes: 1

The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behavior lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behavior. Votes: 1

It is difficult to understand these people who democratically take part in elections and a referendum, but are then incapable of democratically accepting the will of the people. Votes: 1

I went from resenting my mother-in-law to accepting her, finally to appreciating her. What appeared to be her diffidence when I was first married, I now value as serenity. Votes: 1

Positive feelings come from being honest about yourself and accepting your personality, and physical characteristics, warts and all; and, from belonging to a family that accepts you without question. Votes: 1

Singapore has been incredibly well-managed. It was created out of the swamp, with a strong emotional idea: a safe place for mostly Chinese, but accepting other cultures and other races. Votes: 1

The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life. Votes: 1

Being a Christian means accepting Christ as your savior, your God. That's why you are called a 'Christian.' If you remove Christ, there's only 'ian' and that means 'I am nothing.' Votes: 1

Who is there that can adequately gauge the greatness of the humility, gentleness, self-surrender, revealed by the Lord of majesty in assuming human nature, in accepting the punishment of death, the shame of the cross? Votes: 1

Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer. Votes: 1

I've had a blessed life. I've pulled back from trying to control my destiny and gone back to accepting whatever fate has in store for me. I live for today because I don't know what'll happen tomorrow. Votes: 1

But egoism is more than this. It is the realization by the individual that he is above all institutions and all formulas; that they exist only so far as he chooses to make them his own by accepting them. Votes: 1

People know there is a difference between what you do and what you accept. There is a difference between me knowing that people swear, me hearing people swear and me swearing, and everyone accepting that this is something you can do as much as you like. Votes: 1

It is time to return to core values, time to get back to basics, to self-discipline and respect for the law, to consideration for the others, to accepting responsibility for yourself and your family - and not shuffling it off on other people and the state. Votes: 1

I was meant to date the captain of the football team, I was going to be on a romantic excursion every Saturday night, I was destined to be collecting corsages from every boy in town before prom, accepting such floral offerings like competing sacrifices to a Delphic goddess. Votes: 1

The only real security is not in owning or possessing, not in demanding or expecting, not in hoping, even. Security in a relationship lies neither in looking back to what it was, nor forward to what it might be, but living in the present and accepting it as it is now. Votes: 1

True generosity means accepting ingratitude. Votes: 0

I'm not good at accepting help. Votes: 0

Personal style is accepting who you are. Votes: 0

We learn humility through accepting humiliations cheerfully. Votes: 0

We begin by loving and accepting ourselves. Votes: 0

Understanding is the first step of accepting! Votes: 0

Success is the process of not accepting failure. Votes: 0

Everything is acceptable until we stop accepting them. Votes: 0

Americans aren't accepting of black humor, it's terrible. Votes: 0

Optimism can keep a fool from accepting failure. Votes: 0

A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it Votes: 0

She has the gift of accepting her life. Votes: 0

Happiness is a function of accepting what is. Votes: 0

In accepting the Gift you Honor the Giver Votes: 0

We're not very accepting of people who act strangely. Votes: 0

People sometimes have a very hard time accepting change. Votes: 0

No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility. Votes: 0

You cannot have Jesus' rescue without accepting His rule. Votes: 0

Love is being accepting of all of their flaws. Votes: 0

Knowing how to let go is a process of accepting. Votes: 0

Our mental limitations prevent us from accepting our mental limitations. Votes: 0

Before believing, find the truth; before accepting, try to understand. Votes: 0

Loving and accepting ourselves are the ultimate acts of courage. Votes: 0

People have a hard time accepting anything that overwhelms them. Votes: 0

Humility means accepting reality with no attempt to outsmart it. Votes: 0

Happiness is lost by criticizing it; sorrow by accepting it. Votes: 0

Loving other people starts with loving ourselves and accepting ourselves. Votes: 0

Healing is the process of accepting all, then choosing best. Votes: 0

Fatalism is the lazy man's way of accepting the inevitable. Votes: 0

To accept civilization as it is practically means accepting decay. Votes: 0

It is not about striving for immortality, but about accepting mortality. Votes: 0

The key to happiness is accepting one unpleasant reality every day. Votes: 0

There's no freedom like the freedom that comes from accepting yourself. Votes: 0

Contentment is accepting God's sovereign control over all of life's circumstances. Votes: 0

There is a difference between giving into something and accepting it. Votes: 0

I have always looked at my competencies before accepting any responsibility. Votes: 0

I come from a very non-accepting family, but I'm very accepting. Votes: 0

That's what I mean by radical truth. I mean accepting reality. Votes: 0

but accepting help doesn"Ÿt have to mean giving up control. Votes: 0

We can only receive what our minds are capable of accepting. Votes: 0

I had a lot of trouble accepting God as a human being. Votes: 0

Being an adult means accepting those situations where no action is possible. Votes: 0

When accepting or preparing for a role, fear is the motivating factor. Votes: 0

Our entire life - consists ultimately in accepting ourselves as we are. Votes: 0

All understanding begins with our not accepting the world as it appears. Votes: 0

I'm not wild about accepting responsibility without authority. Why should my people be? Votes: 0

The less harshly we judge ourselves, the more accepting we become of others. Votes: 0

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief in denying them. Votes: 0

The bright future is that readers are accepting more varied forms of stories. Votes: 0

Love is acceptance - accepting people as they are. Just acceptance and caring. Votes: 0

Ladies, part of loving your mate is accepting him exactly as he is! Votes: 0

Self-discipline will never make us feel righteous or clean; accepting God's love will. Votes: 0

People need to stop accepting the evidence of reality, and start questioning it. Votes: 0

I'm providing myself to my children. I'm loving them unconditionally, accepting them unconditionally. Votes: 0

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them. Votes: 0

America's strength is that it is capable of accepting people into its communities. Votes: 0

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them. Votes: 0

True respect means accepting someone and honoring his or her thoughts and feelings. Votes: 0

Contentment is the continuing act of accepting the process of your own life. Votes: 0

Maturity is developed by respecting others and accepting responsibility for violating that respect. Votes: 0

Reading doesn't mean accepting everything you read, it means reasoning everything you read. Votes: 0

If you've got the chops, people these days are more accepting of you. Votes: 0

... accepting and feeling sympathy and love is not so healing as giving it. Votes: 0

We know you're strong, but accepting help is its own kind of strength. Votes: 0

Love is accepting people for who they are and what they are, regardless. Votes: 0

There was an idea of accepting everyone; there was no sense of exclusion. Votes: 0

The desire to change things must begin with accepting things as they are. Votes: 0

The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle. Votes: 0

Politics is a contact sport - a question of accepting an elbow or two. Votes: 0

America is behind Europe and Japan in terms of accepting adult ideas in animation. Votes: 0

I'm accepting of who I am and how diverse I am and honoring that. Votes: 0

Only by accepting our desires can we have an idea of who we are. Votes: 0

We've gone all the way from foolishly accepting authority to foolishly rejecting all authority. Votes: 0

Half of humanity has been accepting the inner world but denying the outer world. Votes: 0

Australia is much more liberal in accepting de facto relationships than the U.S. Votes: 0

What are you accepting that would not be a part of your ideal day? Votes: 0

Grief is not productive. It simply represents an inefficiency in accepting change of status. Votes: 0

When I've been open and accepting of where I am, things start opening up. Votes: 0

We can have peace and brotherly love by accepting our responsibility to preserve freedom. Votes: 0

Grace is God's acceptance of us. Faith is our acceptance of God accepting us. Votes: 0

Let's get back to loving our bodies and accepting them totally as they are. Votes: 0

Making art is about accepting what's going on around you and turning it into Votes: 0

The most difficult aspect of moving on is accepting that the other person already did. Votes: 0

Just accepting that vulnerability is part of the deal, I think, makes that part okay. Votes: 0

It's about being here in the moment, accepting one another and allowing creativity to flow. Votes: 0

I'm accepting I'm not living that younger, dreamed version of myself in the big city. Votes: 0

I feel like I'm man of the people: meeting people, respecting people and accepting people. Votes: 0

By accepting yourself and being fully what you are, your presence can make others happy. Votes: 0

Kinsey's quest was really for us all to be tolerant and accepting of each other. Votes: 0

No individual can achieve worthy goals without accepting accountability for his or her own actions. Votes: 0

We all want things we can't have. Being a decent human being is accepting that. Votes: 0

Friendships offer good practice in accepting the transience of experience and the persistence of feeling. Votes: 0

I want to be a Christian like Christ - loving and accepting of other people. Votes: 0

It is not giving up, it is accepting. And the light will enter. Always does. Votes: 0

Our accepting what we are must always inhibit our being what we ought to be. Votes: 0

To face deflation, you have to have people accepting it and not reacting to it. Votes: 0

When I started Donna Karan, people weren't really accepting the idea of the working woman. Votes: 0

Gardeners do first, read later. Why not? Plants are very gracious in accepting an apology. Votes: 0

Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not. Votes: 0

The joy of disruption comes from accepting that we all live in a temporal state. Votes: 0

To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal. Votes: 0

To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal. Votes: 0

It never stops, accepting that fact is difficult. I took some time out for life. Votes: 0

When people are not accepting toward themselves they are often obsessed with acceptance by others. Votes: 0

Physics advances by accepting absurdities. Its history is one of unbelievable ideas proving to be true. Votes: 0

Every man should ask himself each day whether he is not too readily accepting negative solutions. Votes: 0

I'm no longer accepting the things I cannot change...I'm changing the things I cannot accept. Votes: 0

Individualism has really the higher aim. Modern morality consists in accepting the standard of one's age. Votes: 0

A proof only becomes a proof after the social act of "accepting it as a proof". Votes: 0

I'm much more accepting of myself. A lot of my body issues have naturally settled down. Votes: 0

the greatest learning of the ages lies in accepting life exactly as it comes to us. Votes: 0

Sleeping on it didn't make accepting it any easier. It seemed like a really bad dream. Votes: 0

These days she simply did the best job she could, accepting the good with the bad. Votes: 0

By accepting you as you are, I do not necessarily abandon all hope of your improving Votes: 0

Laughing at something is a form of accepting it or at list making peace with it. Votes: 0

It's not being in the past, but accepting who we were and being who we are. Votes: 0

She's no longer afraid to die. What she's afraid of is living, accepting the status quo. Votes: 0

Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones. Votes: 0

You can "prove" anything on the verbal level, just be accepting the necessary axioms at the beginning. Votes: 0

Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones. Votes: 0

By accepting life's limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free. Votes: 0

I'm far more ready to go with the flow now because I am more accepting of myself. Votes: 0

When it comes to accepting emotional support or affection, I'm a little guarded and hardened to that. Votes: 0

To become a courageous leader, you must realize that accepting responsibility is not optional - it's mandatory. Votes: 0

Chiron reminds us that only through recognising and accepting our inner wounds can we find true healing. Votes: 0

Perfect joy lies in selflessly striving for the best outcome, and then humbly accepting whatever God gives. Votes: 0

I never got married anyway, because I wasn't particularly keen on accepting the responsibility of another person. Votes: 0

The pride that keeps us from forgiving is the same pride which keeps us from accepting forgiveness. Votes: 0

That's what's wrong with the country. There are too many 'good soldiers' accepting too many bad decisions. Votes: 0

Acknowledging and accepting whatever stuff you may have to let go comes easier when you love yourself. Votes: 0

I have a hard time accepting diversity as a synonym for justice. Diversity is a corporate strategy. Votes: 0

Faith is not accepting the world as it is but insisting on building the world God wants. Votes: 0

Reverence is simply the experience of accepting that all Life is, in and of itself, of value. Votes: 0

You tell a man the truth about himself and, well, they find they have trouble accepting it. Votes: 0

Not being able to think of a reply is not the same thing as accepting another's words. Votes: 0

It is not always a problem finding the truth, it is however sometimes a problem accepting it. Votes: 0

Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before. Votes: 0

I was fortunate enough to have an upbringing that made me more accepting of who I am. Votes: 0

Innovation is all about people. Innovation thrives when the population is diverse, accepting and willing to cooperate. Votes: 0

The very act of accepting responsibility short-circuits and cancels out any negative emotions you may be experiencing. Votes: 0

Healing means accepting all parts of ourselves, not just the parts we like, but all of us. Votes: 0

Renunciation is not getting rid of the things of this world, but accepting that they pass away. Votes: 0

I'm a big believer in accepting yourself the way you are and not really worrying about it. Votes: 0

I knew that part of friendship consisted in accepting a friend's shortcomings, which sometimes included his parents. Votes: 0

Evidence tells that black and Latina woman are more accepting of curves, and that's a good thing. Votes: 0

..the rich ate and drank freely, accepting gout and apoplexy as things that ran mysteriously in respectable families... Votes: 0

Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them. Votes: 0

Most of us would benefit greatly from recognizing and accepting the difference between our history and our destiny. Votes: 0

Self-care means accepting some risk, and accepting much responsibility. It is not for all people or all cases. Votes: 0

How could you look more stupid than to be the guy accepting a bronze medal in gold shoes? Votes: 0

Low standards are a tactic that takes pressure off teachers' unions by accepting mediocrity and failure for kids. Votes: 0

People should decide what success means for them, and not be distracted by accepting others' definitions of success. Votes: 0

Russians, in the knowledge of inexhaustible supplies of manpower, are accustomed to accepting gigantic fatalities with comparative calm. Votes: 0

The art world was not initially really accepting my kind of work. I was ahead of my time. Votes: 0

As the artist picks his way along, rejecting and accepting as he goes, certain patterns of enquiry emerge. Votes: 0

True peace of mind comes from accepting the worst. Psychologically, I think it means a release of energy. Votes: 0

Being perfect is being flawed, accepting it, and never letting it make you feel less than your best. Votes: 0

I hope to grow up and see myself accepting myself and accepting time going by and everything falls. Votes: 0

Always accepting the greatest joy of all is the time that I get to spend with my wife. Votes: 0

My life is a life of accepting what the universe has offered me... I don't fight the universe. Votes: 0

In fully accepting your creative power, you honor and respect your soul and remind others to do the same. Votes: 0

I think there is something to be said for not coddling people and not accepting good as good enough. Votes: 0

Love is accepting your truest, most authentic expression of self, and allowing yourself to do the same with others. Votes: 0

Prayer is thinking and thanking. It is thinking of our many blessings and accepting them with a thankful spirit. Votes: 0

Wasn't it time she risked getting hurt again, instead of just accepting the numbness of never letting anyone in? Votes: 0

Humility means accepting reality with no attempt to outsmart it. -David Richo A rolling stone can gather no moss Votes: 0

I am not made for politics because I am incapable of wanting or accepting the death of the adversary. Votes: 0

Football in Brazil is seen as a masculine sport, even with a lot of people accepting the female sport. Votes: 0

It's embarrassing that we all just walk through life blindly accepting that scrambled eggs are fundamentally associated with mornings. Votes: 0

Throw yourself into life as someone who makes a difference, accepting that you may not understand how or why. Votes: 0

Become more accepting. With every interaction, surrender any tendency to judge another person. Pray for a more accepting heart. Votes: 0

I don't look at life as a battle or as a fight. I don't think I'm scrappy. I'm accepting. Votes: 0

My parents were always very supportive and accepting. They even shared my curiosity for life, or perhaps I theirs. Votes: 0

If Hamas wants to be part of the real world, it has to end up accepting Israel's right to exist. Votes: 0

Tolerance is the positive and cordial effort to understand another's beliefs, practices, and habits without necessarily sharing or accepting them. Votes: 0

It is natural to give a clear view of the world after accepting the idea that it must be clear. Votes: 0

Humility is simply believing and accepting what God says about us, and God says that we are anything but worthless. Votes: 0

Wisdom is not the understanding of mystery. Wisdom is accepting that mystery is beyond understanding. That's what makes it mystery. Votes: 0

Can you join, ask sincerely for affection without sweaty hand of expectation, understanding and accepting if it never is given? Votes: 0

Politics: the art of using euphemisms, lies, emotionalism and fear-mongering to dupe average people into accepting--or even demanding--their own enslavement. Votes: 0

Without accepting the other person's thinking, you cannot further your own interest. You need the other's help to get results. Votes: 0

Its not easy taking your own advice, accepting what you don't like hearing, & seeing the grey amongst the black & white. Votes: 0

Don't allow false modesty,doubts or unbelief prevent you from accepting God's favor. The door of mercy stands wide open. Votes: 0

Too often we're happy to receive thanks from the nonprofits we fund, accepting gratitude instead of feedback or performance measurements. Votes: 0

President Bush has urged people to get back to normal and today Congress announced that they are accepting bribes again. Votes: 0

Everyone has been really accepting and brought me into the family. I had a lot of fun shooting it [ Fast 8]. Votes: 0

When I was younger, I was really anti-Hollywood. Now I'm more accepting of it because I'm less of a snob. Votes: 0

I'm trying to knock the medical profession into accepting its responsibilities, and those responsibilities include assisting their patients with death. Votes: 0

I think school is so much harder than real life. People are so much more accepting when they are adults. Votes: 0

Higher costs naturally translate into fewer employers offering insurance coverage, and fewer employees accepting it, even when it is offered. Votes: 0

The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain. Votes: 0

Well, by accepting that sex is a physical manifestation of God, and that is not a sin-it is a blessing. Votes: 0

The key to accepting responsibility for your life is to accept the fact that your choices, every one of them, Votes: 0

I think to make any relationship work it just takes a tremendous amount of effort and accepting of one another. Votes: 0

Faith is accepting what makes no sense, what we cannot prove, but know down deep in our souls is real. Votes: 0

I've always been incapable of accepting fate, and I've always refused to die, and that has helped me to survive. Votes: 0

The better we are at accepting the limits of our world, the more easily we can embrace what we have. Votes: 0

Self-assurance doesn't come from looking perfect and having a great title, but from accepting yourself with all you mistakes and eccentricities. Votes: 0

He who bestows something great receives no gratitude; for in accepting it the recipient has already been weighed down too much. Votes: 0

Integrity is fundamental to being men. Integrity means being truthful, but it also means accepting responsibility and honoring commitments and covenants. Votes: 0

People are not embracing collectivism because they have accepted bad economics. They are accepting bad economics because they have embraced collectivism. Votes: 0

Nonacceptance is always suffering, no matter what you are not accepting. Acceptance is always freedom, no matter what you are accepting. Votes: 0

Real confidence comes from knowing and accepting yourself- your strengths and your limitations -in contrast to depending on affirmation from others. Votes: 0

Concern yourself more with accepting responsibility than with assigning blame. Let the possibilities inspire you more than the obstacles discourage you. Votes: 0

You're not supposed to be accepting trophies. You're supposed to be in the back being mad that people are getting trophies. Votes: 0

Positive self-esteem is the quality of simply saying thank you and accepting any value that is attributed to you by others. Votes: 0

Cats never feel threatened. They are genetically incapable of accepting that anyone could possibly dislike anything as perfect as a cat. Votes: 0

It's about not accepting every challenge thrown at you. Sometimes you hold back and when it's needed you go for it. Votes: 0

Warriors of light are not perfect.Their beauty lies in accepting this fact and still desiring to grow and to learn. Votes: 0

We deny the parts of ourselves that we deem unacceptable rather than accepting the fact that we're all less than perfect. Votes: 0

It's fun to be an actor and dress up, but I'm happy being me and just loving accepting my personal style. Votes: 0

There is nothing so wrong as accepting a thing merely because men who have done things say it should be so. Votes: 0

Embrace the higher truth that everything comes to pass exactly as it should. Find peace and wisdom by accepting what is. Votes: 0

For me, Jesus is my cleft in the rock. He is my safest friend, my safe totally loving accepting big brother. Votes: 0

The moment a student gives up his right of personal judgment, he is in for accepting all the humbugs of life Votes: 0

We are all continually asked to learn how to ask for what we need, only to practice accepting what we're given. Votes: 0

The role of the therapist is to reflect the being/accepting self that was never allowed to be in the borderline. Votes: 0

Just once it might be instructive to pretend you're accepting an award for failure, just to see who you would thank. Votes: 0

As an actor, you come in contact with so many different people and cultures. It makes you a more accepting person. Votes: 0

As an innovator, you need to be aware of how traditions, habits and bias can act as barriers to accepting new ideas. Votes: 0

Morality becomes hypocrisy if it means accepting mothers' suffering or dying in connection with unwanted pregnancies and illegal abortions and unwanted children. Votes: 0

As you might have gathered, I prefer the honest, decent and genuinely accepting friends and family I have in the conservative world. Votes: 0

One important reason to stay calm is that calm parents hear more. Low-key, accepting parents are the ones whose children keep talking. Votes: 0

That's what we're missing. We're missing argument. We're missing debate. We're missing colloquy. We're missing all sorts of things. Instead, we're accepting. Votes: 0

Morality becomes hypocrisy if it means accepting mothers' suffering or dying in connection with unwanted pregnancies and illegal abortions and unwanted children Votes: 0

We should be similarly wary of accepting common opinions; we should judge them by the ways of reason not by popular vote. Votes: 0

Tens of thousands, perhaps millions, have come into some kind of religious experience by accepting Christ, and they have not been saved. Votes: 0

If you want to be educated and wise, you must open your heart, expand your mind, be accepting and ready to change. Votes: 0

The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or private sources is essentially a socialist argument. Votes: 0

[On accepting travel suggestions from her two daughters, 6 and 3:] When they pay for the vacation, they get to dictate where we go. Votes: 0

For most Americans, progress means accepting what is new because it is new, and discarding what is old because it is old. Votes: 0

Parents need to be more accepting of who their kids are and less concerned about what society thinks they need to be. Votes: 0

However I will never forget what Marion [Zimmer Bradley] did for me by accepting that first story from a stupid enthusiastic kid. Votes: 0

There is only one decision you need to make: You are either working at your Freedom or you are accepting your bondage. Votes: 0

I feel like the modeling industry is a little bit more accepting of women who make mistakes. They appreciate the idea of icons. Votes: 0

It seems the deeper, truer personality of the artist only emerges in the making of decisions... in refusing and accepting, changing and revising. Votes: 0

The inclination to self-depreciation, to freely accepting being robbed, being duped, and being swindled, could be the modesty of a god among men. Votes: 0

The thing that got me over the hump was accepting that I had to do whatever I could to stay in the game Votes: 0

The thing that got me over the hump was accepting that I had to do whatever I could to stay in the game. Votes: 0

Give yourself permission 2 evolve. Become a philosopher; come up with your own interpretation of life and stop accepting someone else's as your truth. Votes: 0

Discovering vocation does not mean scrambling toward some prize just beyond my reach but accepting the treasure of true self I already posses. Votes: 0

It seems to be unfathomable to people that I just happen to be 49 and look good. I am totally capable of accepting myself. Votes: 0

And humility in politics means accepting that one party doesn't have all the answers; recognising that working in partnership is progress not treachery. Votes: 0

We are always in danger of rejecting the creational in name of the fall and of accepting the fallen in name of creation. Votes: 0

Our people must be taught to desist from accepting bribes. The ability to say NO, must become a core value of our nation Votes: 0

The victim mindset dilutes the human potential. By not accepting personal responsibility for our circumstances, we greatly reduce our power to change them. Votes: 0

We think of happiness as something we can take. But usually it comes from being content with what we have, and accepting ourselves. Votes: 0

When you grow up on film, people sometimes have difficulties accepting the fact that you are growing up. They always imagine you younger. Votes: 0

I love you Philadelphia. I want to thank you for accepting me, and letting me be me and make this my home forever. Votes: 0

Detachment is not giving up the things in this world, but accepting the fact and to be continuously aware that nothing is permanent. Votes: 0

Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate. Votes: 0

The most important influence is all our lives are love. If we're never taught to love, then showing and accepting love becomes difficult. Votes: 0

The Purusha should assume at all times the attitude of a giver of sanction while rejecting the lower movements and accepting only truth-movements. Votes: 0

We've all been acculturated into accepting the inevitability of wrongful convictions, unfair sentences, racial bias, and racial disparities and discrimination against the poor. Votes: 0

People at the University of Portland were accepting and loving and open-minded. When you have a safety net, it allows you to take risks. Votes: 0

Some theists in evolutionary science acquiesce to these tacit rules and retain a personal faith while accepting a thoroughly naturalistic picture of physical reality. Votes: 0

It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to respect our neighbours and be respected in our turn. Votes: 0

For his part, Blind Seer had no difficulty accepting idleness. A wolf proverb stated: "Hunt when hungry, sleep when not, for hunger always returns. Votes: 0

Grief is a healthy emotion, and it's healthy to embrace it. By accepting loss, we clarify our values and the meaning of our lives. Votes: 0

We can make ourselves whole only by accepting our partiality, by living within our limits, by being humans not by trying to be gods. Votes: 0

For those orderly folks who have life all neatly arranged in their heads, who do more accepting than questioning, unschooling is a disturbing thing. Votes: 0

Drop jealousy and envy, for they make you ugly. Be loving, be accepting, and most of all... be happy just the way you are. Votes: 0

If I had to embrace a definition of success, it would be that success is making the best choices we can ... and accepting them. Votes: 0

One of the most exiting things about being pregnant is that I just am accepting the complete unknown; it's a complete mystery and miracle. Votes: 0

My mom was very much like 'Love your body, love yourself, run around naked....' Whatever we wanted to do, it was very accepting. Votes: 0

People told me I'd have to deal more with losing at this level. I understood that, but I didn't want to start accepting losses. Votes: 0

By accepting God's love for us, we fall in love with Him, and only then do we have the fuel we need to obey. Votes: 0

Saving faith is an immediate relation to Christ, accepting, receiving, resting upon Him alone, for justification, sanctification, and eternal life by virtue of God's grace. Votes: 0

He was the least spiritual of all the monks here, accepting nothing without proof. This skepticism was simultaneously his greatest asset and his greatest impediment. Votes: 0

I think America may be growing up and accepting the fact that the bulk of life exists beyond 50. Because demographically... the vast population is over 50. Votes: 0

The challenge we now face is to build on the record of the past, to continue accepting new responsibilities and seeking new opportunities to serve. Votes: 0

If after accepting the spiritual master and being initiated one does not follow the rules and regulations of devotional service, then he is again fallen. Votes: 0

I'm an intensely competitive guy who is driven by the idea that accepting mediocrity or accepting defeat is not the way you succeed in life. Votes: 0

Once the 'what' is decided, the 'how' always follows. We must not make the 'how' an excuse for not facing and accepting the 'what.' Votes: 0

The key to a successful marriage is accepting that you're not going to change the other person. And the words "Yes, dear. Whatever you want. Votes: 0

A marriage is a way of accepting love and commitment of a man and woman in front of God, before moving to a new life. Votes: 0

We can't have everything! It took a lot of growing up for me to realize this unalterable fact and to discipline myself into accepting it. Votes: 0

It's not just about me. It's about all of us accepting one another. We're all different. It's not a bad thing. It's a good thing. Votes: 0

Make sure to be well informed before accepting the challenge of a commission - check out that you have a source of reference readily available. Votes: 0

Relations between black and white would be greatly improved if we were more accepting of our fears and our feelings and more vocal about it. Votes: 0

The irony of life is we always compare our fantasies with reality, rather than accepting the reality as is and transforming it into a paradise.... Votes: 0

Well, you can't be trying to achieve success of any kind in this business without accepting that there's going to be a flip side to it. Votes: 0

Journalists are supposed to be skeptical, that's what keeps them digging rather than simply accepting the official line, whether it comes from government or corporate bureaucrats. Votes: 0

Ours is an open and accepting society, and has historically provided an avenue for lawful immigration to all those willing to accept the responsibilities of citizenship. Votes: 0

We easily fall into the habit of accepting compressed statements which save us from the trouble of thinking. Thus arises what I shall call 'Potted Thinking'. Votes: 0

We really only came around to accepting and integrating the propositional dimension of identity into a concept of ourselves at the time of the American Revolution. Votes: 0

I can't overestimate the importance of accepting ourselves exactly as we are right now, not as we wish we were or think we ought to be. Votes: 0

Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change other, but by simply accepting them as they are. True acceptance is always without demands and expectations. Votes: 0

To hope does not mean to know the future, but rather to be open, in an attitude of spiritual childhood, to accepting it as a gift. Votes: 0

I'd be happy to have my biography be the stories of my dogs. To me, to live without dogs would mean accepting a form of blindness. Votes: 0

I'm not really managing the work-life balance, I'm just accepting that the work increases and the ordinary life has to decrease when you're the prime minister. Votes: 0

Be the person you are. Never try to be another, and you will become mature. Maturity is accepting the responsibility of being oneself, whatsoever the cost. Votes: 0

The true way and the sure way to friendship is through humility-being open to each other, accepting each other just as we are, knowing each other. Votes: 0

If men can learn to be less defensive, more open to others, and more accepting of accountability, they will adapt well to the new global economy. Votes: 0

I come from musical theater, and a lot of musical theater is about accepting fantasy. I think it is more about just being open and accepting. Votes: 0

Ordinary citizens are so accepting of what is going on, grumbling when their material interests were affected, but seemingly accepting the spiritual poverty so characteristic of today. Votes: 0

India has been a very accepting culture. We pride ourselves on that. That is a global truth. In fact, it forms a major theme in my books. Votes: 0

you are not accepting not acknowledging even showing dishonor to take her in your prisonwhat do you expect?she will stay in cadge if it is open~? Votes: 0

For what constitutes a Christian is not; accepting the Christian's creed, but accepting Christ as Savior and Lord. It is a question of personal loyalty and love. Votes: 0

you are not accepting not acknowledging even showing dishonor to take her in your prisonwhat do you expect?she will stay in cadge if it is open? Votes: 0

I thought I was going to school to be other people, but really, what I learned was to be myself - accepting myself, my strengths and weaknesses. Votes: 0

We don't need to justify love; it is there or not there. Real love is accepting other people the way they are without trying to change them. Votes: 0

Then, accepting the help of God and of God's signs, he allows his personal legend to guide him toward the tasks that life has reserved for him. Votes: 0

Happiness is a function of accepting what is. Love is a function of communication. Health is a function of participation. Self expression is a function of responsibility. Votes: 0

A safe rule where Jewish propaganda is concerned is to multiply or divide their figures by ten, at least, before accepting them as the basis for discussion. Votes: 0

As a gymnast, you always wear spandex. Being a teenager wearing spandex? It was tough accepting how my body looked, especially if there was any weight gain. Votes: 0

She couldn’t help wondering if that was how one made the decision to forgive or not. If letting go hurt more than accepting someone’s mistakes. Votes: 0

Leadership is about taking charge and influencing others to follow your vision. It's about going against the odds and accepting responsibility for the outcomes along the way Votes: 0

I learned that accepting others and accepting myself are two sides of the same coin; you can't love and accept yourself without doing the same for others. Votes: 0

Authors we are in danger of accepting as gospel, whereas founders of discursivity provide permeable ideas that we can elaborate upon in a tradition of constructive dialogue. Votes: 0

Strong faith in the Savior is submissively accepting of His will and timing in our lives, even if the outcome is not what we hoped for or wanted. Votes: 0

An artist who is inspired is being obvious. He’s not making any decisions, he’s not weighing one idea against another. He’s accepting his first thoughts. Votes: 0

I'm not a real crazy social butterfly - and once I realised that and I accepted it, I started to realise how many people weren't accepting of that. Votes: 0

Inertia is so easy"”don't fix what's not broken. Leave well enough alone. So we end up accepting what is broken, mistaking complaining for action, procrastinating for deliberation. Votes: 0

It's funny how you get a bit older and become more accepting of things. When you're in your twenties, you're skeptical of everything. I definitely felt like that. Votes: 0

I've made it clear that I'm not taking special interest PAC money or accepting donations from lobbyists - ever. I want to represent the interests of the citizens. Votes: 0

The users are not going to be in the position of accepting what's been collected; they're going to be in the position of being able to demand collection. Votes: 0

Innate in nearly every artistic nature is a wanton, treacherous penchant for accepting injustice when it creates beauty and showing sympathy for and paying homage to aristocratic privilege. Votes: 0

I might have a little bit of cellulite. I might not be toned everywhere. I might struggle in this area or that. But accepting that just empowers me. Votes: 0

In sport, part of the game is accepting the umpire's call, no matter how hard that might be. Sometimes the calls go your way, and sometimes they don't. Votes: 0

They spent days, nights, weeks, and years talking, never accepting the fact that, good or bad, an idea only exists when someone tries to put it into practice. Votes: 0

Renunciation is not rejecting the family but accepting the whole world as family. Renunciation is not changing the name or dress. It is changing the attitude towards life. Votes: 0

If you didn't love him, this never would have happened. But you did. And accepting that love and everything that followed it is part of letting it go. Votes: 0

With the early Christians you couldn't have God as your father unless you have the church as your mother. This isn't accepting the church as a perfect thing. Votes: 0

This is what it means to be mindful. To watch the thoughts as they come and go without judgment while completely accepting what arises in the present moment. Votes: 0

Holiness does not consist in doing extraordinary things. It consists in accepting, with a smile, what Jesus sends us. It consists in accepting and following the will of God. Votes: 0

Successful investors must temper the arrogance of taking a stand with a large dose of humility, accepting that despite their efforts and care, they may in fact be wrong. Votes: 0

I don't see a benefit in accepting every single little morsel of work that comes along because I think in essence what you're doing is you're raping yourself really. Votes: 0

The key to freedom is accepting my own autonomy as an individual, and respecting the autonomy of other individuals, with all of what that means - whatever that means. Votes: 0

I am increasingly an architect of self. I am free to will and choose. I can, through accepting my individuality... become more of my uniqueness, more of my potentiality. Votes: 0

I went from really hating my body, to disliking it, to accepting it but not exactly liking it, then accepting it and liking it, and now I love it. Votes: 0

If you try to please audiences, uncritically accepting their tastes, it can only mean that you have no respect for them: that you simply want to collect their money. Votes: 0

Conservative feminism is such an artificial term that doesn't mean much to me. For me conservatism means accepting reality. I acknowledge that there are differences between men and women. Votes: 0

I held my heart back from positively accepting anything, since I was afraid of another fall, and in this condition of suspense I was being all the more killed. Votes: 0

An unbending and absolute acceptance of any idea is a sure sign of a small mind, no matter the greatness of intellect possesed by the one accepting that idea. Votes: 0

The process of leniency involves accepting the reality of the current situation and finding a satisfying meaning therein, as opposed to misconstruing or denying the facts of the situation. Votes: 0

I am simply not such a slave to my vanity, and I don't want to be, because as you get older you really have to start accepting the inevitable. Votes: 0

I begin my reign with profound emotion at the honour of accepting the Crown, aware of the responsibility it entails and with the greatest hope for the future of Spain. Votes: 0

I think because I am as earnest as I am, people were accepting of my evolving into a certified, legitimate, and grown up and I did take three years off. Votes: 0

Passively accepting your sadness is the same as forgetting to build your own happiness. Happiness is more than a mood. It's a long-lasting state that is more accurately called well-being. Votes: 0

I am gone quite mad with the knowledge of accepting the overwhelming number of things I can never know, places I can never go, and people I can never be. Votes: 0

To respect the dignity of a relationship also implies accepting the end when it comes. Except in my mind, except in my dreams, where the aftertaste of her still lingers. Votes: 0

Tabitha knew from hard-won experience the hardest part wasn't enduring the storm, or accepting the end. It was finding a way to put the broken pieces together in the aftermath. Votes: 0

To respect the dignity of a relationship also implies accepting the end when it comes. Except in my mind, except in my dreams, where the aftertaste of her still lingers. Votes: 0

With the R&B, gospel feel that 'Sparkle' has, that opens the door for my fans to be more accepting of that sound and also for me to try it. Votes: 0

I have a huge political problem with the role. It was essentially accepting a form of racial profiling. I think it's repulsive. But it was the first time I had. Votes: 0

I had individuals in my life to help me make the right decisions because it wasn't about them accepting handouts. It was about them making the right decisions for me. Votes: 0

I try to define myself through my own choices rather than just accepting society's kind of you're that, you're that, let me put you in a box kind of thing. Votes: 0

I have a lot of compassion for human beings in life experiences, so I allow myself to feel what these characters are feeling and don't have a problem accepting that. Votes: 0

We must not be frightened nor cajoled into accepting evil as deliverance from evil. We must go on struggling to be human, though monsters of abstractions police and threaten us. Votes: 0

With me, it's much more a matter of accepting whatever happens, accepting all these elements from the outside and then trying to work with them in a sort of free collaboration. Votes: 0

The true believer is in a high degree protected against the danger of certain neurotic afflictions; by accepting the universal neurosis he is spared the task of forming a personal neurosis. Votes: 0

There's many women now who think, 'Surely we don't need feminism anymore, we're all liberated and society's accepting us as we are'. Which is just hogwash. It's not true at all. Votes: 0

I'm very accepting with my age. It's like notches on your belt: experience, wisdom, and a different kind of beauty. There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin. Votes: 0

I feel lucky in that the same way I've surrounded myself with people I'm creatively comfortable with, I've surrounded myself with people who are accepting of the way that I look. Votes: 0

Being at one with everything just means accepting that the future is always going to be unsure and learning to find ways to be okay with the uncontrollable sequence of events. Votes: 0

By accepting life before it happens, and letting go of your inner resistance to all things you cannot change, you unlock true emotional freedom from all of your self-imposed emotional pain. Votes: 0

People have a hard time accepting when someone displays even the slightest amount of discomfort in the spotlight. You're supposed to soak up every bit of fame like it’s sunshine. Votes: 0

In the process of deeply accepting our own inner experience, instead of being identified with a story of a limited self, we realize the compassion and wakefulness that is our essence. Votes: 0

The slow, the never ending approach to truth consists in perpetually forming and testing hypotheses, accepting those at which at the time seem to fit the facts and rejecting the others. Votes: 0

My goats are not contemplative, accepting, or introspective. They are the Greek chorus of my farm, sometimes of my life. They watch me closely and remind me that I am foolish. Votes: 0

The habit of an opinion often leads to the complete conviction of its truth, it hides the weaker parts of it, and makes us incapable of accepting the proofs against it. Votes: 0

Stripping away my ego and accepting my truth even if it's not who I want to see. Makes me want to be better when it's exposed. It's very vulnerable and exhilarating. Votes: 0

Being a Christian means accepting Christ as your savior, your God. Thats why you are called a Christian. If you remove Christ, theres only ian and that means I am nothing. Votes: 0

To any artist, worthy of the name, all in nature is beautiful, because his eyes, fearlessly accepting all exterior truth, read there, as in an open book, all the inner truth. Votes: 0

...accepting the compromise of the way we have been, the way we are, and the way we will likely be...may we live together in unwavering love and good health, amen. Votes: 0

You are the only real authority in your life, but you yield that status to so many externals by believing in them, by having been punished or forced into accepting them. Votes: 0

She who ne'er answers till a husband cools, Or, if she rules him, never shows she rules; Charms by accepting, by submitting, sways, Yet has her humor most, when she obeys. Votes: 0

There are three things I commit to on a daily basis: Exercising for an hour a day, tops. Never skipping meals. And accepting the size and shape I was born with. Votes: 0

Science has so accustomed us to devising and accepting theories to account for the facts we observe, however fantastic, that our minds must begin their manufacture before we are aware of it. Votes: 0

I've just grown as a person, accepting my flaws as well. Before I was very insecure and I used to just hide, and now I just accept that I'm an imperfect human. Votes: 0

The fact that I have no remedy for all the sorrows of the world is no reason for my accepting yours. It simply supports the strong probability that yours is a fake. Votes: 0

I've heard that- if they cheated once, they'll do it again- But sometimes my heart says that if you'll come back, I won't be able to stop myself from accepting you again. Votes: 0

My family brought me up to be very assimilated and accepting of everyone. But I do get frustrated when I see other Asians who behave in a way that reflects a stereotype. Votes: 0

Yet [Dalai Lama] has said very strongly that basic freedoms of thought and speech have to be respected in Tibet and they're not at the moment. Tolerance doesn't mean accepting what's unfair. Votes: 0

life is a tragic mystery. We are pierced and driven by laws we only half understand, we find that the lesson we learn again and again is that of accepting heroic helplessness. Votes: 0

When God accepts a sinner, He is, in fact, only accepting Christ. He looks into the sinner's eyes, and He sees His own dear Son's image there, and He takes him in. Votes: 0

I think part of picking where you live in New York is accepting who you are. Really looking at yourself and going, 'Yeah, I'm not cool enough for the West Village.' Votes: 0

Creativity comes from accepting that you're not safe, from being absolutely aware, and from letting go of control. It's a matter of seeing everything - even when you want to shut your eyes. Votes: 0

More people more accepting of civil unions and gay marriage, which our pollster said was the most significant change they've seen on any social issue. So, this country is changing in a way. Votes: 0

Kids across the country have grown up accepting the idea that no one can harm your family if at least one of its adult members is in the shower. No one knows why. Votes: 0

We're comfortable with women in certain roles but not comfortable with women expressing anger or fully accepting their power. The most daring question a woman can ask is, 'What do I want?' Votes: 0

To imagine myself in different ways comes from my beginnings in the theatre. People are more accepting when you go 'apparently', 'wildly' afield from who you are or where you were brought up. Votes: 0

Social media changed my thought process and connected me to the rest of the world. And as I started connecting, the world started accepting me as I was. Nothing could be more satisfying. Votes: 0

...the only continuity possible in life, as in love, is in growth, in fluidity - in freedom. The only real security is... living in the present and accepting it as it is now. Votes: 0

We honor our kids most when, while we guide or discipline them, we give them this gift of unconditional love by accepting them and respecting them for who they are, first and foremost. Votes: 0

Every pleasure or pain has a sort of rivet with which it fastens the soul to the body and pins it down and makes it corporeal, accepting as true whatever the body certifies. Votes: 0

When I lived in the U.K., I recorded a lot of ska and rock-steady styles of Jamaican music. But people there weren't accepting it. So I began using a faster reggae beat. Votes: 0

Another wing of the party seems to be putting its hands up. They`re not all resisting and accepting the [Donald]Trump - the fact that he could very well win the nomination. Votes: 0

If I look over my life, every single step of maturing for me, every single one, has had the exact same common denominator: accepting what was true over what I wished were true. Votes: 0

At the end of the day, though, there are a huge number of considerations that our management team go through before accepting any project - checking out the license is just one of them. Votes: 0

Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different, it's accepting the past for what it was, and using this moment and this time to help yourself move forward. Votes: 0

I wanted out of my pain and that silliness, but I wanted an easy out. That's before realizing that there is no easy out. Before accepting that you just have to do the work. Votes: 0

My immediate family was always very supportive. It was my own fear of the rest of the world not accepting me, the rest of our society not accepting my wish to be an actor. Votes: 0

I have worked very hard with Nehru. I told him he should be the light of Asia, to show all those millions how they can shine out, instead of accepting the darkness of Communism. Votes: 0

In Europe and Britain they seem to be much more accepting and embracing of older bands, whereas in America if you've been out for three years, you're old, and I think that attitude stinks. Votes: 0

Life began on this planet when the first amoeba split. Mankind will still be seeking God, not accepting that God is a spirit; can't see it, touch it, only feel it. It's called LOVE. Votes: 0

A man to whom you do a favor will not understand if you say nothing, make no noise, just walk away. You may cause more trouble by refusing a bribe than by accepting it. Votes: 0

I say with my own authority that if you go on questioning without accepting anybody's answer, including mine, by and by you will find that the answer is not found but the question disappears. Votes: 0

Today I will simply accept. I will relinquish the need to be in resistance to myself and my environment in any way. I will move forward in joy by accepting where I am right now. Votes: 0

Our humanness is the part of us that we try and push away, that we don't want to see, that we don't like. It's about self-acceptance, number one, and it's also about accepting our creation. Votes: 0

I've learned to be more accepting of myself. I'm 37, not 18, and I've got the lines to prove it. I try to remind myself that a girl can have it all, just not all at once. Votes: 0

Make sure that you let God's grace work in your souls by accepting whatever He gives you, and giving Him whatever He takes from you. True holiness consists in doing God's work with a smile. Votes: 0