Quotes about Accepting what is

Life is accepting what is and working from that. Votes: 4

Happiness is a function of accepting what is. Votes: 3

Embrace the higher truth that everything comes to pass exactly as it should. Find peace and wisdom by accepting what is. Votes: 3

For most Americans, progress means accepting what is new because it is new, and discarding what is old because it is old. Votes: 3

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: 3

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: 3

Time after time, on matters great and small, we are still standing on the sidelines, mutely accepting what is decided elsewhere instead of raising our voices and making our own choices. Scotland's much vaunted partnership of Jonah and the whale. Votes: 3

It takes a lot more courage to let something go than it does to hang on to it, trying to make it better. Letting go doesn't mean ignoring a situation. Letting go means accepting what is, exactly as it is, without fear, resistance, or a struggle for control. Votes: 3

What America does best is produce the ability to accept failure. Votes: 2

Society will decide after the technology is created what we will and won't accept. Votes: 2

Zippy accepts chaos as what it is, which is the real order of everything. Votes: 2

Beauty is grace and confidence. I've learned to accept and appreciate what nature gave me. Votes: 2

What I do not accept is the fact that so many people's talents were ripped off. Votes: 2

You can be socially accepted and tell the truth about what it is to be a woman. Votes: 2

Men do communicate, often very directly, but women sometimes cannot accept how simple what we have to say is. Votes: 2

I haven't accepted anyone telling me what is or isn't possible and have just kept moving along toward my goals. Votes: 2

If you're feeling intransigently ambivalent, it might pay to formally accept what's already happening - that is, decide not to decide. Votes: 2

You've got to keep your finger on the pulse of what your audience is thinking, and know what they'll accept from you. Votes: 2

No constitution is or can be perfectly symmetrical, what it can and must be is generally accepted as both fair and usable. Votes: 2

If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance. Votes: 2

The only way to live is to accept each minute as an unrepeatable miracle, which is exactly what it is: a miracle and unrepeatable. Votes: 2

It would be dangerous territory if I wasn't practising what I preach which is to always accept responsibility, always accept the consequences of your actions. Votes: 2

An important skill for all SpaceXers is the ability to accept critical feedback. This is key to anyone's growth and becoming better at what they do. Votes: 2

Venezuela is a free country, and we will not be blackmailed by anyone. We will not accept being told what to do over Iran; we will not accept being anyone's colony. Votes: 2

I think the whole mission of being here on Earth is to accept what you have, and my journey was to accept my own life and not pretend anything else. I think that's what we all struggle with. Votes: 2

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: 2

I think that what happens for many Christians is, they accept their particular faith, they accept it to be true, and they stop examining it. Consequently, because it's already accepted to be true, they don't examine other people's faiths... That, I think, is not healthy for a person of any faith. Votes: 2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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: 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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: 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

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: 0

There is no compulsion in Islam. You convert "voluntarily". But you are free not to convert by accepting subjugation, humiliation, discrimination and constant harassment. What can be more democratic? 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

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: 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

Whatever encourages people to become more interested in who they are and discovering who they are, as opposed to just accepting what people or things are saying what they are. That's fascinating to me. Votes: 0

There's a certain grace in accepting what your life is and embracing all the good things that have been - but there's still an expectation of good things to come. Not necessarily what you expected. Votes: 0