Acceptance Quotes

Humility means accepting reality with no attempt to outsmart it.

Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain.

Stop waiting for others to change. Recognize that every person has the right to be whatever they choose-even if you irritate yourself about it.

There was almost a universal acceptance of unhealthy conditions. Sulfur dioxide in smokestack emissions were the price, or smell, of prosperity.

The greatest threat to women (and by extension humanity) is the growth and acceptance of a misogynistic, authoritarian, and violent culture of militarism.

I got tattoos for purely antisocial reasons, and now people do it for social acceptance. I miss the individualism.

Self-acceptance is my refusal to be in an adversarial relationship to myself.

God's acceptance of us cannot be gained by our successes nor forfeited by our failures.

You should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them. You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.

What men call knowledge, is the reasoned acceptance of false appearances. Wisdom looks behind the veil and sees.

He who rejects change is the architect of decay.

I've given up asking questions. l merely float on a tsunami of acceptance of anything life throws at me ... and marvel stupidly.

If there is a single definition of healing it is to enter with mercy and awareness those pains, mental and physical, from which we have withdrawn in judgment and dismay. (48)

Indias rigid social structure limits intergenerational economic mobility and fosters acceptance of vast wealth disparities.

There been times when I thought I couldn't last for long But now I think I'm able to carry on It's been a long, been a long time coming But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will

It takes strength to be proud of yourself and to accept yourself when you know that you have something out of the ordinary about you.

Given a fair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high, not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whatever terms are offered us? No.

Acceptance is the key to be truly free.

There is no such thing as a self-made man. You will reach your goals only with the help of others.

Wisdom. . .is knowing what you have to accept.

If you are not in the state of either acceptance, enjoyment, or enthusiasm, look closely and you will find that you are creating suffering for yourself and others.

If one is cruel to himself, how can we expect him to be compassionate with others?

To succeed, it is necessary to accept the world as it is and rise above it.

Services like Google and Facebook only exist because of the social acceptance of a mass amount of distributed volunteer labor from tons and tons of people.

Only by acceptance of the past, can you alter it

I laugh at myself. I don't take myself completely seriously. I think that's another quality that people have to hold on to... you have to laugh, especially at yourself.

A person who rejects Christ may choose to say that I do not accept it, he may not choose to say there is not enough evidence.

I try to remind myself that we are never promised anything, and that what control we can exert is not over the events that befall us but how we address ourselves to them.

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

No amount of self-improvement can make up for any lack of self-acceptance.

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

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.

That I should die next week, I would still be able to sit at my desk all week and study with perfect equanimity, for I know now that life and death make a meaningful whole.

In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.

Love isn't a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.

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

Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self- solitude is the enemy of well- being.

When we become overly concerned about our appearance, our spiritual reputation, our coolness, and our acceptance, we are living as citizens of this world rather than as ambassadors.

Life is precious. We should not take anything for granted. Living every moment as if it was our first and last is a genuine life of gratitude, acceptance and wisdom.

You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do.

Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions.

Getting older is a struggle. I always feel that just under the surface of acceptance and enjoyment of the ageing process is a terrible hysteria just waiting to burst out.

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

All beauty of this world is wet with the dew of tears.

Familiarity with evil breeds not contempt but acceptance.

With self-acceptance, we have the ability to choose compassion and forgiveness over anger and self-hatred.

Believing in our hearts that who we are is enough is the key to a more satisfying and balanced life.

We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.