Acceptance Quotes

A man snatches the first kiss, pleads for the second, demands the third, takes the fourth, accepts the fifth - and endures all the rest.

We have for the first time an economy based on a key resource [Information] that is not only renewable, but self- generating. Running out of it is not a problem, but drowning in it is.

My limbs work, so I'm not going to complain about the way my body is shaped.

To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.

Peace is non-resistance, complete acceptance, identification with all, everyone, everything.

The great snare of thought is uncritical acceptance of irrational assumptions.

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.

Our desire for approval can only truly be met by receiving God’s acceptance and approval of us.

An important scientific innovation rarely makes its way by gradually winning over and converting its opponents: What does happen is that the opponents gradually die out.

A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.

Tolerance, compromise, understanding, acceptance, patience - I want those all to be very sharp tools in my shed.

A mountain man tries to live with the country instead of against it.

Sometimes you just have to regret things and move on.

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

There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside.

I'm not going to sacrifice my mental health to have the perfect body.

A total acceptance of yourself brings about a total transcendence of yourself.

Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate, or despise, serves to defeat us in the end.

Fashion is the pursuit of perfection, Style is the acceptance of one's flaws.

Wonderful maxim: not to talk of things any more after they are done.

When you become a lover of what is, the war is over.

If we live, we live; if we die, we die; if we suffer, we suffer; if we are terrified, we are terrified. There is no problem about it.

I've learned to take time for myself and to treat myself with a great deal of love and respect, because I like me.. I think I'm kind of cool.

Elitism is the slur directed at merit by mediocrity.

I would be a billionaire if I was looking to be a selfish boss. That's not me.

Inquiry is fatal to certainty.

Sometimes we behave as though there was something more important than life. But what?

Belief is the uncritical acceptance of something you can't prove.

Experience teaches acceptance of the imperfect as life.

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

Whatever gets you through the night

Be calm. God awaits you at the door.

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.

Live your life, sing your song. Not full of expectations. Not for the ovations. But for the joy of it.

The needs of children during adolescence are particular and acute. They need an opportunity to develop a sense of identity and to maintain the sense of security that emanates from group acceptance.

I learned that true forgiveness includes total acceptance.

To live by grace is to live solely by the merit of Jesus Christ. To live by grace is to base my entire relationship with God, including my acceptance and standing with Him, on my union with Christ.

I'm just your everyday woman who is trying to feel good and be healthy for her daughter, her fiancé, and herself.

Let yourself be open and life will be easier.

If you are only skeptical, then no new ideas make it through to you.

The trance of unworthiness keeps the sweetness of belonging out of reach. The path to "the sweetness of belonging," is acceptance - acceptance of ourselves and acceptance of others without judgment.

The best ideas lose their owners and take on lives of their own.

Monotheism owes its existence not to philosophic speculation about the nature of reality or knowledge or virtue, but to acceptance of reality identified with a supreme being.

The older women were Sunbeams and I guess we were Cherubs or Lambs, but our mothers were Nightingales.

Success is total self-acceptance.

The betrothed and accepted lover has lost the wildest charms of his maiden by her acceptance. She was heaven while he pursued her, but she cannot be heaven if she stoops to one such as he!

Meditation is not an escape. Meditation is the acceptance of life in its totality, with a view to transforming it for the highest manifestation of the divine Truth here on earth

The fundamental problem most patients have is an inability to love themselves, having been unloved by others during some crucial part of their lives.

Accept complete responsibility both for understanding and for being understood.

The acceptance of certain realities doesn't preclude idealism. It can lead to certain breakthroughs.