Quotes About Acceptance

And that you alone, among the men whom you do not recognize as your brothers- for you have said so, observed Villefort, in a tone that faltered somewhat- you alone are perfect.

Ah,' said I, after four hours' work, 'since we are sinking, let us sink; we can die but once.

The marquise heard her sentence without showing any sign of fear or weakness. When it was finished, she said to the registrar, "Will you, sir, be so kind as to read it again? I had not expected the tumbril, and I was so much struck by that that I lost the thread of what followed.

Cuando se vive con locos, es preciso también aprender a ser insensato.

You know, Edmond, I am no longer a thinking creature. I have no further resolve except that of never again being resolved about anything. God has so shaken me with storms that I have lost all willpower. I am in His hands, like a sparrow in the claws of an eagle. Since I am alive, He does not want me to die. If He sends me any succour, it will be because He wants it, and I shall accept.

To forgive is not to forget.

Voi iubi atât cât ai fost tu în stare s? iubeÈ™ti, zise el; voi suferi atât cât ai suferit tu; aceasta va fi o isp??ire în ochii t?i. Haide, domniÈ™oar?, s? l?s?m la o parte toate aceste micimi de prisos; s? fim mari ca îns??i durerea noastr?, s? fim tari ca îns??i dragostea noastr?.

A tutti i mali vi sono due rimedi: il tempo e il silenzio

Montaigne said long ago: Were I not to follow the straight road for its straightness, I should follow it for having found by experience that in the end it is commonly the happiest and most useful track. The doctrine of interest rightly understood is not then new, but among the Americans of our time it finds universal acceptance; it has become popular there; you may trace it at the bottom of all their actions, you will remark it in all they say.

It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.

Men will not accept truth at the hands of their enemies, and truth is seldom offered to them by their friends:

Children don't just need to be loved; they need to know that nothing they do will change the fact that they're loved.

You can't go back and you can't catch up. Happy endings are always bittersweet.

The flamboyant diva in eye-catching costume was Queenie in drag. We have never been able to persuade him to undergo a transsex transformation. He says he prefers remaining a faggot.

No pasa nada querido –susurro Gabby – No tengas miedo. Estas acostumbrado a arrebatar las cosas, eso es todo. Nadie te dio nunca nada»

Foyle was brought up with a jolt. 'You mean I've been running away from something?' 'Obviously.' 'From what?' 'From reality. You can't accept life as it is. You refuse. You attack it . . . try to force it into your own pattern. You attack and destroy everything that stands in the way of your own insane pattern.

It's your face, poor darling. You're ashamed of your tiger face; but I love it. You burn so brightly for me. You burn through the blindness. Believe me...

A calm despair, without angry convulsions or reproaches directed at heaven, is the essence of wisdom.

Love those wrongdoers, they need it more than you.

Lots of people hate gay people. You can tell who they are because they start sentences with, It's not like I hate gay people.

Amen, I say to you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

Other people's judgments were meaningless unless you allowed them to mean something.

Some things you cannot wish away or think away. They become part of you when you remember them.

Being human means losing everything we love best in the world, she murmured as she released me. But would you ask to be anything else?