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Quotes About Acceptance

Those raised poorly end up hating their parents. They hate them until they realize... they could not help themselves. Just like us, they fall short. By honoring our parents, we honor the humanity in ourselves, and learn to not only forgive them, but also ourselves for having judged them so harshly.
~ Edward Weiss
At any given time, we are all doing the best we can. The problem is, our best often isn't good enough for us. We then punish ourselves, denying ourselves peace because we feel we don't deserve it. A sad situation remedied when we finally accept, we are doing the best we can.
~ Edward Weiss
We all want the good and not the bad. Yet it doesn't seem to be the case in life. Sorrow comes along with joy, pain, along with pleasure. Three things make this bearable; acceptance that life is exactly this, God, and each other.
~ Edward Weiss
They say a reasonable amount 'o fleas is good fer a dog — keeps him from broodin' over bein' a dog, mebbe.
~ Edward Westcott
Ah well, he thought, we do what we can. It makes little difference but we have to do it anyway. Stern's words, he suddenly realized. Stern's very own words spoken to him long ago, whispered now in the shadows in another time and place altogether. Strange, he thought. Time is.
~ Edward Whittemore
So much had fallen into the sea. Hats fell in to the sea. Hearts fell into the sea. So much had fallen into the sea
~ Edwidge Danticat
No one will love you more than you love your pain.
~ Edwidge Danticat
Anger is a wasted emotion.
~ Edwidge Danticat
Old age is not meant to be survived alone," Man Rapadou said, her voice trailing with her own hidden thoughts. "Death should come gently, slowly, like a man's hand approaching your body. There can be joy in impatience if there is time to find the joy.
~ Edwidge Danticat
And thus we all are nighing The truth we fear to know: Death will end our crying For friends that come and go.
~ Edwin Arlington Robinson
The great lesson here for all imaginatively gridlocked systems is that the acceptance and even cherishing of uncertainty is critical to keeping the human mind from voyaging into the delusion of omniscience.
~ Edwin H. Friedman
Bigotry dwarfs the soul by shutting out the truth.
~ Edwin Hubbel Chapin
That is why I repeat that I never argue with the tape.
~ Edwin Lefevre
Maturity comes not with age but with the acceptance of responsibility. You are only young once but immaturity can last a lifetime!
~ Edwin Louis Cole
He drew a circle that shut me out — heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win — and we drew a circle that took him in!
~ Edwin Markham
He drew a circle that shut me out -- Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But Love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle that took him in.
~ Edwin Markham
He drew a circle that shut me out- Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle and took him In!
~ Edwin Markham
They drew a line that shut me out, Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout! But love and I had the wit to win We drew a circle and brought them in.
~ Edwin Markham
Who was I to judge the heart which broke into that moment, spilling kindness and longing? Who was I to dismiss her story because I did not know it?
~ Edwina Gateley
A risky risk of all risks in the context of rejection and acceptance is expressing and confessing love.
~ Ehsan Sehgal
Any subject of the writing is valuable if that has received significant coverage by academics and ordinary readers. The non-acceptance of any group makes the subject negligible.
~ Ehsan Sehgal
Doubts, obstacles, lack of trust lead to search when you find the light of fairness; open your eyes, look around, there is real love and devoted soul of a Diamant-person. It depends on you, accept or go back to your world of doubts, obstacles, and lack of trust, to remain searching rest of your life instead.
~ Ehsan Sehgal
Everyone is selfish in various ways; indeed, it is a tough confession to accept and say; I am selfish.
~ Ehsan Sehgal
Falling in Love doesn't require any examination, certification, status, age, and religion.
~ Ehsan Sehgal