Quotes About Acceptance

Many of us would probably be better fishermen if we did not spend so much time watching and waiting for the world to become perfect

He who spends time regretting the past loses the present and risks the future.

Knowing you don't have much time left changes things. You get kind of philosophical. And you figure things out-more like, they figure themselves out-and everything gets real clear.

For a long time I was ashamed of the way I lived. Did I reform, you ask? No. I'm not ashamed anymore.

Regrets are a waste of time. They're the past crippling you in the present.

The seasons do not push one another; neither do clouds race the wind across the sky. All things happen in their own good time.

By the time you're 30, you know who you are inside. You learn to laugh at things you can't change; you learn to be yourself.

I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.

It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by this time, I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing them all.

If it's your time to go, it's your time to go.

I'm not afraid of dying. Pieces of me die all the time.

When we do not expect anything we can be ourselves. That is our way, to live fully in each moment of time.

There's always a race against time. I don't think for one moment that life gets better. How can it? One's body starts to fall apart.

If I have to spend time in purgatory before going to one place or the other, I guess I'll be all right as long as there's a lending library.

Some people go through life searching and never find their soul mates. They never do. You and I did, we just happened to have them for a shorter period of time. It's sad, but it's life.

Reality is something that none of us can stand, at any time.

That's the trouble with losing your mind; by the time it's gone, it's too late to get it back.

Only by acceptance of the past, can you alter it

I'm alive today, therefore I'm just as much a part of our time as everybody else. The times will just have to enlarge themselves to make room for me, won't they, and for everybody else.

I was a goth girl in high school. Perhaps the powdered white face and the black lipstick were not the most attractive. I felt fabulous at the time but looking back, uh, probably not the best idea.

You face adversity all the time. I accept what lies ahead and then I do my best. You can't take things too seriously, and you can't use things as an excuse or you'll never get through.

If you have the same problem for a long time, maybe it's not a problem. Maybe it's a fact.

I want to spend my time with people who don't look to be respected. But such good people won't want to spend their time with me.

Even God cannot change the past.