Quotes About Acceptance

My mission, I guess, has always been the kind of world where lesbian and gay people can celebrate who we are with equal freedom, dignity, and respect.

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

He could bear the dying, but not the disappointment.

Will was worth at least a few tears from a grizzled old wreck like himself, he thought, and made no move to wipe them away.

Many rulers would have spent the morning complaining loudly about the cold and the discomfort, as if their complaints would actually serve to alleviate the situation and as if their attendants should be able to do something about it. Not the emperor. He accepted the situation knowing that he could do nothing to change the weather. Best to endure it without making life more difficult for those around him.

People will think what they want to...Never take too much notice of it.

I see," said Will. But Halt shook his head. "No. All too often, you don't see, because you don't maintain your concentration. You'll have to work on that." Will said nothing. He merely accepted the criticism. He'd learned by now that Halt didn't criticize without reason. And when there was reason, no amount of excuses could save him.

Don't waste time complaining about things that can't be changed.

There was nothing he could do about it, so there was no point worrying about it.

Realizing that he was unlikely to ever get the final word with his horse, Halt let the matter drop.

People will think what they want to," he said quietly. "Never take to much notice of it.

You're a very amusing fellow," he told Halt. "I'd like to brain you with my ax one of these days." "If you could manage to do it quietly, I'd almost welcome it

Tjonge, jij bent wel héél lelijk, hè? - Thorn

Yes, Cassandra. I do mean your Madelyn. And, no, I'm not joking, Horace. And, yes, Gilan, I am aware that Madelyn is a girl.

There is no need to stand for what is right. People are entitled to their own opinion and they are right in their own way. By choosing to be kind, you avoid the conflict of explaining why you are right. You are only feeding your ego for justifying the reasons why you are right. Choosing to be kind means accepting the reasons why people do what they do. By living your life in this manner, you drive away hostility and

We all want things we can't have. Being a decent human being is accepting that.

You wish to be liked. I wish simply to be. One day you will know what that means, perhaps. And you will smile. Not against me. But with me.

I fear neither death nor fire, being prepared for both.

It is God himself who enables us to accept his Word as our foundation, our presupposition.

For me it's important to be in balance. To not let fear get in the way of things, to not worry so much about protecting yourself all the time.

as I had only once to die, I was content to leave the time and place and means in the hand of God

Skeptics of DID have generally not seen a real multiple, probably because alters, having been created by abuse, do not readily reveal themselves to practioners who are unwilling to accept their reality.

Sometimes the best solution to a problem is active waiting. There is wisdom in allowing events to unfold in their own time.

the biggest tragedy of life is the utter impossibility to change what you have done