Quotes About Acceptance

It was the truth, but that made it no more palatable.

Everyone knew that; everyone was prepared until it happened to them

Done was done and could not be changed, but the future was a different matter.

Grief was just the moment before you tied the thread and began the next one

All that remained were poignant memories, and she must face reality, not live on dreams.

Grief was just the moment before you tied off the thread and began the next one. That was when you made your choice about what you were going to sew next.

What do you do with your anger when the person you're mad at goes off and dies? Bury it? Bury it inside you?

Don't worry," I repiled, "I usually don't argue with the voices.

deja a un lado el desprecio hacia ti mismo y el pesimismo, porque no provienen de Dios.

I say that almost everywhere there is beauty enough to fill a person's life if one would only be sensitive to it. but Henry says No: that broken beauty is only a torment, that one must have a whole beauty with man living in relation to it to have a rich civilization and art. . . . Is it because I am a woman that I accept what crumbs I may have, accept the hot-dog stands and amusement parks if I must, if the blue is bright beyond them and the sunset flushes the breasts of sea birds?

you're disappointed that he doesn't get it, though you're not surprised. He's never really gotten you. He loves you and takes care of you, and you thought that would be enough.

differently?" "I cannot go back and choose again," he replied. "So I don't ask myself what I could have done. I ask myself how I can live with it today.

It's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick!

I'm completely comfortable with gay marriage.

The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It's called being human.

I could be wrong, but I think heterosexual marriage is threatened more by heterosexuals. I don't know why gay marriage challenges my marriage in any way.

The thing is, when you're with someone like Poppu - someone who sees straight through your battered facade and loves every bit of you, someone who makes you laugh until you pee your pants, someone who grabs you in a hug exactly when you need it - you don't crave any kind of approval from strangers. You don't need to "matter" in the world, because you already matter to the only person who counts.

There was a smart, sunny girl out there right now somewhere, a Ray on a trajectory that would cross his path, a girl who made sense with him. I was just as glad not to know her this very minute, but she existed, and he would run into her, and with time I would accept it.

Ezra blew into Sarah's mouth frantically, knowing it was hopeless, but unwilling to admit it to himself. If he stopped breathing for her, he would have to begin life without her

Time is a cruel thief to rob us of our former selves. We lose as much to life as we do to death.

I find myself in the unusual position of accepting an invitation before it has been extended.

The past can't be changed, can it? It can just be forgiven.

When we don't understand and don't agree with the way life has gone, we are to bow before God and once again confess that we can't understand His wisdom. In faith, we are to accept His wisdom, His Word, and His workings, trusting in Him and obeying His commands.

It's one thing to have a goal, but it's quite another thing to actually accept the challenge, develop a strategy to press for the goal, make the sacrifices, pay the price to move forward, and blessing of blessing, to realize some part of it.