Quotes About Acceptance

Every truth passes through three stages before it is recognized. In the first, it is ridiculed. In the second, it is opposed. In the third, it is regarded as self-evident.

All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed; Second, it is violently opposed; Third, it is accepted as self-evident.

All truth passes through 3 stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

Death by hanging...well, in view of the whole situation, I never expected anything different. It's all right.

I am 54 and age is slowly writing itself on my face.

Every clause in it occurs in the Old Testament, denoting that our prayers must be Scriptural if they are to be acceptable. "And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask any thing according to His will, He heareth us" (1 John 5:14). But we cannot know His will if we are ignorant of His Word.

power He possesses must be restricted, lest He invade the citadel of man's "free will" and reduce him to a "machine." They lower the all-efficacious atonement, which has actually redeemed everyone for whom it was made, to a mere "remedy," which sin-sick souls may use if they feel disposed to; and they enervate the invincible work of the Holy Spirit to an "offer" of the Gospel which sinners may accept or reject as they please.

And what is faith but the acceptance of heaven's gifts, or the trusting in the record wherein those gifts are promised.

Christ's obedience has not rendered ours unnecessary: rather has it rendered ours acceptable.

God reminds His people that the acceptable fast is the one which He has chosen. Fasting, like prayer, must be God-initiated and God-ordained if it is to be effective.

One recommendation I venture to make, Mr. Bashforth. If ever you again approach an ugly woman in this way, bear in mind that even ugly women, conscious as they may be of their defects, have their dreams.

Když se nepovede sebevražda, není to nezbytn? ta nejsmutn?jší v?c na sv?t?. ?lov?ku se nem?že poda?it všechno.

Poor little corpses! It was too bad they were dead. He couldn't play with them. Even though they really stank. He couldn't stand the smell. They deserved to die for smelling so bad.

No le tolero eso. —Pues revise usted, si es tan amable, sus límites de tolerancia.

Bien mirado, el mundo ha dejado de pensar en la muerte. Creer que no vamos a morir nos hace débiles, y peores.

Non mi piacciono i regali" mormorò Corso, cupo. "Una volta dei tipi accettarono un certo cavallo di legno. Artigianato acheo, c'era scritto sull'etichetta. Che idioti.

Sólo se trataba de cumplir las reglas —dice mientras cierra el armario—. La vida te sitúa ante ellas. Se asumen, se cumplen, y punto... Sin grandes gestos. Sin dramatismos.

En este oficio, pensó con una cínica mueca interior, el único día fácil es cuando estás muerto.

Cuando te toca, ni aunque te quites; y cuando no te toca, ni aunque te pongas.

A fin de cuentas, por mucho que nuble, la sombra siempre termina despuntando cosida a los pies de uno. Y nadie puede escapar de su propia sobra.

Es posible que los hombres que fueron acariciados por muchas mujeres encaren sus horas finales con más decisión y con menos miedo»...

Cuando te toca, ni aunque te quites; y cuando no te toca, ni aunque te pongas, dicen en México).

por mucho que nuble, la sombra siempre termina despuntando cosida a los pies de uno. Y nadie puede escapar de su propia sombra.

Si no temo perder lo que poseo, ni deseo tener lo que no gozo, poco de la fortuna en mí el destrozo valdrá, cuando me elija actor o reo.   ...