Quotes About Acceptance

that being needed was not the same as being accepted.

the people of Texas themselves must accept the process as democratic, consistent with existing law, and congruent with their understanding of the principles of self-government.

Today I will just observe and listen." • "Today I will trust that everything will work out well." • "Today I will accept things as they are." • "Today I will be aware of the beauty all around me." I recommend affirmations

Eles [os indígenas] são parte de cada brasileiro que aqui habita, até dos que não têm ascendência indígena alguma, pois não se trata de sangue, mas, sim, de pertencimento.

Por causa disso tudo é que decidi, quando estava com 9 anos de idade, que, ao me tornar adulto, não seria índio, e sim um ser humano civilizado, capacitado para contribuir com o meu país. O que eu não sabia, no entanto, é que ser índio era algo que estava inscrito dentro de mim; não bastava dizer palavras mágicas para isso desaparecer.

A nascere sono buoni tutti.. Persino io sono nato! Ma poi bisogna divenire! DIVENIRE! Crescere, aumentare, svilupparsi, ingrossare... (senza gonfiare) accettare mutamenti (ma non mutazioni), maturare (senza avvizzire), evolvere (e valutare), progredire (senza rimbambire), durare (senza vegetare), invecchiare (senza troppo ringiovanire) e morire senza protestare

Sentí muy pronto las ganas de huir... ¿Pero hacia dónde? Confusión. Huir de mí mismo, digamos, y sin embargo, seguir siendo yo mismo. Pero en un yo que hubiera sido aceptable para los demás.

It doesn't matter who you are, or what you've done, or think you can do. There's a confrontation with destiny awaiting you. Somewhere, there is a chile you cannot eat.

I'm possibly a very morbid person but I think about death a lot.

I must say it's the one thing about growing old I don't mind. The eternal craving for female flesh has finally left me in peace.

We don't always get to choose our assets, he reminded himself. Sometimes they choose us.

What's done cannot be undone. —Macbeth (1606), act 5, scene 1

Toleration is good for all or it is good for none.

Salvation is to accept one's place in the story of faith whose theme is shalom.

Inconsistencies of opinion, arising from changes of circumstances, are often justifiable.

Honesty can siphon off a few regrets and resentments if you tap in to it. Let that sink in.

Sammy, wouldn't you like to add up to something? In the future? Amount to something?" "Naw. I just figure to roll on, stackin' days, you know, till the day I fuck up big enough the future gets canceled. Or else all planned out for me, maybe. There's a somewhat likely chance of that." "Man, Sammy, I can't live thinking that way" "Well,I don't think about it.

É vergonhoso confessar isso: mas eu tenho consciência sem ter força. Eu tenho olhos sem ter vontade. Algum dia eu devo pagar por essa minha covardia, mas hoje eu não me vejo brigando, discutindo ou forçando uma mudança. Também não me vejo fingindo aceitar o que está acontecendo.

You—with all your weaknesses and flaws—were made for this. You—in all of your struggles and pain—are enough.

God made you good, and you are enough. Thanks be to God for the gift of you.

I was surrounded by whiteness and hadn't yet learned that I was beautiful in a different way.

If touching a spider kills you, well, I guess you were too delicate for this earth, and it was nice knowing you." My summers always started with a firm acknowledgment that I might die as a result of trying to enjoy them.

It was nice to be invited to eat with another family. The Garretts didn't have a dad either, but I never asked why. I liked the feeling of not having to explain that part of myself to someone else and thought Erin might feel the same way.

At eight years old, I already felt the imbalance of a world that never wanted me to forget that I had nothing.