Quotes About Acceptance

Capii che io non ero il centro del mondo. La quota di sofferenze nella vita non variava certo in rapporto a me. Non ero io che potevo decidere. Allora, pensai, tanto valeva godersi, per quanto possibile, il resto.

If I try to say what it is now, it's very simple: I realised the world did not exist for my benefit. It followed that the ratio of pleasant and unpleasant things around me would not change. It wasn't up to me. It was clear that the best thing to do was to adopt a sort of muddled cheerfulness.

I'd assumed that once I'd passed the age of twenty, I'd gained the power to do everything alone. But I'd been wrong about that, and this just brought it home to me, again, that I still had a long way to go. The sense of failure, however, was a strangely comfortable one-- the feeling of looking up and starting over again after pride and defensiveness had slipped away, and left me soft and crumpled on the ground.

Why is it that we have so little choice? We live like the lowliest worms. Always defeated--defeated we make dinner, we eat, we sleep. Everyone we love is dying. Still, to cease living is unacceptable.

willingness to give in is rampant in this society of ours.

Pero si él pudiera acostumbrarse al hecho de que todos los días son una absurda repetición del anterior, a estar siempre con la misma persona, a la idea de que únicamente el vuelo de un pequeño corazón puede colorear el mundo..., si fuera capaz, entonces, quizás, algo podría ir cambiando, poco a poco.

Que los muertos no volvían. Que una cosa era sólo una cosa

Why is it we have so little choice? We live like the lowliest worms. Always defeated - defeated we make dinner, we eat, we sleep. Everyone we love is dying. Still, to cease living is unacceptable.

Ahora estas en el peor momento. Puede que sea más duro que la muerte. Pero puede que no haya otro peor. Porque los limites de una persona no camban. Quizá te vuelvas a enfermar y puede que te azote de nuevo un resfriado como este, pero si eres fuerte no volverás a sufrir en toda tu vida. Las cosas son así. Puedes pensar que seria un asco que volvería a ocurrir, pero ¿no crees que sería mejor hacerte a la idea de que las cosas son así?

My dad never meant to die and leave us, and my mother didn't really want to hurt me, and if I'd had my way we'd all have lived together as a family for as long as we wanted.

I realized that the world did not exist for my benefit. It followed that the ratio of pleasant and unpleasant things around me would not change. It wasn't up to me. It was clear that the best thing to do was to adopt a sort of muddled cheerfulness.

Why is it we have so little choice? We live like the lowliest worms. Always defeated - defeated we make dinner, we eat, we sleep. Everyone we love is dying. Sill, to cease living is unacceptable.

To take things as they be -- Thet's my philosophy. No use to holler, mope, or cuss -- If they was changed they might be wuss.

As a child my name embarrassed me. Ragged by normally named playmates, I'd bawl. In one school I changed to Elizabeth. This alias was annulled once Daddy heard of it.

Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It's about accepting all of yourself.

It was scary at first, being a young girl leaving high fashion, the only segment of the industry I knew, and walking into a more high profile, mainstream modeling world that had never been that accepting of an African American model before. But I knew the decision I made was worth the risk more than trying to stay in a world that was rejecting me because of what I naturally looked like. Regardless of the outcome, I knew it was right.

Ngh?a v? c?a m?t con ng??i tr??c Tr?i ??t là s?ng ch? không ph?i là hy sinh nó, là n?m tr?i s? ??i m?t cách ?? ngành ng?n ch? không ph?i là ch?i b?

Happiness is when you love who you are and you are able to accept yourself and others.

No one in America should ever be afraid to walk down the street holding hands with the person they love.

I have Muslim members of my family. I have lived in Muslim countries.

Our troops come from every corner of this country—they are black, white, Latino, Asian, and Native American. They are Christian and Hindu, Jewish and Muslim. And, yes, we know that some of them are gay. Starting this year, no American will be forbidden from serving the country they love because of who they love.

Feel that life likes you just the way you are; otherwise, it would have made you differently.

Transgressions are to be understood and corrected, not dwelt upon or agonized over.

Tranquility is achieved when you are in harmony with all beings and all situations, knowing that everything is precisely the way it is meant to be.