Quotes About Acceptance

Over the years, I have seen too many politicians ruin their careers because they could not accept defeat graciously.

When one has too great a dread of what is impending, one feels some relief when the trouble has come.

Aime moi noire, disait-elle à un homme. Blanche, tout le monde m'aimerait.

Reverend Harper: Have you ever tried to persuade him that he wasn't Teddy Roosevelt? Abby Brewster: Oh, no. Martha Brewster: Oh, he's so happy being Teddy Roosevelt. Abby Brewster: Oh... Do you remember, Martha, once, a long time ago, we thought if he'd be George Washington, it might be a change for him, and we suggested it. Martha Brewster: And do you know what happened? He just stayed under his bed for days and wouldn't be anybody.

Acceptance and commitment therapy, a variant on cognitive therapy, attempts to teach people to accept rather than change their emotions and make decisions within the context of what they value, as opposed to letting negative feelings control their behavior.

Don't spit into heaven... Don't tell the gods your plans; they'll only laugh.

All of us have our own inner fears, beliefs, opinions. These inner assumptions rule and govern our lives. A suggestion has no power in and of itself. its power arises from the fact that you accept it mentally.

all of our trials are caused by restlessness, the refusal to accept the fact that limitations exist

Like an old door, ever man past a certain age comes with historical warps and creaks of one kind or another, and a woman who wishes to put him to serious further use must expect to do a certain amount of sanding and planing.

At 70, I would say the advantage is that you take life more calmly. You know that "this too, shall pass.

Vede, caro amico, la natura non è mai tanto benigna come quando ci regala un piccolo difetto. Se fossi venuto al mondo senza imperfezioni, probabilmente non avrei imparato niente.

Misery crouches beside me, ever larger and ever gentler; pain takes an interest, becomes huge and kind; terror flutters up, and it doesn't even frighten me anymore. And that'a the most desolate thing of all.

There is really nothing that people get used to so readily as miracles, once they have experienced them two or three times.

The nursery will fill up then." He cast a hopeful glance at Millie, who was eating a sparrow beside the fresh-kill pile. "I don't suppose . . . ?" Graystripe shook his head. "Our days of having kits are gone

The hardest lesson I've learned as a mother is that you can't control what happens to your kits," she told the younger cat. "All you can do is love them, and guide them, and try to do what you think is right for them when you can. That's what you're doing. You're a good mother.

Perhaps that's the best way to recover, to return to the way things were before as quickly as we can. We won the Great Battle, so nothing needs to change.

Mourning Micah again won't change anything. He'd be proud I came here. This felt like his tree now.

It takes some cats longer to see past their weaknesses clearly enough to appreciate their strengths," Leafpool meowed. "And until they do, they feel every hurt like a tongue on raw flesh.

Jaykit blinked his beautiful eyes. "Does that mean you can make me see?" he mewed. "Hollykit and Lionkit can see things, I know. And I guess you and my mother can. Why not me?

We were outcasts for a while, that's all.

But he can't even cure his own cold!

Sometimes," Cinderpaw told her. "But only to keep me quiet." She looked at the ground. "Actually, I don't think he likes having me around." "Nonsense!

You've spent two moons living in a Twoleg tunnel. Does that make you a rat?

Twigpaw, from this moment you will be known as Twigbranch.