Quotes About Acceptance

Years ago, I thought old age would be dreadful, because I should not be able to do things I would want to do. Now I find there is nothing I want to do after all

I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it.

Buddhism itself is all about empowering yourself, not about getting what you want.

The purpose of life is to be loved by as many people as possible among those you want to have love you

There's homophobia in every corner and pocket of this world but at the core you just love someone and want to make mixed tapes for them.

People should dress the way they want. Any rules for age or shape are silly. If you walk out the door feeling good about yourself, that's what counts.

Sometimes, we don't get what we want. . . But this is a benevolent universe. And once in a while, we do.

Enjoy your children, even when they don't act the way you want them to.

Right now, I'm pro-leave beef alone. Big shout-out to all the vegetarians who don't want beef!

A friend of mine said Winn-Dixie is the way that people want the world to be and Tiger Rising is the way that it is.

Sometimes, it's not getting what we want that offers us the most important Lessons

I do believe in forgiving and forgetting. There was a reason we were together. I just want to hold on to the good times.

Have the # life you want by being fully present to the life you have.

Let's let people live their lives and do it the way they want to do it.

In my life and career I want to embrace ageing because I think that's what's interesting.

Every candle that gets lit in the dark room must feel a little rejection from the darkness around it, but the last thing I want from those who hold a different world view to me is to accept me.

Most people want to get what they want, whereas the secret is to want what you get at this moment.

Die on a hilltop... eyeing the crows... waiting for your lids to close... but you want to watch as they peck your flesh... Ironic that they go for the eyes first.

There's no future in our past. Just experience. We want to return to it, but we don't want to close the door on it either.

Good, bad mediocre or whatever it is, if a director wants me in his movie, I take it as a compliment.

I believe that everybody has the right to believe what they want to believe and to knock somebody's faith and religion is foolish, whatever it may be - Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism.

Being bullied means you're special and that's what I want all kids to know.

No human beings, regardless of who they might be, want to look directly at their own shortcomings.

But as long as you're creating the art you want to create, if people start liking you, you shouldn't have to apologize. You want your stuff to be heard by as many people as possible.