Quotes About Acceptance

All beauty must have its imperfections, all happiness its share of sorrow.

A woman who could look death squarely in the face and smile was beyond the plane of physical ruin.

But when you hear the same stories over and over again, from people from all over the world, you start realizing that transgender is not an anomaly. It's a part of the spectrum of people's realities. Then you stop wondering about the cause and you start realizing it's a part of reality.

In my family we do an exceptional job pretending that everything is OK.

my subjects' willingness to brave bullying and condemnation in order to reveal their individual selves makes it impossible to be nothing less than awestruck.

once we get to know individuals who may be different from ourselves, it is less likely we will be wary of them. And maybe, just maybe, we will learn a little more about ourselves.

Sometimes you have to accept how things are. You can make it easy on yourself, or you can make it hard. The choice is yours.

Never ignore the feelings that don't seem to make sense.

When did you get all insightful?" he asked. "I have no idea," Josh admitted. "I don't like it." "Me, either. Makes me feel like a girl. Don't tell anyone." (Ethan and Josh)

I belong where you belong

I don't know why she picked me, but she did and I'm not letting go.

Welcome to the real world Kerri. Shit happens. You don't get to stop it by being a nun or telling the truth or turning counter clockwise three times while facing the sun and clucking like a chicken. It's a crapshoot and sometimes you lose.

It's never okay to marginalize anyone. You never know the consequences for those who are bullied or for the bullies themselves. It never ends well—for anyone.

forgive yourself and you'll get better quicker. We all make mistakes.

Terrible events," she said, in that quiet, gentle voice of hers, "are sometimes not for us to understand. We must put them away somewhere and drain their energy so we can give good energy to our lives." She

Life doesn't have to be perfect to be happy. And sometimes you have to find those happy places in between the pain.

Maybe if we saw love more in each other, it might be easier to look up and accept it from God.

You don't need to do anything to be loved by the right people.

Maybe if we saw love more in each other, it might be easier to look up and accept it from God." -Susan May Warren, Knox

Life doesn't have to be perfect to be happy. Sometimes you have to find the happy places between the pain.

When you show up with nothing and discover that you're loved because of who you are—that's when you realize what it means to be a son of God... It's pretty breathtaking...

You're just mad because God didn't answer your prayer the way you wanted him to.

Grace isn't just for other people. Maybe you didn't get that memo.

His life was totally out of control. And it had never felt so right.