Quotes About Acceptance

Be satisfied, and pleased with what thou art, Act cheerfully and well thy allotted part; Enjoy the present hour, be thankful for the past, And neither fear, nor wish, the approaches of the last.

Today, well lived, will prepare me for both the pleasure and the pain of tomorrow.

Summer ends, and Autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full moon every night.

We must not wish anything other than what happens from moment to moment, all the while, however, exercising ourselves in goodness.

Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call today his own: He who, secure within, can say, Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have liv'd today.

Tolerance is the only real test of civilization.

Toleration is the best religion.

Travel teaches toleration.

Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand.

Nobody's sweetheart is ugly.

Being popular is important. Otherwise, people might not like you.

I was once thrown out of a mental hospital for depressing other patients.

Be content with your wages.

We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked.

The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.

Man works primarily for his own self-respect and not for others or for profit. . . the person who is working for the sake of his own satisfaction, the money he gets in return serves merely as fuel, that is, as a symbol of reward and recognition, in the last analysis, of acceptance by one's fellowmen.

This world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me.

You can't start worrying about what's going to happen. You get spastic enough worrying about what's happening now.

There are two days in the week about which and upon which I never worry. ... One of these days is Yesterday ... And the other day I do not worry about is Tomorrow.

The really frightening thing about middle age is that you know you'll grow out of it!

A great many worries can be diminished by realizing the unimportance of the matter which is causing anxiety.

Peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst.

When you first learn to love hell, you will be in heaven.

Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can-and surely will at times-fail. Other vulnerabilities, like being embarrassed or risking love, can be terrifying, too. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.