Quotes About Acceptance

Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I've said before, bugs in amber.

Kurt Vonnegut (Jr.)

Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter can be said to remedy anything.

Own the sadness, don't let it own you.

Orphans The word seems sad when you say it. An orphan is like a soul bulb waiting to be planted in just the right place. When you're an orphan, you no longer belong, but a child is a child of everyone, they belong to a community, to a greater garden, she says.

There should be a statute of limitations on unrequited love.

It's as awkward as things can get. But I hear grace can feel that way at first.

From Playbook Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team.-Scottie Pippen, six-time NBA champion with the Chicago Bulls.

I want them to know that banning a book is like banning a hug and THAT is a dismal storm no child should be left behind in

I want them to know that banning a book is like banning a hug and THAT is a dismal storm no should be left behind in

Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto. I am human, I think nothing human alien to me.

Att vara ett folk är inte bara en fråga om hur man ser på sig själv . Vad andra utanför gruppen tycker är också viktigt. Identitet, som vi lärde oss i det första kapitlet, är en överenskommelse mellan insiders och outsiders.

Pues yo, cuando leo que los cristianos dicen que la muerte es hermosa y que no hay por qué temerla, me indigno. Me parece algo estúpido y arrogante. La muerte no es hermosa. Es patética y vacía. Y tenemos que aceptarlo.

Ahora estas sufriendo por ella. Pero ella esta muerta y ya no padecera mas. Y tu sufres en vez de ella. En su lugar. Y, haciendolo, ¿no estas empezando a vivir por ella?

I enjoy my relationship with straight men. It's very nurturing. It's very validating to hang out with straight guys and be accepted. So many of us, we were not accepted when we were younger by straight persons in high school.

The toughest part of life isn't death after all. It's living and dealing with our pasts.

I had no desire to say no.

when I say sorrow, it does not mean that we celebrate suffering as if it is something to cherish and pursue. Rather, to the extent that suffering is unavoidable, accept it as a gift from Heaven. Then it will have a therapeutic impact on your heart. Redefine it in your mind as an opportunity for spiritual growth. Because that's what it is in reality. Whether people realize it or not, we live in a world of ongoing askesis.

She feels lonely all the time, she wants to be accepted, by anyone, on any terms, but she feels apart. As if nobody who really got to know her would trust her.

It is possible to see God's will in every circumstance and to accept it with singing instead of complaining.

There are some lives He brings into this world neither to do great work nor to bear great burdens.

you're so blinded by the perfect vision of what you want that you can't appreciate the gift you have right in front of you.

People lose a lot of time in hating others, and there's no fun in it at all.

You have some queer friends, Dorothy,' she said. The queerness doesn't matter, so long as they're friends,' was the answer