logo

Quotes About Acceptance

Happiness is lost by criticising it; sorrow by accepting it.
~ Ambrose Bierce
Guilt, grief, regret cut deeper than the dimensions of the soul itself
~ Terri Guillemets
Feelings are much like waves, we can't stop them from coming but we can choose which one to surf.
~ Jonatan MÃ¥rtensson
There is so much good in the worst of us, And so much bad in the best of us, That it ill behooves any of us To find fault with the rest of us.
~ Author unknown, early 1900s
Life is not a fairy tale. If you lose your shoe at midnight, chance are you will be walking home barefoot.
~ Author Unknown
Faith is not about everything turning out okay; faith is about being okay no matter how things turn out.
~ Author Unknown
Some torture Fate beyond recognition rather than let him have his way.
~ Terri Guillemets
Fear is untrust of the process of life.
~ Terri Guillemets
Paingry: A state of anger caused by long-term pain.
~ Author Unknown
Love is not having to hold your farts in anymore.
~ Author Unknown
A fly does not mind dying in coconut cream.
~ Swahili proverb
The blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice.
~ African-American proverb
Fearing to lose what you have is not the same as appreciation. You have to move a step beyond that.
~ Terri Guillemets
Regret is the glue that makes grief stick around for a lifetime.
~ Terri Guillemets
If guilt or regret is an essential part of your grief, you will never stop grieving.
~ Terri Guillemets
Grief is a burden but also a friend— It is not grief that wounds your heart but it is grief that heals your heart.
~ Terri Guillemets
There's a curious thing about pain or hardship. In the beginning, it's an enemy, it's something that you don't want to face or think about or deal with. Yet with time it becomes almost a friend. If you've lost someone you love very much, in the beginning you can't bear it, but as the years go by, the pain of losing them is what reminds you so vividly of them — that they were alive.
~ Audrey Hepburn, 1990
Our hearts mourn when a loved-one departs, but with courage we learn to accept their absence in our lives. In gratitude, we appreciate the time that was given. And with love, the memories are not forsaken. We continue to create new ones so we can smile again.
~ Dodinsky
Stumbling over all those little moments of grief is just a part of moving forward.
~ Terri Guillemets
There's no reason Grief and Hope can't be friends.
~ Terri Guillemets
Let grief and guilt stay not too long as houseguests.
~ Terri Guillemets
Grief moves at its own pace.
~ Simon N. Whitney, M.D., J.D.
Fresh petals of grief will eventually wilt and fall away And along with tears and love, memories and time They will nourish the seeds of healing underneath — Life will re-flower as acceptance, strength, and peace
~ Terri Guillemets
Gray hair is a blessing — ask any bald man.
~ Author Unknown