Quotes About Acceptance

And who would choose to be gay? Who would choose to pit themselves against all odds and make life as difficult as possible if it were really a matter of choice or sexual "preference"? Not too many people I know.

Maybe my story needs to be told specifically because it is less heart wrenching. In spite of periods where I have struggled and been in pain, my story provides generous glimpses into what a Christian attitude toward homosexuality might look like.

Why do people feel the need to put labels on people?

Life can be beautiful when you understand the inconvenience of being born.

as usual, she wasn't able to live in the moment. Maybe that's what grief is: a permanent disconnect from the here and now.

Mais ce n'est pas grave de ne pas avoir de talent. Il faut simplement avoir le talent de le reconnaître.

On s'habitue plus facilement que prévue à ce qui paraît insoutenable.

Si un pays entier vous rejette, que faut-il espérer d'un homme?

Acostumbramos con mayor facilidad de lo previsto a lo que parece insoportable

Deambulando por aquella ciudad a un tiempo moderna y llena de cicatrices del pasado, había asumido que era posible dejar atrás los destrozos, no olvidándolos sino aceptándolos. Era posible construir una felicidad sobre un telón de fondo compuesto por sufrimientos. Pero resultaba más fácil decirlo que vivirlo y los seres humanos disponían de menos tiempo que las ciudades para volver a edificarse a sí mismos.

Run?, ka pirms n?ves cilv?ka acu priekš? aizsl?d visi vi?a dz?ves skaist?kie mirk?i. Tikpat labi var gad?ties,ka visi pag?tnes neveiksmju un izmisuma mirk?i atgriežas apzi?? tieši tad, kad cilv?kam ac?s, atkl?jot savu satraucoš?ko smaidu, beidzot ieskat?s laime.

La vie consiste à se laisser aller. Elle, c'était tout ce qu'elle voulait : se laisser aller. Ne plus sentir le poids de chaque seconde. Elle voulait retrouver une légèreté, fût-elle insoutenable.

Il lui disait l'aimer malgré les changements de son corps, et elle aurait pu en conclure que son amour était profond; mais elle y vit surtout une preuve d'indifférence.

The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.

Everything I've ever let go of has claw marks on it.

Try to learn to let what is unfair teach you.

Acceptance is usually more a matter of fatigue than anything else.

Michael] Callen and (...) one of his last interviews, with the documentary crew that had followed him to Ohio. "I realize some people could look at my life and say 'Oh, it was so sad. He died of AIDS and isn't that tragic.' But what I want to come through is that even after all the pain and all the torture, and even having AIDS, I can honestly say that being gay is the greatest gift I was ever given. I wouldn't change it for the world.

Dan's goal, taken from his mentor Richard Zeckhauser, is to get students to think probabilistically about the world. This means engaging with the challenge of understanding and accepting what 29% means in the context of a Trump victory, and fighting the brain's natural inclination to see things in binary terms.

The brain has conflicting goals: to provide you with information, and to reduce your anxiety about the worrying outcome. If you wanted Clinton to win in 2016, your brain achieved both goals by accepting the 30% figure but telling you it would not happen.

para llegar al centro del corazón se requiere descubrir, observar y aceptar todas nuestras penas y lamentos

Whatever color a person's skin, whatever language he speaks, God loves him.

am equally at home in an Anglican or Baptist church

Paradoxically, no one can change until they first accept themselves as they are. Self-deceptions and an absence of real vulnerability block any meaningful transformation. It is only when I accept who I am that I dare to show you that self in all its vulnerability and nakedness. Only then do I have the opportunity to receive your love in a manner that makes a genuine difference.