Quotes About Acceptance

Because he has never forgiven himself any fault, he can forgive no one else's.

You cannot always have what you want. Sometimes you get what you need.

What is that admonition about not attempting to teach a pig to sing? It wastes your time and annoys the pig.

What alteration was ever fot the better? Change meant loss.

We are only blessed with what God gives us.

You've been a cop long enough to know that sometimes bad things happen to good people. It's out of your control. You gotta let go or it will drive you nuts.

If we are to find contentment in the midst of trial and uncertainty, we must accept our situation as being purposely allowed into our lives by a personal and loving God.

Contentment is a state of the heart, not a state of affairs.

Happiness is getting what we want; contentment is wanting what we get.

Those who think differently from us sometimes possess truths we have not yet discovered.

If there's no inner peace, people can't give it to you. The husband can't give it to you. Your children can't give it to you. You have to give it to you.

In the physical world we know, nothing lasts forever – a thought I find strangely comforting.

Take the proverb to thy soul! Take and clasp it fast: "The mill cannot grind with the water that has passed." —Sarah Doudney

Honey, God made us all with special needs. Some are simply more apparent than others.

There is no such thing as better, as cured.

doesn't mean to say we are always going to be crazy either. Simply that we are back on that line, jostling for position with everyone else who claims to be normal.

The only thing worse than feeling that you are going to die is the realization that you probably won't.

If you're looking for Mr. Perfect, you"re going to spend your whole life being disappointed, because he doesn"t exist. You have to get the best deal you can, but there will always be problems.

I can't be a man. But I can embrace the head of a man, the intelligence of a man, the spirit of a man.

It's not smart to hold yourself away from the shocks of life, the good ones or the bad. They're all part of the mix, and paradoxically, shying away from them only makes things harder.

We need to forgive ourselves and everyone else for NOT being perfect.

But once you accept the fact that you have always been alone, and will always be, then your perspective can begin to change. You can become aware of the small kindnesses, the little comforts. Be grateful for them.

Perhaps we believe that anything is better than that which we all fear the most. Loneliness. Abandonment. But once you accept that fact that you have always been alone, and will always be, then your perspective can being to change. You can become aware of the small kindnesses, the little comforts. Be grateful for them. And with time you will understand that there is nothing to fear. And much to be grateful for.

I had accepted that all the dark memories were mine. But I had never realized that the beautiful ones were mine too. I had a right to them. And the right to embrace them, regardless of what happened before and after. I had a right to my happiness, as well as my grief.