Quotes About Acceptance

I have to accept the reality of present-day capitalist society however exploitative or inhumane it may seem to be. Not because it is the best system that can ever be, or because its exploitation and inhumanity are unreal, but for pure and simple reasons of survival. The acceptance has only a functional value. Nothing more and nothing less. If I do not accept social reality as it is imposed on me, I will "end up in the loony-bin singing merry melodies and loony tunes.

Not answers, but the ending of questions, is the important thing.

The fact is that we don't want to be free. What is responsible for our problems is the fear of losing what we have and what we know.

To be satisfied with what I have. Not to postpone things. That life is fragile.

One must accept that death is a part of life, even the most terrible death. And do we not live a whole life every day, and does it then make any great difference if we live a few days more or less? -Anita Goldman

No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.

I was not particularly bright, I wasn't very athletic, I was a little too tall, odd, funny looking, I was just really weird as a kid.

I spent the first fourteen years of my life convinced that my looks were hideous. Adolescence is painful for everyone, I know, but mine was plain weird.

Jis cheez ko tum badal na sako us k saath compromise kar lia karo, lekin apni kisi khwahish ko kabhi zid mat banaya karo. Zindagi main kuch cheezen hamen kabhi nahi mil saktin chahain hum royen, chillayen ya bachon ki tarah aeriyan rigren. Q k wo kisi or k liye hoti hain!

What terrible shame overcomes me when I discover the male or female in myself!

How good I would feel if I could be something that called itself neither man nor woman.

My biggest fear is that I will become too comfortable with the idea of being lonely for the rest of my life.

I bet living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of Halloween.

Accept fate, and move on. Don't yield to the seductive pull of self-pity. Acting like a victim threatens your future.

If we spend our time with regrets over yesterday, and worries over what might happen tomorrow, we have no today in which to live

Ninety percent of the things we tend to worry about we have no control over, so why worry about them?

A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.

Change is inevitable, except from vending machines.

Life can either be accepted or changed. If it is not accepted, it must be changed. If it cannot be changed, then it must be accepted.

Don't hold grudges; it's pointless. Jealousy too is a non-cathartic, negative emotion.

God always answers our prayers, but sometimes the answer is no.

Diversity is the one true thing we all have in common. Celebrate it every day.

Serenity comes when you trade expectations for acceptance.

It is lack of love for ourselves that inhibits our compassion toward others. If we make friends with ourselves, then there is no obstacle to opening our hearts and minds to others.