Quotes About Acceptance

No, it is not only our fate but our business to lose innocence, and once we have lost that, it is futile to attempt a picnic in Eden.

I'm in the civil discourse business. I think it takes all kinds. And more power to everybody.

Judgment is not my business. Existing is my business.

Astonishing material and revelation appear in our lives all the time. Let it be. Unto us, so much is given. We just have to be open for business.

I used to be kind of bitter and jealous as well, but I get it. It's business.

We feel that we have to be right so that we can feel good... The whole right and wrong business closes us down and makes our world smaller.

Business is about belonging which means inclusion is the new black.

There were times when there were parts that I was sure I got and then I didn't, and I did get upset. But at this point, it doesn't affect me in the least because I know how the business works.

Who's driving this business that the Russians hacked the election? It's the Democrat Party. It's Hillary Clinton. It's Obama. It's all those people who just can't accept that they lost.

I'm not in the being-annoyed business.

The sooner we realize that the world has changed, the sooner we can accept it and make something of what we've got. Whining isn't a scalable solution.

I wander around in corsets in my house all the time. I'm a lot girlier than the roles I play, but I don't believe there's anything wrong in this business for being typecast.

I have no business to feel downcast or querulous merely because when so much as been given me I have not had even more.

Not every gift must you stretch your hands to take! Sometimes, just put your hands by your side and humbly and courageously say thank you!

Life is going to give you things that you deserve instead of what you plan or want. Always thank God for your profits and losses. Because God plans best for us.

Having a weakness is nothing to be ashamed of. If anything~ knowing what your weakness is makes you very powerful indeed.

Before I came out, I had a lot of anger. For years people would ask, 'How are you doing?' and I'd say, 'Good, fine.' It's show business, and that's what you have to show.

It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won't go.

"Isn't it fun getting older?" is really a terrible fallacy. That's like saying I prefer driving an old car with a flat tire.

I've lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.

A car to pick me up every day, a chair with my name on it, everybody being very polite... what can you do except sit back and watch it all, try to take it all in?

[On her mastectomy:] Fact is, I'm the same car I always was, except now I have a dent in my fender.

Being an actress is similar to trying to fit in with the popular kids in high school. You're expected to drive the right car, wear the right clothes and say the right things.

The serenity prayer, 'God grant me the strength to accept...' That's a prayer that's actually in my car. I say it every day.