Quotes About Acceptance

here I am simply trying to get into your head you think you were born you die what a pity

ten dumb years I wanted things to be different furious proud I still feel it

father when I was a boy you left us now I forgive you

Everyone has a "greatness within" to be of service and to benefit their family, friends, neighbors, their community and humanity. From that "Greatness," the beautiful and holy intention to benefit all life springs forth. At that moment when you have heard your inner voice, what did you do? The moment you became aware of your greatness within, what did you do? Did you acknowledge and accept it? Or did you turn away from it?

By acknowledging and accepting the ultimate commonality, we can naturally and voluntarily develop the attitude of compassion and benevolence toward other people, other life-forms, and all beings. We will want to live for the good of all because we know that's the way we benefit ourselves, too.

A tree does not complain That the earth is too dry or too rough That the rains do not come often With patience, forgiveness and harmony It does its best... fulfilling its mission.

The essence of enlightenment … is a big understanding, which gives you a deep and wide perspective to see the world as a whole, and a capacity to accept with compassion all that is. 11/26

Open wide your heart and accept all the experiences of life. Don't let any moment go half-lived. Live with greatness even in moments of sadness and pain. It is no shame to trip and fall as you walk the path of life. Just get up and continue on your way.

Joining an organization like Alcoholics Anonymous was also out of the question for Hank, partly because of his intensely private nature, but mostly because it would have been an acknowlegment that he had a problem.

Knowing himself to be a backslider, and knowing that he had been weighed in the balance and found wanting in so many ways, he seemed to find rare peace in the hymns of his childhood.

We make such plans for our lives, she thinks, and this is the way they turn out, nothing like what we imagine.

The truth is a stranger...Not always welcome by daylight.

When I was younger it was - you know, my dad dressed up in drag on 'Bosom Buddies.' And that was what I was having to deal with at the time. And then around the time that I was into college was when he became statue-worthy I guess you could say.

Harold: This is real nice. Makes me want to do somersaults. Maude: Well, why don't you? Harold: I'd feel stupid. Maude: Harold, everyone has the right to make an ass out of themselves. You just can't let the world judge you too much.

That's the beauty of things, right? People should be able to believe what they want to, follow who they want to

Get mad, then get over it.

Well, the correct answer is he is not a Muslim, he's a Christian. He's always been a Christian. But the really right answer is, what if he is? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country?

Fear and failure are always present. Accept them as part of life and learn how to manage these realities. Be scared, but keep going. Being scared is usually transient. It will pass. If you fail, fix the causes and keep going.

The other lawyer looked at him and said, "Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it." In short, accept that your position was faulty, not your ego. This doesn't mean you don't argue with passion and intensity.

Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it." In short, accept that your position was faulty, not your ego.

The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain.

God loves us for who we are. We can´t work our way to his love. That doesn´t work here on this wold either. You either love someone for who they are, or you can forget it. Love that is earned is no love at all. It won´t last.

Thank you, Lord, for never turning me away. For never getting scared, for never lashing out when I hurt you, for always being there with arms wide open, ready to take me back.

Nor do I," Anu said quietly. "But there is never so much love in our lives that we can afford to reject it when it is offered.