Quotes About Acceptance

Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.

Worrying about worrying is a dangerous cycle to fall into. People who get caught up in worry when they try to force themselves to stop worrying may want to try a different strategy – acceptance.

True honesty is what you are willing to admit to yourself without judgement!

A culture of honor is celebrating who a person is without stumbling over who they're not.

We just kind of did our own thing and got made fun of by the popular kids. It was kind of like a badge of honor to be an outcast.

Do not keep the slanderer away, treat him with affection and honor: Body and soul, he scours all clean, babbling about this and that.

Honor your parents by not judging them. Give them the benefit of doubt.

As soon as you honor the present moment, all unhappiness and struggle dissolve.

Honor your humanness and all of your feelings - the messy ones, the growing pains, the ache - because we can't have the dark without the light.

I see crosses at every turn. My flesh shudders over it, but my heart adores them. Yes, I hail you, crosses little and great, I hail you, and kiss your feet, unworthy of the honor of your shadow.

I cannot turn down this incredible honor twice.

Becoming a 'Sir' is slightly uncomfortable at first, although it is a considerable honor. It is amazing how quickly you become accustomed to it.

For straight, hetero people it's very easy to unintentionally say something that might not honor people's identities fully, and Grace Dunham is a really amazing educational resource.

Couldn't Lissa have healed that black eye away?" "Its a badge of honor. Makes me seem manly.

Instead of hiding your loneliness, bring it into the light. Honor it. Treat it. Heal it. You'll find that it returns the favor.

Until we learn to honor and respect what other people believe, I think we are doomed.

You can't change someone's behaviour, all you can do is remind them, and hope that Allah will change their heart.

I am weaker and more sinful than I ever before believed, but through Jesus Christ I'm more loved and accepted than I ever dared hope.

Hope for the best, get ready for the worst, and then take what God chooses to send.

No matter where you are on your journey, that's exactly where you need to be. The next road is always ahead.

Of course you are unworthy. But when do you hope to be worthy? You will be no more worthy at the end than at the beginning. God alone is worthy of Himself, He alone can make us worthy of Him.

Don't despair: despair suggests you are in total control and know what is coming. You don't - surrender to events with hope.

I'm going to be singing Dreams and Rhiannon when I'm 75 - and that's just fine with me. I just hope my chiffon doesn't get tangled in my rocking chair.

We hope for the best, if elections are conducted like this all over South Africa we can indeed say we welcome any results and accept them.