Quotes About Acceptance

Happiness, satisfaction, fulfillment, joy, love... All these things work the same way. The more you search for them, the less likely you are to find them.

There is no doubt that relationships require work. But this work means working on yourself, adjusting your attitudes, and learning to accept others. Valentines day is a great way to say not only I love you, but also I accept you and I support you.

Real friends can put up with your worst behavior and be exceptionally affectionate even when you are extremely irritable. They believe in you even when you stop believing in yourself. They accept you with all your flaws and love you just the way you are.

The real question is, can you love the real me? Not the perfect person you want me to be, not that image you had of me, but who I really am.

What barrier is there that love cannot break?

Just as we love ourselves despite the shortcomings we have, so should we love others despite the shortcomings they have.

I'm not saying you have to love me. I'm just wishing one day you will...

Forgiveness and love, cannot be earned, deserved, bought, sold, won, or forced. They are a gift and should never be taken for granted or expected. Only accepted.

The best love is the one that makes you a better person, without changing you into someone other than yourself.

I love you, you don't love me, but that's fine, I'll be okay. I miss you, you don't miss me, but that's fine, I'll be okay. My heads filled with you, your heads filled with someone else, but that's fine, I'll be okay. I'll fight through it, even though it hurts now, it'll get better, I'm sure of it.

The magic words for a great relationship are, I love you just the way you are.

Its so funny how we set qualifications for the right person to love, while at the back of our minds we know that the person we truly love will always be an exception

Those who love you are not fooled by mistakes you have made or dark images you hold about yourself. They remember your beauty when you feel ugly, your wholeness when you are broken, your innocence when you feel guilty, and your purpose when you are confused...

Love is finding someone who knows your deepest insecurities but looks at you like youre perfect.

We accept the love we think we deserve.

Love the world, in an ever widening circle of kindness, and keep loving until the day when love conquers all hatred and no one and no thing is excluded from loves tender embrace.

Do not ask the sun to always shine. It cant, the clouds exist. Dont ask the leaves not to fall. It cant, the wind exists. Dont ask me not to fall in love. I cant, you exist.

There's no need to try and fit in. If you're lucky enough to be different, don't ever change. Be yourself, and someone will come into your life one day, not caring what other people think of you. They'll love you for who you are, not the person everyone else wants you to be.

I think you're sweet and lovable. Yes I know you have your flaws, we all do, but I rather have you all flawed up and a mess, rather than perfect. Every crack in your personality makes me think that you'er perfect the way you are and I wouldn't want you any other way!

Parents were the only ones obligated to love you; from the rest of the world you had to earn it.

Spiritual practice is the capacity to offer your love even when you feel hurt, closed down, tense, angry, misunderstood, or hated.

I have no idea why gay men love me, but I would have to assume it's because they know how much I love the gays! Everyone needs a good gay man in their life.

Loving someone means you only want the best for them, even if it means swallowing the sad reality that the best just isn't you.

Nobody's perfect...but you're perfect for me.