Quotes About Acceptance

No amount of regret can change the past; no amount of fear can prevent the future.

One who cannot dance must not blame the song.

One who loves roses cannot avoid thorns.

To be envied for your giftedness is better than to be accepted for your untalentedness.

When bad things happen to you, become wiser, not bitter.

You cannot wake up one who refuses to open his eyes.

I'm sorry, Aido. Always having to put up with homeless me must be very taxing.

I'm not the 'Yuki' Zero knows anymore... Because the vampire side of me..ate the other part...

Rima: "Hey Shiki, won't you be my husband?" Shiki: "sure." Rima: "How rash..." Shiki: "Ehh? Why...? It means that you will be my friend and companion forever. What is there to ponder?

Shoeshine looked disappointed. "Don't do that, young fella." "Do what?" "Try and label everyone you meet." The man coughed again. "It's lazy.

I think things will always be okay between us, Clark. That's what I'm beginning to realize. Until they're not. Know what I mean? And even then they'll probably still be okay.

because it's not my dad's fault he wasn't the dad I wanted growing up. Just like it's not his fault he got cancer. Blaming other people for the situation you find yourself in is just a waste of time. And besides, what's he going to learn if I tell him a few home truths?

It's possible to do everything right and still lose. That's not a weakness. It's life.

The same willingness to face reality that allows certain athletes to accept a negative turn of events also helps them bear what must be borne to address the bad situation.

His key insight was that yearning, or wishing things were different than they are, is the root of all suffering, and that letting go of this desire is the secret to happiness.

The less we choose to need, and the less we rely on comfortable, favorable circumstances for peace of mind, the more control we have over our thoughts, emotions, and behavior. "Pain is the purifier," he taught. "Walk towards suffering. Love suffering. Embrace it.

I'm scared shitless." Knowing and accepting that a few things were bound to go wrong.

Molly almost goes out of her way to describe how loving and supportive her parents have always been, emphasizing in particular the fact that, while she was growing up, her mom couldn't have cared less whether Molly ran or didn't run, and if she ran, whether she ran well or poorly, as long as she was happy.

I call these lifelines: little mantras that come to me spontaneously in the crisis moments of races -- attempts by The Person I Want to Be to gain my weaker side's acceptance of the pain I am inflicting on myself.

If you accept as fact that the only limitations you ever encounter in your sport are mental, then you will become a better fire walker, creeping closer to your unreachable physical limit than you would otherwise

how can fear ruin my experience if I embrace it as an integral part of the experience?

Self-awareness plays a key role in stopping fear and laziness from standing in the way of accepting a reality that must be accepted in order to make the best of a bad situation.

Lisa, I apologize to you, I was wrong, I take it all back. Always be yourself. If you want to be sad, honey, be sad. We'll ride it out with you. And when you get finished feeling sad, we'll still be there. From now on, let me do the smiling for both of us.

You can't keep blaming yourself. Just blame yourself once, and move on." Homer Simpson