Quotes About Acceptance

No one deserves to be put through such an ordeal, to feel like you have to watch the love of your life get married, just to find closure.

I guess people do have different ways of dealing with stuff,' she said diplomatically, 'but you can't run away for ever.

After all, Leonie knew better than most that there were some situations that just couldn't be fixed, and some actions that couldn't be undone.

Sometimes love means letting go when you want to hold on tighter.

We are what we are, neither a good or as bad as others paint us. And what we are doesn't change how truly we feel, only how free we are to follow those feelings.

He didn't slam the door, didn't rage, didn't weep, he simply left.

And sometimes you meet someone who doesn't see you any differently if you tell them. That is everything.

Loving someone meant letting them be who they were, not caging them

You're not weak at all. Wounded, but that's nothing to be ashamed of.

Love is a mistake when we're all going to die any day now.

The problem is, no matter how far or fast you drive, you can't leave yourself behind. And if you can't feel at home in your own head, where can you?

Family isn't only blood.

you are my life now. this"_he waved a hand dismissively around him at the club-"the fey, everything, it all falls into place once you accept me" -kennan

Women want their husbands to have the whole package. That means looking beyond the surface. Let's face it. His personality needs a complete overhaul. The guy's not only arrogant and obnoxious, but he's also—" "Right here," a familiar royal voice said

Place had an ill or special needs sibling and needed time together with others in the same situation.

What if I want more?" "I'm sorry, but there isn't more to have

The end of a relationship doesn't mean you failed. It means you learned what you needed to, and it's time to move on.

I ain't the kind o' person who turns up her nose at what's served her, just cause it ain't something else. I ate what the Almighty served me, and filled it up just fine. Eat what you're served, child, and season it any way you like. You do that and you'll get along all right.

the plan will happen in spite of us, not because of us.

We Are Lovable Even if the most important person in your world rejects you, you are still real, and you are still okay.

I didn't have to scramble up and down the ladder from despair to euphoria anymore, trying to convince myself that life was either painful and terrible or joyous and wonderful. The simple truth was that life was both. p 214

Gratitude isn't a tool to manipulate the universe or God. It's a way to acknowledge our faith that everything happens for a reason even if we don't know what that reason is. ~Melody Beattie, 52 Weeks of Conscious Contact, pg. 34.

It seems totally unfair that the way we look matters so much. I mean, why can't we just get over this gotta-be-thin-and-beautiful thing? Why can't we just accept ourselves and others for what we are?

How can this be? How could we have been just sitting there, happily eating our lunch, and then Jess announces that she's gay? Like who does that anyway? And how is it possible that I never even saw this coming? I mean if you best friend has no clue that you're gay, then who does?