Quotes About Acceptance

Cicero once wrote that to be completely free one must become a slave to a set of laws. In other words, accepting limitations is liberating. For

A true friend is someone we can occasionally be crazy with, someone who does not expect us to be always true to form. It is someone who shares our goal of self-realization, and therefore is willing to share the risks that any increase in complexity entails.

the love of fate corresponds to a willingness to accept ownership of one's actions, whether these are spontaneous or imposed from the outside. It is this acceptance that leads to personal growth, and provides the feeling of serene enjoyment which removes the burden of entropy from everyday life.

Even the approach of death itself can serve to create harmony in consciousness, rather than despair.

Breaking out of the fatalistic acceptance of genetic or historical programming requires, at the very least, a belief in freedom and self-determination.

It is better to look suffering straight in the eye, acknowledge and respect it's presence, and then get busy as soon as possible focusing on things we choose to focus on.

A woman will always accept such talk, however false she knows it to be. The older and uglier she is the more readily will she do so, because she desires to believe it

la muerte no tiene nada temible, la muerte es buena. Al lado de todo el mal que flagela el mundo, la muerte es la mejor amiga del hombre

Doubtless you would prefer a gayer woman than myself. But I would be gay—

I had not learned then that death avoids a man who desires it, to snatch at him whose heart holds fast to life.

Constantine proclaimed that everyone should be allowed to live according to his conscience, without fear.13

The Power of Influence I've realized that I choose not to spend much time with people who are trying to change me. If they take me on as a project to "fix," I don't respond well. But when they simply enter my life and accept me unconditionally, I become a different person because of their influence.

Most people see themselves as either better than they really are or worse than they really are, with an imbalanced focus on the positive or the negative. Humility means we see ourselves accurately, accept the way we have been created, and celebrate our uniqueness.

It means that we work on our side of the relationship, no matter what happens on the other side. We don't change them; we change ourselves.

Crazy people will always be present in our lives.

We can't stop various events from happening, and we can't choose what other people do or say. Crazy people will always be present in our lives.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference."5

It's inappropriate to have debilitating anger over events we can't control.

Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

THE FIRST LONGING of the human heart is to have the assurance that we are enjoyed by God while still spiritually immature. To be enjoyed by God is a necessary part of living right. God enjoys us even when we are in the midst of our immaturity and weakness.

We must not confuse His correction with rejection. When He does correct me, it is because He loves me. If I feel enjoyed by God while I grow spiritually, still I know He will discipline various areas of my life. He does this in the overflow of His passion for me.

IF WE KNOW WHO GOD HAS MADE US TO BE, WE CAN STOP TRYING TO BE SOMEONE WE ARE NOT AND LET GO OF THE STRESS THAT COMES WITH LIVING THAT KIND OF LIFE.

There's always room to be someone else, and there's always somewhere people will be willing to let the past slide." He

NEVER Teach a Pig to Sing, It Wastes Your Time and Annoys the Pig.