Quotes About Acceptance

At ev'ry trifle scorn to take offense.

She who ne'er answers till a husband cools,Or, if she rules him, never shows she rules;Charms by accepting, by submitting, sways,Yet has her humor most, when she obeys.

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe.

If to her share some female errors fall,Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.

Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

How happy is the blameless vestal's lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd; Labour and rest, that equal periods keep; Obedient slumbers that can wake and weep.

Whatever is, is right.

Know thy own point: this kind, this due degree Of blindness, weakness, Heav'n bestows on thee.

Favours to none, to all she smiles extends;   Oft she rejects, but never once offends.

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

How happy is the blameless vestal's lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd

Some part of me can't wait to see what life's going to come up with next! Anticipation without the usual anxiety. And underneath it all is the feeling that we both belong here, just as we are, right now.

Your death and my death are mainly of importance to ourselves. The black plumes will be stripped off our hearses within the hour; tears will dry, hurt hearts close again, our graves grow level with the church-yard, and although we are away, the world wags on. It does not miss us; and those who are near us, when the first strangeness of vacancy wears off, will not miss us much either.

This does not mean, however, that we must accept them passively, any more than we must accept death passively. The atonement of Christ gives us the warrant to fight against these penal effects of sin in whatever ways we can."17

Love covers all kinds of offenses, hurts, annoyances, disappointments, and sins that we all suffer because of others. Only love has the power to freely and repeatedly forgive, to truly seek to understand people's weaknesses and complexities, to put things into proper perspective, and to put a blanket over other people's faults.

A cold, unwelcoming church contradicts the gospel message.

You learn not to mourn every little thing out here, or you'd never, ever stop grieving.

I am not stunted. I am vertically challenged. - Levet

Accept I can't change the past. I can only concentrate on the now and hope for the future.

You can Laugh or you can cry, it changes nothing

Families... Could not live with them, could not turn them into toads.

One day you'll hear that song you both liked on the radio and it won't make you cry. You'll wake up one morning and they won't be the first thing you think about, or the last thing you think about when you're falling asleep at night. Their face won't be the one you see any more when you close your eyes, or in a crowd when you're walking down a street. And when something makes you laugh, or cry, they won't be the person you want to share it with.

If the worst is going to happen, it'll happen. Worrying can't protect you from that. And if it doesn't happen then you've missed out on all the time that when you could have been having fun

C'mon, you're gonna get upset sometimes. Breaking up is a shitty business. Someone always gets hurt. This time it happens to be you.