Quotes About Acceptance

Help me give up my addiction to Hope.

A little lifting of the heart suffices; a little remembrance of God, one act of inward worship are prayers which, however short, are nevertheless acceptable to God.

I could write down twenty cases wherein I wished that God had done otherwise than he did, but which I now see, if I had had my own way, would have led to extensive mischief.

Some of the qualities of # God must be merged into us before our # prayers can be fit for His acceptance.

However we are, however we think we ought to be in prayer, the fact is we just need to show up and do the best we can do. It's like being in a family.

Memory, so complete and clear or so evasive, has to be ended, has to be put aside, as if one were leaving a chapel and bringing the prayer to an end in one's head.

Death comes suddenly and life is fragile and brief. No one can alter this either by prayers or spells.

There is no problem with the opening of new houses of prayer for Lutherans and Pentecostals.

Hospitality invites to prayer before it checks credentials, welcomes to the table before administering the entrance exam.

Our lives laid down in war and peace may not Be found acceptable in Heaven's sight. And that they may be is the only prayer Worth praying. May my sacrifice Be found acceptable in Heaven's sight.

What I dislike least in my former self are the moments of prayer.

What is to be, will be, and no prayers of ours can arrest the decree.

The first person I came out to was God. And the first conversation I ever had with anybody was in prayer.

Forgive me my nonsense as I also forgive the nonsense of those who think they talk sense.

What is to be, will be, and no prayers of ours can arrest the decree.[Lincoln's maxim and philosophy]

I prayed for someone to love me as much as I love you. Eventually I came to see that that "someone" was me.

I sometimes pray not for self-knowledge in general but for just so much self knowledge at the moment as I can bear and use at the moment

Do not want things to turn out as they seem best to you but as God pleases. Then you will be free from confusion and thankful in prayer.

O Lord you know what is best for me. Let this or that be done as you please. Give what you will how much you will and when you will.

There are three answers to prayer: yes no and wait awhile. It must be recognized that no is an answer.

Our worst fault is our preoccupation with the faults of others.

We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us.

However good or bad you feel about your relationship, the person you are with at this moment is the "right" person, because he or she is the mirror of who you are inside.

If your relationship to the present moment is not right - nothing can ever be right in the future - because when the future comes - it's the present moment.