Quotes About Acceptance

I heard he was disciplined by the church for supporting some other preacher who came out homosexual in Denver. I believe it was something of that nature.

I'd appreciate it if you would just call me a goddamn son of a bitch, Louis said. A man too foolish for words. All right. You're a foolish son of a bitch. Thank you, he said.

You don't believe in sins. I believe there are failures of character, like I said before. That's a sin. Well, you're here now. This is where I want to be now.

Heat invaded her cheeks. She wasn't used to men seeing her whithout her clothes on. And here was in her boring white cotton bra and panties. damn, if only she'd worn her black lace undies. She winced inwardly. She'd come close to getting mauled by a jaguar, and all she could think about was the sexiness factor of her underwear? She must be in shock.

She leaned over him to pull the waistband of his flannel pants down. His erection popped out, startling her. Oh! She fell across his thighs. Oh my. Good heavens. He groaned and dragged his hands down his face. Ye needna stare at it in horror. It willna harm you. Its . . . really big. He snorted. It comes in peace.

I doona want to be loved because I'm Undead. No more than ye would want to be rejected for being mortal.

Lord, help me forgive those who sin differently than I." When we recognize that we all have weaknesses, it's easier to find a way to respect others.

Lord, help me forgive those who sin differently than I.

I haven't had a perfect life...but I have had a perfectly good life!

If life gives you lemons lets be honest you probably just found lemons

People may hate you for being different and not living by society's standards but deep down, they wish they had the courage to do the same.

It's spoken with a shoulder shrug, a side-to-side of the head, and roll of the eyes. It means: I can't even fathom your reality, but I've decided to just accept it and move on.

Until you stop wishing things were different, accept the way they are, and take up the sole responsibility of doing something about it, nothing will change.

In a time of war and rationing, folks have no choice but to accept whatever reports come their way. They don't hear anything else.

We never grow tired of working together or simply talking. We have a rare rapport that others often recognize and envy. For myself, I have found this relationship to be one of the main sources of my own life force. I have called it a transcendental relationship, with a love and acceptance that go beyond the realm of this lifetime.

Dan smiled, once again thinking how only someone so young could be so blasé about the fickle intricacies of fate.

He was carrying a little more weight, his hair greyer, but he looked healthy and relaxed, like a man who was comfortable with where he was in life and what lay ahead.

He hadn't judged her, though, nor had he condemned her. He'd simply seen the point she'd reached, beyond ever redeeming herself. Maybe

The kids were happy. They had added another to their numbers. They didn't want to set the world on fire. They just wanted to be less alone in it.

Something was ending. Even if it had been awful, my life was ending, and it felt like this wasn't my life anymore. It was someone else's. And I had decided that I'd just live inside it, see if anyone noticed, and maybe it would become mine. Maybe I would love it.

And I knew a secret to caring for someone, had learned it just this moment. You took care of people by not letting them know how badly you wanted your life to be different.

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there is a field. I'll meet you there.

Laila has moved on. Because in the end she knows that's all she can do. That and hope.

You can not stop you from being who you are.