Quotes About Acceptance

Your pain is an opportunity for you to learn about yourself.

Paradoxically, the more I learned to let go of my own wishes and desires (in this case, the desire not to be hit), the more they became possible.

To live our lives fully, to work whole heartily, to refuse directly what we can't swallow, to accepts the mystery in all matters of meaning- this is the ultimate adventure.

Learning how to die is therefore learning how to live.

I'm learning that to be at home everywhere, I have to be sure to include the place I actually live.

I'm learning to accept the lack of privacy as the real downer in my profession.

Compassion practice is daring. It involves learning to relax and allowing ourselves to move gently toward what scares us.

Old age is like learning a new profession. And not one of your own choosing.

When we say yes to the grace of God, we are learning how to die.

Learning is the first quality of acceptance and vice versa

I don't forgive people, but I don't let them bother me either!

Do not ghettoize society by putting people into legal categories of gender, race, ethnicity, language, or other such characteristics.

Mastery of the German language and the acceptance of our legal system has to become part of the criteria for naturalization.

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line.

Instead of resisting to changes, surrender. Let life be with you, not against you. If you think 'My life will be upside down' don't worry. How do you know down is not better than upside?

Somewhere along the way in your life, the world and its people will have a problem with you. That's their problem. Not yours.

I have not asked for life. But I try to accept whatever life brings without surprise. And I shall depart again without having questioned anyone about my strange stay here on earth.

I don't do regrets. Regrets are pointless. It's too late for regrets. You've already done it, haven't you? You've lived your life. No point wishing you could change it.

Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself.

Never say that you regret something, because at one point in your life, you wanted it.

Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.

Golf is the closest game to the game we call life. You get bad breaks from good shots; you get good breaks from bad shots - but you have to play the ball where it lies.

We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.

I didn't choose the thug life, the thug life chose me.