Quotes About Acceptance

setback, struggle and being stuck in confusion are part of being a human—never to be judged as "bad" and "wrong." It's just a necessary pit stop on the journey that we're meant to experience. During this ride we call a lifetime.

unaware teachers reinforce the idea that the heroic geniuses of the arts, sciences, sports and humanities are 'special' and that we need to accept that we are 'ordinary,' incapable of producing towering work that leaves people breathless by its excellence and generating a life that is matchless.

Sure." "Well, that happened

Confía en que no hay mejor lugar donde puedas estar que el lugar que ocupas ahora. Y

the fretting about the past, the brooding over the future

realized that failure, whether of the personal, professional or even spiritual kind, is essential to personal expansion. It brings inner growth and a whole host of psychic rewards. Never regret your past. Rather, embrace it as the teacher that it is.

Would you really want to live in a world where everyone looked, acted and thought exactly as you do?

I just read about a little girl who was born without a face. Just two eyes and a mouth. And we worry about traffic being heavy on the way into work.

Stop insisting on clearing your head … Clear your heart instead.

Embrace Your Fears

Megan squeezed her eyelids closed, blocking out the darkness that was his hair and the pain of the past.

Perhaps the things that break our hearts are the very things that serve to open them.

La vida no siempre te da lo que pides, pero sí te da lo que necesitas.

We're all exactly where we need to be to receive the growth lessons we're meant to learn

I can't love you if I cannot love myself," he offered.

If you want to make God laugh, then tell him your plans!

Most people can't stand themselves. So, they can never be alone. And silent. They need to constantly be with other people to escape their feelings of self-hatred over all their wasted potential, missing the wonders and wisdom that solitude and quiet bring.

The world was so much more forgiving of strength when it took on the appearance of weakness.

Popularity gives you power only over people who care about being popular. Ostracism gives you power only over those who fear being ostracized.

That if I pretended hard enough nothing was waiting to claim me, nothing ever would.

The doctor's voice was cold. "There's nothing to put back. There's no body to go back to. The body of Lia Kahn is dead. Be grateful you didn't die with it.

The days had no shape. They passed, which was good enough.

It was almost a relief, no longer having to be extraordinary. To give up on existential questioning and simply abide.

This is my last worst pain, the bitter enlightenment that buys peace.