Quotes About Acceptance

God's arms are always extended; we are the ones who turn away.1 —Philip Yancey

God's grace is available to everybody. Period. His is an unconditional, wholly inclusive affection. There is no skin color, country of origin, or medical condition that can make you incompatible with the love of Jesus Christ!

It serves no purpose to relive the worst moments of your life.

Why Borrow What U Know Is Already Coming Your Way? ~ Eve's GrandMother

She wondered if that was how it worked, that while most women spent their lives searching for the perfect man, men sat around waiting to be chosen and then made the best of it.

If people really grew up, there would be no crime, no divorce, no Civil War reenactors....it's not like you think it will be, that one day you'll wake up and realize that you've got things figured out. You never figure it out. Ever. - Isabel Spellman attempting to explain growing up to her sister Rae

We knew we were doomed. The kiss was a warm acceptance of years of bickering, years of me consuming foods that I found barely edible and Henry tidying up after someone who already thought she had tidied up. When I kissed Henry I wasn't imagining Ex-boyfriend #13; I was picturing Husband #1.

I don't mind losing. Losing is like breathing to me.

So here I am, alone." "You're not alone." "When you're facing death, you're alone." I grab Jenna by the shoulders. "Here's a news flash for you. We all face death. We all walk alone. The only difference is most of us don't know how close we are to it until it's too late.

Everything she needed, too, she couldn't deny.

The blessing of a tragedy is that it puts your life into perspective.

Other people's perfection is a facade we create when we are second guessing ourselves

It's our scars that define us, Sara. Diego has to live life to appreciate life." "Yes." A knot forms in my stomach at the idea that I still don't know how deeply Chris's scars define him.

Yes. He knows I'm dying, but he can't really accept it and he'll be all alone when I'm gone. Can't you help him?

We can't control what people do or say, even if it's dumb.

Bad things are like waves. They're going to happen to you, and there's nothing you can do about it. They're part of life, like waves are a part of the ocean. If you're standing on the shoreline, you don't know when the waves are coming. But they'll come. You gotta make sure you get back to the surface, after every wave. That's all.

I've learned that you don't stop loving someone just because they die. And you don't stop loving someone who's dead just because you start loving someone else. I know this violates the natural law that two things can't occupy the same place at the same time, but that's never been true of the human heart anyway.

She's only human. Don't judge her. Just love her.

nobody was ever replaced in life, no hole completely filled or loss totally healed. You didn't need a medical degree to know that the human body really wasn't stronger in the broken places. Like any bone, the cracks would always show if you looked hard enough.

Now, Megan, we can't pick on whoever abstained.

Don't try and change me. Women always try to change men. It never works. I'm not trying to change you. I'm trying to work with you.

Lisa Scottoline

Then you forgive her. That's what love is. Forgiveness. Judgment belongs to God Almighty. Not you.

Normal was the simple wish of everyone with a mental illness. Normal was what everyone else, the worried well, took for granted.