Acceptance Quotes

Relationships are based on four principles: respect, understanding, acceptance and appreciation.

As much as it pleases God to bless you, there will be moments when everything you try goes up in smoke. There will be moments when the one you counted on most walks away and leaves you groping through blinding tears and wailing questions of why. Plans and goals can be circumvented by the most disappointing of times, leaving you learning the art of patience and the acceptance of a denied request.

You Americans are so gullible. No, you won't accept communism outright, but we'll keep feeding you small doses of socialism until you'll finally wake up and find you already have communism. We won't have to fight you. We'll so weaken your economy until you'll fall like overripe fruit into our hands.

As long as we require someone else to make us happy, we are slaves.

We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.

If you live for people’s acceptance you will die from their rejection.

Next to God we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth living.

A positive self image and healthy self esteem is based on approval, acceptance and recognition from others; but also upon actual accomplishments, achievements and success upon the realistic self confidence which ensues.

Silently hear everyone. Accept what is good. Reject and forget what is not. This is intelligent living.

Don't accept the applause of men, and you won't be destroyed by their criticism.

The first and the best victory is to conquer self.

Democracy is a con game. It’s a word invented to placate people to make them accept a given institution. All institutions sing, ‘We are free.’ The minute you hear ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy’, watch out… because in a truly free nation, no one has to tell you you’re free.

When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.

Our problems stem from our acceptance of this filthy, rotten system.

When you live in complete acceptance of what is, that is the end of all drama in your life.

We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

It must never be forgotten that the purpose of Alcoholics Anonymous is to sober up alcoholics. There is no religious or spiritual requirement for membership. No demands are made on anyone. An experience is offered which members may accept or reject. That is up to them.

I accept that today may be imperfect... I accept that I may be as well. What I don't accept is that imperfection should be the crutch I use to excuse myself from participating in joy.

The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours.

Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.

Science makes people reach selflessly for truth and objectivity; it teaches people to accept reality, with wonder and admiration, not to mention the deep awe and joy that the natural order of things brings to the true scientist.

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.

You can't fight the desert... you have to ride with it.

When someone hurts you, your first thought may be to wish you had never met them at all. But remember that even those who've hurt you, came into your life for a reason, and left for a reason. It’s for the best and healing starts with acceptance.

We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.