Acceptance Quotes

• Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.

  J. K. Rowling

  Inspirational, Change, Wise

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• Suppose you feel you cannot accept some fact about yourself. Then own your refusal to accept. Own the block. Embrace it fully. And watch it begin to disappear. The principal is this: Begin where you are-accept that. Then change and growth become possible.

  Nathaniel Branden

  Block, Growth, Watches

  Nathaniel Branden (1998). “Nathaniel Brandens Self-Esteem Every Day: Reflections on Self-Esteem and Spirituality”, p.145, Simon and Schuster

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• Take the place and attitude to which you see your unquestionable right, and all men acquiesce.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Attitude, Men

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1972). “Early Lectures: 1838-1842”, p.101, Harvard University Press

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• Our greatest prejudice is against death. It spans age, gender and race. We spend immeasurable amounts of energy fighting an event that will eventually triumph. Though it is noble not to give in easily, the most alive people I've ever met are those who embrace their death. They love, laugh and live more fully.

  Andy Webster

  Death, Fighting, Race

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• The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.

  Nathaniel Branden

  Change, Second Chance, Growth

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• Serenity comes when you trade expectations for acceptance.

  Gautama Buddha

  Expectations, Serenity, Trade

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  Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.

  Melody Beattie

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  Melody Beattie (2013). “Melody Beattie 4 Title Bundle: Codependent No More and 3 Other Best Sellers by Melody Beattie: A collection of four Melody Beattie best sellers”, Hazelden Publishing

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

  Carl Jung

  Change, Thoughtful, Making A Difference

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• Do not let your peace depend on the hearts of men; whatever they say about you, good or bad, you are not because of it another man, for as you are, you are.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Heart, Men, Depends

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• No amount of self-improvement can make up for any lack of self-acceptance.

  Robert Holden

  Self Esteem, Self Improvement, Amount

  Robert Holden (2009). “Be Happy: Release the Power of Happiness in You”, p.55, Hay House, Inc

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• Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

  George Orwell

  Happiness, Literature, Awareness

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  The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

  Dolly Parton

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Twitter post from Sep 12, 2013

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• Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Love, Inspirational, Valentines Day

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  All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Inspirational, Witty, Truth

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.4, Publishdrive

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• Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don't have to like it... it's just easier if you do.

  Byron Katie

  Life, Positive, Wisdom

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  No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

  Alice Walker

  Friendship, Fake Friends, Memorable

  Alice Walker (2013). “The Alice Walker Collection: Non-Fiction”, p.17, Hachette UK

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• Growth begins when we start to accept our own weakness

  Jean Vanier

  Love Yourself, Learning, Loving Yourself

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• The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.

  Maureen Dowd

  Funny, Success, Motivational Sports

  "How to Be Happy: Why You Should Never Settle for 'Good Enough' in Your Life" by Kristen Houghton, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 21, 2010.

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• There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.

  Denis Waitley

  Inspirational, Life, Change

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• Accepting all the good and bad about someone. It's a great thing to aspire to. The hard part is actually doing it.

  Sarah Dessen

  Tolerance, Accepting, Good And Bad

  Sarah Dessen (2011). “What Happened to Goodbye”, p.142, Penguin UK

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• A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

  Mark Twain

  Confidence, Good Life, Inspirational Life

  Mark Twain (2015). “Mark Twain's Essays: Top Essays”, p.14, 谷月社

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• Surrender is the inner transition from resistance to acceptance, from no to yes.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Transition, Resistance, Surrender

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “Stillness Speaks”, p.72, New World Library

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  I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  "I Can't Accept Not Trying : Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence". Book by Michael Jordan (p. 129), 1994.

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  The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

  Terry Pratchett

  Inspirational, Life, Spiritual

  Terry Pratchett (2010). “Diggers: The Second Book of the Nomes”, p.34, Random House

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• Always fall in with what you're asked to accept. Take what is given, and make it over your way. My aim in life has always been to hold my own with whatever's going. Not against: with.

  Robert Frost

  Life, Fall, Achievement

  Vogue, March 14, 1963.

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