Accepting Quotes

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

  Joseph Campbell

  Inspirational, Life, Change

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• Accepting does not necessarily mean liking, enjoying, condoning. I can accept what is-and be determined to evolve from there. It is not acceptance but denial that leaves me stuck.

  Nathaniel Branden

  Mean, Acceptance, Doe

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• Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable.

  Denis Waitley

  Motivational, Change, Stay Strong

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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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• Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

  William James

  Motivational, Happiness, Freedom

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  Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Inspirational, Im Sorry, Being Yourself

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• Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

  Harvey Fierstein

  Life, Positive, Meaningful

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

  Nhat Hanh

  Inspirational, Beauty, Beautiful

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  I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Love, Faith, Peace

  "50 years after receiving Nobel Prize, do Martin Luther King's peace prophecies still resonate?", www.foxnews.com. October 12, 2014.

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• It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

  Attributed to Aristotle in "Religion and the Pursuit of Truth" by Lowell Lindsay Bennion, p. 52, 1959.

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• Fill your heart with the creative power to accept the past, decorate the present and transform the future.

  Rajneesh

  Life, Heart, Apology

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• Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.

  George S. Patton

  Life, Strength, Courage

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• You can't move so fast that you try to change the mores faster than people can accept it.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Moving, People, Priorities

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• As the artist picks his way along, rejecting and accepting as he goes, certain patterns of enquiry emerge.

  Bridget Riley

  Artist, Enquiry, Patterns

  Bridget Riley (2009). “The Eye's Mind: Collected Writings 1965-2009”

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• The thing that got me over the hump was accepting that I had to do whatever I could to stay in the game

  Dennis Eckersley

  Games

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• Acknowledging and accepting whatever stuff you may have to let go comes easier when you love yourself.

  Darren Johnson

  Letting Go, Love You, Self Love

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• Our accepting what we are must always inhibit our being what we ought to be.

  John Fowles

  Limits, Ought

  John Fowles (1965). “The Magus”

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• It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to respect our neighbours and be respected in our turn.

  Tahar Ben Jelloun

  Country, People, Turns

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• My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.

  Michael J. Fox

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  "What I've Learned: Michael J. Fox" by Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. December 17, 2007.

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• The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he's dead.

  Bette Davis

  Courage, Self Confidence, Keys

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• We secure our friends not by accepting favours but by doing them.

  Thucydides

  Inspirational, Friendship, Favors

  "The History of the Peloponnesian War".

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• When you do your best you learn to accept yourself

  Miguel Angel Ruiz

  Apology, Acceptance, Accepting Yourself

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• The only way to store information is by agreement. The belief system is like a Book of Law that rules our mind. Our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive. Humans punish themselves endlessly for not being what they believe they should be. We have the need to be accepted and to be loved by others, but we cannot accept and love ourselves.

  Miguel Angel Ruiz

  Believe, Book, Being In Love

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• Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.

  C. S. Lewis

  Inspirational, Change, Inspiring

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• This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, Love to complete your life.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Smile, Confidence, Patience

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