Accepting Quotes - Page 34

• We can only accept friendship from others to the degree that we give it to ourselves.

  Kimberly Kirberger

  Giving, Degrees

  Kimberly Kirberger, Colin Mortensen (2001). “On friendship: a book for teenagers”

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• All too often, as we know from experience, people do not choose life; they do not accept the gospel of life, but let themselves be led by ideologies and ways of thinking that block life, that do not respect life, because they are dictated by selfishness, self-interest, profit, power and pleasure and not by love. ... As a result, the Living God is replaced by fleeting human idols, which offer the intoxication of a flash of freedom, but in the end bring new forms of slavery and death.

  Pope Francis

  Block, Thinking, Self

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• Beauty is about Accepting yourself for who you are. It's about feeling secure about yourself. It's about feeling so blessed everyday that we are given the chance to live. All those beautiful feeling and positive energy inside you, now that is what makes you beautiful.

  Davina Veronica

  Beautiful, Blessed, Feelings

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• You choose how to feel and act every moment of every day. The moment you accept this responsibility completely, you gain total control over your life.

  Marshall Sylver

  Responsibility, Over You, Gains

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• And though I have done many shameful things, I am not ashamed of who I am. I am not ashamed of who I am because I know who I am. I have tried to rip myself open and expose everything inside - accepting my weaknesses and strengths - not trying to be anyone else. 'Cause that never works, does it?So my challenge is to be authentic. An I believe I am today. I believe I am.

  Nic Sheff

  Rip, Believe, Who I Am

  Nic Sheff (2012). “Tweak: Growing up on Crystal Meth”, p.250, Simon and Schuster

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• At the end of the day, that's what a family is - a group of different people who accept each other.

  Sara Sheridan

  People, The End Of The Day, Groups

  "How my niece ended up signing copies of my book" by Sara Sheridan, www.theguardian.com. April 5, 2011.

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• Most of us know someone who would say, 'If you want to be my friend, you'll have to accept my values.' A true friend doesn't ask us to choose between the gospel and his or her friendship. ... A true friend strengthens us to stay on the strait and narrow path.

  Robert D. Hales

  True Friend, Want, Path

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• We must ever bear in mind --that apart from the will there is nothing good or bad, and that we must not try to anticipate or to direct events, but merely to accept them with intelligence.

  Epictetus

  Mind, Trying, Events

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• Between the government which does evil and the people who accept it - there is a certain shameful solidarity.

  Victor Hugo

  Government, People, Evil

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• The bond of family blesses us with an immeasurable power. But we also must accept what comes with it. It gives us a responsibility to love without condition, without apology. We can never waver from the power of that bond, even if it's tested. The bond nourishes us, gives us strength. Without that power, we are nothing.

  Elijah

  Responsibility, Apology, Giving

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• Readily people do not accept any ordinary to behave like an extraordinary unless and until some extraordinary but preferably wealthy approves him to be not ordinary.

  Anuj

  People, Ordinary, Wealthy

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• I cannot accept the definition of collective good as articulated by a privileged minority in society, especially when that minority is in power.

  Wole Soyinka

  Minorities, Definitions, Collective Good

  Wole Soyinka, Biodun Jeyifo (2001). “Conversations with Wole Soyinka”, p.58, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• The man who accepts Western values absolutely, finds his creative faculties becoming so warped and stunted that he is almost completely dependent on external satisfactions, and the moment he becomes frustrated in his search for these, he begins to develop neurotic symptoms, to feel that life is not worth living, and, in chronic cases, to take his own life.

  Paul Robeson

  Men, Western Values, Creative

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• By a persistent effort of will it is possible to change the whole body. The athlete must always keep in mind this concept of change and progression. He must never accept his limitations as being permanent, because they are not.

  Emil Zatopek

  Athlete, Effort, Mind

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• How many roads must a developer walk down, before they accept the amenities package?

  Bob Dylan

  Walks, Packages, Amenities

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• Once the subconscious mind accepts an idea, it begins to execute it.

  Joseph Murphy

  Ideas, Mind, Subconscious

  Joseph Murphy, Ph.D., D.D. (2011). “The Power of Your Subconscious Mind: Unlock the Secrets Within”, p.23, Penguin

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• Science is a willingness to accept facts even when they are opposed to wishes.

  B. F. Skinner

  Wish, Facts, Willingness

  B.F Skinner (2012). “Science And Human Behavior”, p.12, Simon and Schuster

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• To sense which gifts to accept which to leave behind is our path to discovering freedom.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Path, Discovering, Behinds

  FaceBook post by Sharon Salzberg from Jul 20, 2013

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• Whatever your conscious mind assumes and believes to be true, your subconscious mind will accept and bring to pass. Believe in good fortune, divine guidance, right action, and all the blessings of life.

  Joseph Murphy

  Believe, Blessing, Divine Guidance

  Joseph Murphy, Ph.D., D.D. (2009). “Putting the Power of Your Subconscious Mind to Work: Reach New Levels of Career Success Using the Power of Your Subconscious Mind”, p.6, Penguin

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• Sometimes our ability to accept what we can't change is tied to our willingness to change what we can.

  Bill Crawford

  Willingness To Change, Sometimes, Ability

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• To survive in modern times, a company must have an organizational structure that accepts change as its basic premise, lets tribal customs thrive, and fosters a power that is derived from respect, not rules. In other words, the successful companies will be the ones that put quality of life first. Do this and the rest - quality of product, productivity of workers, profits for all - will follow.

  Ricardo Semler

  Successful, Quality, Firsts

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• I accept the fact that some things dont go the way you hope.

  Kevin Spacey

  Way, Facts

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• People who grew up as child stars have the same thing in common. You're cute, they love you; you go through the awkward stage, they don't accept you any more. Very few make the transition to adult star.

  Michael Jackson

  Cute, Stars, Children

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• The Kyoto Protocol is a death pact, however strange it may sound, because its main aim is to strangle economic growth and economic activity in countries that accept the protocol's requirements.

  Andrey Illarionov

  Country, Kyoto Protocol, Growth

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• Failure is enriching. It's also important to accept that you'll make mistakes - it's how you build your expertise. The trick is to learn a positive lesson from all of life's negative moments.

  Alain Ducasse

  Mistake, Failure, Important

  "Alain Ducasse: 'No geniuses have ever come from the kitchen. We are simply the bridge between nature and our clients'". Interview with Eliza Anyangwe, www.theguardian.com. May 24, 2014.

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