Quotes tagged ‘Acceptance’

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“When your heart is closed, The shadow of the unmoving Sphinx, Becomes a knife that pierces your dreams.”

“When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out. Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg, amazon.com

“If we have to play dumb to be accepted, make peace with being rejected. Respect others. Walk in humility. But stop playing dumb to make insecure people feel smart.”

— Beth Moore, twitter.com

“We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.”

— Carl Jung, amazon.com

“If you live for their acceptance, you’ll die from their rejection.”

— Lecrae, twitter.com

“I know it sucks when your entire ideology winds up being a bubble that is easily popped with research, which you’ve claimed to be very fond of. But it’s an opportunity to grow & become a better political ally if you can bring yourself to accept it.”

— Caissie St.Onge, twitter.com

“I'm thankful for my years spent with this family, for everything we shared, every chance we had to grow. I'll take the best of them with me and lead by their example wherever I go. A friend told me to be honest with you, so here it goes. This isn't what I want, but I'll take the high road. Maybe it'…”

— Erica Messer, Jennifer Jareau, A. J. Cook, imdb.com

“But you can change the way you think about other people. You can choose to see their humanity first -- the one big thing that makes them the same as you, instead of the many things that make them different from you.”

— Melinda Gates, today.duke.edu

“You cannot transform that which you do not accept.”

— Jay Shetty, twitter.com

“Living in my body has expanded my empathy for other people and the truths of their bodies. Certainly, it has shown me the importance of inclusivity and acceptance (not merely tolerance) for diverse body types.”

— Roxane Gay, amazon.com

“You deserve it. You deserve the beautiful life you’ve made. You deserve everything, Randall. My beautiful boy. My son. I haven’t had a happy life. Bad breaks. Bad choices. A life of almosts and could-haves. Some would call it sad, but I don’t. ‘Cause the two best things in my life were the person in…”

— Kay Oyegun, Dan Fogelman, William Hill, Ron C. Jones, imdb.com

“You got to own your choices, boys. Choose them fully and don’t look back.”

— Jas Waters, Jack Pearson, Milo Ventimiglia, imdb.com

“If I have learned anything it is that you cannot run away from who you are or from how you’ve been shaped by your experiences. Instead, you must integrate your past and present.”

— Monica Lewinsky, vanityfair.com

“You need to learn to accept your flaws and forgive yourself.”

— Susan Mallery, amazon.com

“Sometimes it doesn’t matter if you can understand the other fully. It doesn’t matter if you agree with the other’s choices. It doesn’t matter if you are exactly on the same page. Because in each one of those persons, there will always be something you can admire and respect them for. That’s the one…”

— Thomas Despin, thomasdespin.com

“It was Michael Jackson that brought blacks and whites and Asians and Latinos together. It was Michael Jackson that made us sing we 'are the world,' and feed the hungry.”

— Al Sharpton, youtube.com

“The lack of solution is the solution.”

— Chris Lavergne, thoughtcatalog.com

“I could learn photography. That could be something to want. I could photograph children. I could have my own children. I would give them yellow roses. And if they got too loud, I would just put them some place quiet. Put them in the oven. And I would kiss them every day, and tell them you don't have…”

— Gia Carangi, imdb.com

“...it would have been nice, she supposed. It would have been nice to have one person who knew the absolute truth about her—and didn't hate her for it. It would have been really, really nice.”

— Sarah J. Maas, amazon.com

“You didn't date someone to change him. You dated him because you wanted him for the way he was. Flaws and fears and all.”

— Jean Oram, amazon.com