Our acceptance of an ontology is, I think, similar in principle to our acceptance of a scientific theory, say a system of… — Willard Van Orman Quine Copy Share Image
When one fib becomes due as it were, you must forge another to take up the old acceptance; and so the stock… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
What economic libralisation needs, if it is to succeed , is a general acceptance that reforms are for the general good, that… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
“Chase and I are in this for the long haul. I've stood before him and he's stood before me. And this is… — S.R. Grey Copy Share Image
Grace is having a commitment to- or at least an acceptance of- being ineffective and foolish. That our bottled charm is the… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I think I've been wishing for celebrity for so long that I've got used to being someone who's petitioning the establishment for… — Toby Young Copy Share Image
When you don't want to be where you are, you create suffering for yourself. Change happens through acceptance, kindness and relaxation--not resistance,… — Geneen Roth Copy Share Image
Everything is already perfect. And if you can accept that everything is already perfect, the imperfection is a part of the perfection.… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Your life is going to be just as easy, or just as difficult as you decide it is going to be. Learn… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Happiness is closer to the experience of acceptance and contentment than it is to pleasure. True happiness exists as the spacious and… — Noah Levine Copy Share Image
One can develop new capacities and strengths with which to meet the natural vicissitudes of living; that one may gain a sense… — Eda LeShan Copy Share Image
The only valid cure for any kind of depression is the acceptance of real suffering. To climb out of it any other… — Helen M. Luke Copy Share Image
“Love, in the universal sense, is unconditional acceptance. In the individual sense, the one-on-one sense, try this: we can say we love… — Chris Crutcher Copy Share Image
I was living as a young single mom. I was 19 when I was divorced, and my daughter was a year old,… — Wendy Davis Copy Share Image
The interests of the deaf child and his parents may best be served by accepting that he is a deaf person, with… — Harlan Lane Copy Share Image
We have to turn toward our own inner darkness. For only by abandoning its attachments and facing the darkness does the caterpillar's… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Interpretation blocks reception while masquerading as reception. Rightness does not need interpretation; it requires simple acceptance and nothing else. — Vernon Howard Copy Share Image
I used to love people for what they could be. I thought love was how hard you tried and how much you… — Michael Learned Copy Share Image
Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change other, but by simply accepting them as they are. True acceptance is always… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In '83 I started travelling round Europe with my slide show. It wasn't until I moved to Europe and got accepted in… — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
“He knew at the same time that this stricture of acceptance (by which what we must love is made into what we… — Djuna Barnes Copy Share Image
I have accepted the fact that we cannot be more than friends, I just don't know how to act right in your… — Yumi Lee Copy Share Image
Acceptance of the power of God in one's life lays the groundwork for personal commitment to both science and Christianity, which so… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Vex not thy spirit at the course of things; they heed not thy vexation. How ludicrous and outlandish is astonishment at anything… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Parenting isn’t about creating someone in your own image; it’s about giving them the clay to shape themselves as they see fit,… — Mikki Brammer Copy Share Image
Whenever you meet someone to love and time comes you need to set ways apart, don't cry but think that maybe destiny… — Mhargs Abuda Copy Share Image
Few trends could so thoroughly undermine the very foundations of our free society as the acceptance by corporate officials of a social… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
“Acceptance was the final pillar of the mind, and it led us to the first pillar of the heart: forgiveness. When we… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
“Slowly, painfully, I let go. It was like prying my own fingers off the edge of the cliff. And that hurt too-particularly… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
You will never become who you want to be if you keep blaming everyone else for who you are... BE YOURSELF, LIVE… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A price has to be paid for success. Almost invariably those who have reached the summits worked harder and longer, studied and… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
In a basic way, acceptance is seeing clearly what's happening and holding it with kindness. This is a radical antidote to the… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
Some proclaims to be a boy or girl hater, isnt because its painful or you just feel bitter; theres no reason to… — Romeo Huerbana Copy Share Image
Dont let what you expected to happen blind you from all the good things that are happening. When you stop expecting people… — JSV Copy Share Image
To be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great or rational whether in life or in… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
Stop fighting yourself and accept where you are in life. Let this time in your life motivate you to let go of… — Robert Tew Copy Share Image
“Every woman that finally figured out her worth, has picked up her suitcases of pride and boarded a flight to freedom, which… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Acceptance speeches can make or break presidential candidacies. It was Al Gore's 2000 acceptance speech that relaunched his candidacy and nearly saved… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
Your skin is not paper, don't cut it. Your face isn't a mask, don't cover it. Your size isn't a book, don't… — Connor Sinnett Copy Share Image
Don't change to fit yourself into a man's idea of perfection; find a man that finds you perfect the way you are… — Kemmy Nola Copy Share Image
