knew the futility of agonizing over why things had…

“True success is accepting yourself for what you have to offer rather than for what you cannot do.”

— Dave Shepp

“Your outside is just what you live in, sleep in, and has little connection with who you are and even less with what you…

— William Faulkner

“The entire quest is for acceptance. You run from pillar to post for being accepted as you are. This quest ends only when you…

— Neelam Saxena Chandra

“If folks don't like the way you look, they almost never take the time to find anything out about you. They just make up…

— Ann Haywood Leal

“Accept me for who I am.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“To hate the hate was just more hate; to reject the rejection was just more rejection; to judge the judging, just more judging.”

— T. Scott McLeod

“There's no beauty without difference and diversity. Love unconditionally.”

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

“And I never felt more alive, until I spread my wings and flew away. Flew away with the ravens. It was then that I…

— The Red Raven

“The soul accepts the mystery within and all around, immersing itself in it, celebrating it.”

— Jay Woodman

“I lied," I said. ... "I know it," he said. "Then do something about it. Do anything, just so it's something." "I cant," he…

— William Faulkner

“I am protective of the gentle slope of stomach bulging like an early pregnancy, at my waist. I've earned its existence with everything I've…

— Stephanie Roberts

“The true dwellers help you embrace the darkness in yourself and wield it at will. It is never belittling but empowering.”

— Harshita Gottipati

“You're not asking for input. You are asking your admirer's to prove they are paying attention.”

— Chris Cleave

“The things about others that irritate, annoy, and unsettle us are the very things we have not accepted and embraced about ourselves”

— R. Alan Woods

“Then I close my eyes, and I imagine a world where I sabi and you sabi that we are okay, as we are.”

— Diane Brown