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title: "9 Accept Work Quotes by 9 authors"
description: "Browse 9 Accept Work quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Accept Work sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Accept you are a work in progress, that there are things which you cannot change, others which take time to change and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-vorvain/accept-you-are-a-work-in-progress-that-there-are-things-which-you/)

[Carol Vorvain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-vorvain/)

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> [Back in the day, we used to accept the flaws and move on and not work on them. Now that we accept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-kingston/back-in-the-day-we-used-to-accept-the-flaws-and-move-on-and-not-work/)

[Eddie Kingston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-kingston/)

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> [All of us have different responsibilities and I have to accept mine. I have to work on these problems we have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/javi-gracia/all-of-us-have-different-responsibilities-and-i-have-to-accept-mine-i/)

[Javi Gracia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/javi-gracia/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0dd/javi-gracia-8210_accept_all-of-us-have-different-responsibilitie_2927020.jpg)

> [Generally I wouldn't accept work on projects where I didn't agree with the sensibilities behind the main character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhianna-pratchett/generally-i-wouldn-t-accept-work-on-projects-where-i-didn-t-agree/)

[Rhianna Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhianna-pratchett/)

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> [In the end when you accept yourself for who you are and you work with what you've got, you couldn't be more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lily-collins/in-the-end-when-you-accept-yourself-for-who-you-are-and-you-work-with/)

[Lily Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lily-collins/)

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> [For me, if there's something I don't like about myself, I'll accept it - the sooner you can accept it, then you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jordyn-woods/for-me-if-there-s-something-i-don-t-like-about-myself-i-ll-accept-it/)

[Jordyn Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jordyn-woods/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/035/jordyn-woods-6286_accept_for-me-if-there-s-something-i-don-t-like_2855901.jpg)

> [There comes a point in your life where you have to accept that you cant work all the time because there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debra-stephenson/there-comes-a-point-in-your-life-where-you-have-to-accept-that-you/)

[Debra Stephenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debra-stephenson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a65/debra-stephenson-11987_home_there-comes-a-point-in-your-life-where-y_1617266.jpg)

> [Who is willing to be satisfied with a job that expresses all his limitations? He will accept such work only as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/who-is-willing-to-be-satisfied-with-a-job-that-expresses-all-his/)

[Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d3/thomas-merton-231_accepting_who-is-willing-to-be-satisfied-with-a-jo_1132851.jpg)

> [I'm a writer. The more I act, the more resistance I have to it. If you accept work in a movie, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-shepard/i-m-a-writer-the-more-i-act-the-more-resistance-i-have-to-it-if-you/)

[Sam Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-shepard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ff/sam-shepard-2232_buying_i-m-a-writer-the-more-i-act-the-more-res_1686636.jpg)

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