Greatness is not guarding yourself from people. Greatness is being accepted by the people — Mike Tyson Copy Share Image
I went to a motivational training course once, a course of self-discovery, and I found out after a week that my fear… — Emanuel Steward Copy Share Image
I was afraid of being rejected, yes. I was also afraid of being accepted for the wrong reasons. — Erich Segal Copy Share Image
Whenever women have made any social gains, whether it's being accepted as athletes or moving into the professions, it's going to be… — Kim Chernin Copy Share Image
To be silent. In hopes of not offending, in hopes of being accepted. But what happened to people who never spoke, never… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“[T]he act of revealing oneself fully to another and still being accepted may be the major vehicle of therapeutic help.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The more I risk being rejected, the better my chances are of being accepted. — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
Be as honest with yourself as you possibly can. And it's not going to work for everybody, and I know you're going… — Hasan Minhaj Copy Share Image
I don't really care about being accepted now. I wish I had been like that earlier. — Terry Bradshaw Copy Share Image
Those who know they're valued irrespective of their accomplishments often end up accomplishing quite a lot. It's the experience of being accepted… — Alfie Kohn Copy Share Image
You shouldn't have asked," I said. "Love doesn't ask many questions, because if we stop to think we become fearful. It's an… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
When you go for something because you're curious about it, you get psyched up about the chance of getting into it. It's… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
Coming out as gay was an easy enough matter for me, since I worked in a profession where being gay had a… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
When I was younger, not being accepted made me enraged, but now, I am not inclined to dismantle my history. If you… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
A lot of people saw Marilyn Monroe and Judy Garland as persecuted and tragic and vulnerable, and I think a lot of… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
The Samaritan woman grasped what He said with fervor that came from an awareness of her real need. The transaction was fascinating.… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
When I was getting close to being accepted for pilot training, I was allowed to get in a jet airplane. I sat… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
You had many jazz musicians who lived in the United States, who had a hard time being accepted over here and had… — Sonny Rollins Copy Share Image
What do you think it is that drives people to want far more than they could ever use or need? I frankly… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
I began to feel that my greatest sense of success would raise the level of masses of people, rather than the individual… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
It can sometimes be a hearbreaking struggle for us to arrive at a place where we are no longer afraid of the… — Stephen Nachmanovitch Copy Share Image
In reality, the likelihood of reaching the pinnacle of capitalist society today is only marginally better than were the chances of being… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Just being ourselves is the biggest fear of humans. We have learned to live our life trying to satisfy other people's demands.… — Miguel Angel Ruiz Copy Share Image
If I was concerned about being accepted, I would have been doing Ansel Adams lookalikes, because that was easily accepted. Everything I… — Duane Michals Copy Share Image
I remember very clearly when I found my first soulmate, it was actually in my late 20s, that wonderful feeling of being… — Kim Longinotto Copy Share Image
