Acceptance Quotes

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One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. — Carl Jung
People have a habit of inventing fictions they will believe wholeheartedly in order to ignore the truth they cannot accept. — Libba Bray
I do not confer praise or blame: I accept. I am the measure of all things. I am the center of the world. — W. Somerset Maugham
Whatever gets you through the night — John Lennon
The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self activity. — Thomas Carlyle
Lighthouses donâ€™t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining. — Anne Lamott
It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in view, and which should be… — Abraham Lincoln
There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open… — John Lennon
Imagine how our own families, let alone the world, would change if we vowed to keep faith with one another, strengthen one another, look for… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Remember where you came from, where you're going, and why you created this mess you got yourself into in the first place. — Richard Bach
For a very long time everybody refuses and then almost without a pause almost everybody accepts. — Gertrude Stein
Love is needing someone. Love is putting up with someone's bad qualities because they somehow complete you. — Sarah Dessen
The problem is acceptance, which is something we're taught not to do. We're taught to improve uncomfortable situations, to change things, alleviate unpleasant feelings. But… — Anne Lamott
Love, in the universal sense, is unconditional acceptance. In the individual sense, the one-on-one sense, try this: we can say we love each other if… — Chris Crutcher
Of course there is no formula for success, except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life, and what it brings — Arthur Rubinstein
When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience… — Carrie P Snow
Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Be calm. God awaits you at the door. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
A Mother who radiates self-love and self-acceptance actually VACCINATES her daughter against low self-esteem. — Naomi Wolf
A boo is a lot louder than a cheer. — Lance Armstrong

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