Acceptance Quotes

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We are like sculptors, constantly carving out of others the image we long for, need, love or desire, often against reality, against their benefit, and… — Anais Nin
When one fib becomes due as it were, you must forge another to take up the old acceptance; and so the stock of your lies… — William Makepeace Thackeray
Change is one thing. Acceptance is another. — Arundhati Roy
An artist can show things that other people are terrified of expressing. — Louise Bourgeois
The man that I named the Giver passed along to the boy knowledge, history, memories, color, pain, laughter, love, and truth. Every time you place… — Lois Lowry
Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight. — Helen Keller
Mom and I were walking onteh beach and I was explaining to her how I wantd to "GET OVER all my INSECURITIES" and "La La...… — Sabrina Ward Harrison
She lacks confidence, she craves admiration insatiably. She lives on the reflections of herself in the eyes of others. She does not dare to be… — Anais Nin
The acceptance of the reality that we are in the Lord's loving hands is only a recognition that we have never really been anywhere else. — Neal A. Maxwell
Patience is...clearly not fatalistic, shoulder-shrugging resignation. It is the acceptance of a divine rhythm to life; it is obedience prolonged. Patience stoutly resists pulling up… — Neal A. Maxwell
You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance. — Ray Bradbury
When one is pretending, the entire body revolts. — Anais Nin
Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
The best way is not to fight it, just go. Don't be trying all the time to fix things. What you run from only stays… — Chuck Palahniuk
We must have strong minds, ready to accept facts as they are. — Harry S. Truman
The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours. — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering. — Ram Dass
I was the green monkey, the pariah. And I had no friends. Not just a few friends, or one good friend, or grudging acceptance by… — Harlan Ellison
What we think or what we know or what we believe is in the end of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what… — John Ruskin
Best be yourself, imperial, plain, and true. — Robert Browning

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