Acceptance Quotes

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Clearly recognizing what is happening inside us, and regarding what we see with an open, kind and loving heart, is what I call Radical Acceptance.… — Tara Brach
But with trust we can strive to accept even what we cannot understand. — Christopher Ryan
The morning brought with it, if not a brighter outlook, at least a measure of control, some acceptance. Instinctively, I knew that the new tear… — Stephenie Meyer
You don't have to be 'adults'... but be someone who can take responsibility for their own words and actions. Believe it or not, that's actually… — Natsuki Takaya
The only way to maximize group creativityâ€”to make the whole more than the sum of its partsâ€”is to encourage a candid discussion of mistakes. In… — Jonah Lehrer
Disappointment mixed with bitter acceptance flashed in her eyes. "Maybe you are real," she said. "It would require a dark side I don't have to… — Gena Showalter
Radical Acceptance is the willingness to experience ourselves and our lives as it is. — Tara Brach
Many people feel that mass acceptance and smooth socialization are desirable life paths for a young adultâ€¦ Many people are often wrongâ€¦ Donâ€™t bother being… — Janeane Garofalo
My personal opinion is that the neutral position on the mood spectrumâ€”what I called emotional sea levelâ€”is not happiness but rather contentment and the calm… — Andrew Weil
Genuine self-acceptance is not derived from the power of positive thinking, mind games or pop psychology. IT IS AN ACT OF FAITH in the God… — Brennan Manning
You couldn't relive your life, skipping the awful parts, without losing what made it worthwhile. You had to accept it as a whole--like the world,… — Stewart O'Nan
A butterfly symbolized acceptance of each new phase in life. To keep faith as everything around you changed. — Lisa Kleypas
She had not wanted him to but had let him have his way because ever since she was a child she had generally yielded before… — Amos Oz
That's gotta be one of the principles behind reality. Accepting things that are hard to comprehend, and leaving them that way. — Haruki Murakami
The achievement of maturity, psychologically speaking, might be said to be the realization and acceptance that we simply cannot live independently from the world, and… — Paul Murray
Acceptance of the unacceptable is the greatest source of grace in this world. — Eckhart Tolle
You either fight active evil or you accept it. Doing nothing is acceptance. There is no in-between. — Bill O'Reilly
Most things will be okay eventually, but not everything will be. Sometimes you'll put up a good fight and lose. Sometimes you'll hold on really… — Cheryl Strayed
Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our… — BrenÃ© Brown
If we want to change something, we must begin with understanding. But if we want to love something, we must begin with acceptance. — Eric Greitens

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