Accepting Quotes

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If the whole world is evil, then the tragedy that befell you is justified," she went on. "That would make it easier for you to… — Paulo Coelho
I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth… — Leo Tolstoy
You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance. — Ray Bradbury
Society had grown cruel. People who felt they were unwanted or unwelcome in their own country, reacted with aggression. There was no such thing as… — Henning Mankell
Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to… — Henry Miller
What does it mean to be yourself?â€ he asked. â€œIf it means to do what you think you ought to do, then youâ€™re doing that… — Scott Adams
Our society accepts the book as a given, but the act of reading -- once considered useful and important, as well as potentially dangerous and… — Alberto Manguel
It is hard to accept being different, hard to have people avoid looking at you, and still believe in yourself. — Patricia Briggs
To accept your country without betraying it, you must love it for that which shows what it might become. America -- this monument to the… — Cornel West
Maybe this is just some stupid romantic South American idea, but I need you to understand-darling, for you, I am even willing to suffer. Whatever… — Elizabeth Gilbert
As nearly as possible in the spirit of Matthew Salinger, age one, urging a luncheon companion to accept a cool lima bean, I urge my… — J D Salinger
Consciousness and Healing To proceed very far through the desert, you must be willing to meet existential suffering and work it through. In order to… — M. Scott Peck
Now the story of Christ is simply a true myth: a myth working on us the same way as the others, but with this tremendous… — C.S. Lewis
You'll get everything society can give a man. You'll keep all the money. You'll take any fame or honor anyone might want to grant. You'll… — Ayn Rand
We must have strong minds, ready to accept facts as they are. — Harry S. Truman
Love of another is merely empty flattery and self-deception for one who cannot accept himself without pretense. — L.E. Modesitt Jr.
Learn the alchemy true human beings know. The moment you accept what troubles you've been given the door with open. — Unknown Author
We take pictures because we can't accept that everything passes, we can't accept that the repetition of a moment is an impossibility. We wage a… — Michelle Richmond
I became, in other words, more like Holmes than the man himself: brilliant, driven to a point of obsession, careless of myself, mindless of others,… — Laurie R. King
never trust a man who won't accept that there is more than one way to spell a word Paraphrased — Thomas Jefferson

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