Accepting Quotes

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The cowardly belief that a person must stay in one place is too reminiscent of the unquestioning resignation of animals, beasts of burden stupefied by… — Isabelle Eberhardt
We are all freaks. Yes! Alone in our rooms at night, we are all weirdoes and outcasts and losers. That is what being a teenager… — James St. James
No, the secret is that there's no reward and we have to endure our characters and our natures as best we can, because no amount… — SÃ¡ndor MÃ¡rai
It is clear that men accept an immediate pain rather than an immediate pleasure, but only because they expect a greater pleasure in the future.… — W. Somerset Maugham
I began feeling the way I imagine an actor or athlete must feel when, after years of commitment to a particular dream...he realizes that he's… — Barack Obama
[A]nother important difference between tourist and traveler is that the former accepts his own civilization without question; not so the traveler, who compares it with… — Paul Bowles
On the day I swore to uphold the Hippocratic oath, the small hairs on the back of my neck stood up as I waited for… — Barbara Kingsolver
True the Black woman did the housework, the drudgery; true, she reared the children, often alone, but she did all of that while occupying a… — Toni Morrison
And exactly how does a miserable face help the war effort?" he asked sharply, his mood beginning to change. "Will a frown bring back the… — Stuart Hill
Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others,… — Paulo Coelho
It's not the cheating. It's the hunger for an alternative. The refusal to accept unhappiness. — Tom Perrotta
Each one of us is alone in the world. He is shut in a tower of brass, and can communicate with his fellows only by… — W. Somerset Maugham
I am simultaneously and contradictorily both happy and unhappy: 'to succeed' or 'to fail' have for me only ephemeral, contingent meanings (this does not stop… — Roland Barthes
For the first time I noticed - as I would notice repeatedly during my ordeal, between one throe of agony and the next - that… — Yann Martel
In the first place, you shouldn't believe in promises. The world is full of them: the promises of riches, of eternal salvation, of infinite love.… — Paulo Coelho
Ye Hypocrites, are these your pranks To murder men and gie God thanks Desist for shame, proceed no further God won't accept your thanks for… — Robert Burns
Sometimes what seems like surrender isn't surrender at all. It's about what's going on in our hearts. About seeing clearly the way life is and… — Nicholas Evans
Accept the children the way we accept treesâ€”with gratitude, because they are a blessingâ€”but do not have expectations or desires. You donâ€™t expect trees to… — Isabel Allende
I do not accept any absolute formulas for living. No preconceived code can see ahead to everything that can happen in a man's life. As… — Martin Buber
There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something,… — Ken Blanchard

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