Accepting Quotes

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When I thought about why I was sometimes reluctant to push myself, I realized that it was because I was afraid of failure - but… — Gretchen Rubin
There are times when one cannot accept facts for fear of shattering one's being. As I listened to Ian's news, all of Digit's life, since… — Dian Fossey
Accepting all the good and bad about someone. It's a great thing to aspire to. The hard part is actually doing it. — Sarah Dessen
And who ever said the world was fair, little lady? Maybe death is fair, but certainly not life. We must accept the unfairness as proof… — Tom Robbins
I'm not through with you yet. Are you prepared to accept your punishment?" I nodded reluctantly. I wasn't sure what a vampire's punishment might be.… — Ellen Schreiber
I do not accept that life has an ordinary shape, or that there is anything ordinary about life at all. We make it ordinary, but… — Jeanette Winterson
I think I need to face what I could have been in order to understand and accept what I am. — Cecelia Ahern
Never accept the proposition that just because a solution satisfies a problem, that it mustï»¿ be the only solution. — Raymond E. Feist
Theologians talk about a prevenient grace that precedes grace itself and allows us to accept it. I think there must also be a prevenient courage… — Marilynne Robinson
The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world; it will accept those whom breeding and intellect and culture have alike rejected. — E. M. Forster
One of the less attractive aspects of human nature is our tendency to hate the people we haven't treated very well; it's much easier than… — David Eddings
We want to be open-minded enough to accept radial new ideas when they occasionally come along, but we don't want to be so open-minded that… — Michael Shermer
It takes an unusually philosophic mind to accept that all oneâ€™s suffering might be to no end, really, in the larger scheme of things. — Ian C. Esslemont
it is not necessary to accept everything as true, one must only accept it as necessary.' 'A melancholy conclusion,' said K. 'It turns lying into… — Franz Kafka
If you are lazy, and accept your lot, you may live in it. If you are willing to work, you can write your name anywhere… — Gene Stratton-Porter
the greatest learning of the ages lies in accepting life exactly as it comes to us. — Anthony de Mello
If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
To cut off the confusion and accept an answer just because it's too scary not to have an answer is a good way to get… — Janet Jackson
Animals are born who they are, accept it, and that is that. They live with greater peace than people do. — Gregory Maguire
And what if, in order to keep on living, I have to continue to accept myself? — Natsuo Kirino

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