Accepting Quotes

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There is no man more dangerous, in a position of power, than he who refuses to accept as a working truth the idea that all… — Ida Tarbell
...We have an historic opportunity for a great global healing and renewal. If we will accept the challenge of nonviolent activism with faith, courage, and… — Coretta Scott King
When politics enter into municipal government, nothing resulting therefrom in the way of crimes and infamies is then incredible. It actually enables one to accept… — Mark Twain
I do not think that the real reason why people accept religion has anything to do with argumentation. They accept religion on emotional grounds. — Bertrand Russell
...secular journalists... tend to accept uncritically the oft - repeated Evangelical Protestant and Conservative Roman Catholic definitions that the Bible is anti - gay. If… — John Shelby Spong
The hypotheses we accept ought to explain phenomena which we have observed. But they ought to do more than this: our hypotheses ought to foretell… — William Whewell
Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly if they… — Albert Schweitzer
Explore, and explore. Be neither chided nor flattered out of your position of perpetual inquiry. Neither dogmatize or accept another's dogmatism. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
You in the unions do not yet represent all of labor. But I hope some day you will, because I believe that it is through… — Eleanor Roosevelt
Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility... in the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have... is the ability… — Michael Korda
Of course risk is part of spaceflight. We accept some of that to achieve greater goals in exploration and find out more about ourselves and… — Lisa Nowak
Truth has always had many loud proclaimers, but the question is whether a person will in the deepest sense acknowledge the truth, allow it to… — Soren Kierkegaard
Art critic! Is that a profession? When I think we are stupid enough, we painters, to solicit those people's compliments and to put ourselves into… — Edgar Degas
We can debate this or that aspect of climate change, but the reality is that most people now accept our climate is indeed subject to… — Tony Blair
And you would accept the seasons of your heart just as you have always accepted that seasons pass over your fields and you would watch… — Khalil Gibran
Any time you sincerely want to make a change, the first thing you must do is to raise your standards. When people ask me what… — Tony Robbins
Once the 'what' is decided, the 'how' always follows. We must not make the 'how' an excuse for not facing and accepting the 'what.' — Pearl S. Buck
An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so he must be willing to accept all experiences that life can offer. — Marlon Brando
Accepting means you allow yourself to feel whatever it is you are feeling at that moment. It is part of the isness of the Now.… — Eckhart Tolle
Thinkers do not accept the inevitable; they turn their efforts toward changing it. — Paramahansa Yogananda

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