Accepting Quotes

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We ought to consider the interests of animals because they have interests and it is unjustifiable to exclude them from the sphere of moral concern;… — Peter Singer
To be a man requires that you accept everything life has to give you, beginning with your name. — Burl Ives
How can one be compelled to accept slavery? I simply refuse to do the master's bidding. He may torture me, break my bones to atoms… — Mahatma Gandhi
I accept with sincere belief the doctrine of faith as handed down to us from the Apostles by the orthodox Fathers, always in the same… — Pope Pius X
I am of course confident that I will fulfill my tasks as a writer in all circumstances - from my grave even more successfully and… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
I think Enda Kenny has shown himself to be a good leader in the sense that he can accept that people might have differences of… — Lucinda Creighton
With respect to the death penalty, I believe that a majority of the Supreme Court will one day accept that when the state punishes with… — William J. Brennan
I tell myself that I had simply better accept the fact that the death penalty is here to stay in our society, at least for… — Helen Prejean
Once you accept the fact that you're not perfect, then you develop some confidence. — Rosalynn Carter
Gracious acceptance is an art - an art which most never bother to cultivate. We think that we have to learn how to give, but… — Alexander McCall Smith
The problem is that tolerant has changed its meaning. It used to mean 'I may disagree with you completely, but I will treat you with… — Rick Warren
Any union that can't accept workers choosing their own representatives through universal franchise is finished. — Jacques Delors
This present window of opportunity, during which a truly peaceful and interdependent world order might be built, will not be open for too long -… — David Rockefeller
There's an idea I came across a few years ago that I love: My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance and in inverse… — Michael J. Fox
The unwillingness to accept anything short of victory, that underlying fury, is the fundamental building block of my bottomless motivation to succeed. It is my… — Lance Armstrong
It is a simple fact of life on earth that there is going to be no successful mitigation of the climate change problem without a… — Ross Garnaut
If you give them a God made in their own image, I guarantee they'll accept Him. But He won't be the God who saves. — Paul Washer
Please don't nag yourself with thoughts of failure. Do not set goals far beyond your capacity to achieve. Simply do what you can do, in… — Gordon B. Hinckley
The majority of humankind does not accept this system, despite claims of worldwide support. Even with Russia's ratification, 75% of the world's CO2 is emitted… — Andrey Illarionov
We hope for the best, if elections are conducted like this all over South Africa we can indeed say we welcome any results and accept… — Julius Malema

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