Accepting Quotes

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We are not very pleased when we are forced to accept a mathematical truth by virtue of a complicated chain of formal conclusions and computations,… — Hermann Weyl
When it comes to the origin of life there are only two possibilities: creation or spontaneous generation. There is no third way. Spontaneous generation was… — George Wald
Death can really absorb a person. Lik most people, I would find it pleasant not to have to go, but you just accept that it's… — Graham Chapman
Unlike the authors of such warrior classics as The Art of War and The Book of the Five Rings, which accept the inevitability of war… — Morihei Ueshiba
Islam cannot accept or agree to a situation which is half-Islam and half-Jahiliyya [separated from God]. — Sayyid Qutb
What you are lies with you. If you are lazy, and accept your lot, you may live in it. If you are willing to work,… — Gene Stratton-Porter
I think it is high time that Europe starts to understand that we do not rule the world anymore, and that some former European imperial… — Sepp Blatter
Mankind accepts good fortune as his due, but when bad occurs, he thinks it was aimed at him, done to him, a hex, a curse,… — Sheri S. Tepper
The level of vitriol against Jews and Christianity within contemporary Islam, unfortunately, is something that we are not totally cognizant of, or that we don't… — Steven Emerson
Children are our crop, our fields, our earth. They are birds let loose into darkness. They are errors renewed. Still, they are the only source… — James Salter
My mantra is: Realize you're going to fail all the time, and accept it. That doesn't mean I'm not frightened of it. — Mark Burnett
A Christian can believe that God 'ordained' the 'powers that be' - including political rulers and slaveholders - for purposes too deep for us to… — Joseph Sobran
Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you'll fantasize that when you were… — Mary Schmich
I looked at my father and looked at those dry fields [in Malawi]. It was the future I couldn't accept. — William Kamkwamba
Once you accept that perfection is just a goal, screwing up isn't so hard to handle. Each misstep is still a step, another lesson learned,… — Nick Vujicic
Practically all great artists accept the influence of others. But... the artist with vision sees his material, chooses, changes, and by integrating what he has… — Romare Bearden
Never underestimate your talents, and try not to compare or wish for the talents of others. Focus on and accept the talents you have, and… — Jane Powell
He who is able to accept everything gladly from the Lord - including darkness, dryness, flatness - and completely disregard self is he who lives… — Watchman Nee
The course is going to make you look silly sometimes. You have to be able to accept that and move on. — Mike Weir
Never accept your limitations - because there are NO limitations. — Felix Baumgartner

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