Quotes about Acceptance
The older I get, the more I meet people, the more convinced I am that we must only work on ourselves, to grow in grace. The only thing we can do about people is to love them.
— Dorothy Day
My whole life I have been complaining that my work was constantly interrupted, until I discovered that my interruptions were my work.
— Henri Nouwen
Regardless of the source of our pain, we must accept that God knows, God loves, and God is at work.
— Charles Stanley
Don't try to change people. It won't work, and they will end up resenting you. Only God can change people!
— Joyce Meyer
Make sure that you let God's grace work in your souls by accepting whatever He gives you, and giving Him whatever He takes from you. True holiness consists in doing God's work with a smile.
— Mother Teresa
A lot of jobs don't allow you to be who you are. There is dignity in work only when it is work freely accepted.
— Albert Camus
In terms of soul work, we dare not get rid of the pain before we have learned what it has to teach us.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
Whether humanity will consciously follow the law of love, I do not know. But that need not disturb me. The law will work just as the law of gravitation works whether we accept it or not.
— Mahatma Gandhi
We must work harder to build mutual respect, an attitude of tolerance, with forbearance one for another.
— Gordon Hinckley
Productiveness is your acceptance of morality, your recognition of the fact that you choose to live.
— Ayn Rand
While everyone I work with may not share my beliefs, I have been surrounded by nothing but support.
— Clay Aiken
Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it.
— Albert Schweitzer