Quotes about Acceptance
unless we learn dependence we will never experience grace.
— Philip Yancey
The first step in helping a suffering person (or in accepting our own pain) is to acknowledge that pain is valid, and worthy of a sympathetic response.
— Philip Yancey
It takes no grace to relate to someone who looks, thinks, and acts just like me.
— Philip Yancey
Jesus was able to love men because he loved them right through the layer of mud.
— Philip Yancey
We're all bastards but God loves us anyway.
— Philip Yancey
If God's kingdom had a "No Oddballs Allowed" sign posted, none of us could get in.
— Philip Yancey
Indeed, how could we experience grace at all except through our defects?
— Philip Yancey
For Jesus, the person was more important than any category or label.
— Philip Yancey
God already knows who we are; we are the ones who must find a way to come to terms with our true selves.
— Philip Yancey
if I care to listen, I hear a loud whisper from the gospel that I did not get what I deserved.
— Philip Yancey
The only thing harder than forgiveness is the alternative.
— Philip Yancey
a man who admits no guilt can accept no forgiveness.
— Philip Yancey