Quotes about Acceptance

And she was always cold toward bats, too, and could not bear them; and yet I think a bat is as friendly a bird as there is.

If it weren't for death, life would be unbearable.

Happy the man who dies before he prays for death.

Every difficulty can be overcome if rightly dealt with; anxiety is, therefore, unnecessary. The task which cannot be overcome ceases to be a difficulty, and becomes an impossibility; and anxiety is still unnecessary, for there is only one way of dealing with an impossibility - namely, to submit to it. The inevitable is the best.

We begin to be mature adults only when we cease to whine and revile and commence to search for the hidden justice which regulates our lives.

Un hombre sólo empieza a ser hombre cuando deja de lamentarse y maldecir, y comienza a buscar la justicia oculta que gobierna su vida.

You will then utilize your poverty for the cultivation of patience, hope and courage; and your lack of time in the gaining of promptness of action and decision of mind, by seizing the precious moments as they present themselves for your acceptance.

To wish the best for all people; to find the good in everything; to be content in all circumstances—such thoughts are the portal to heaven.

entered into and realized Truth, you will no longer suffer disappointment, remorse

Where is the burden which should cause unhappiness or sorrow? It does not exist. If a thing is to be done let it be done cheerfully, and not with inward groanings and lamentations. It is of the highest wisdom to embrace necessity as a friend and guide.

We live in a world where we have friends, neighbors, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, people we journey with for years who are gay. And we need to love, affirm and all of us together work on the real problems that we have in the world.

The greatest service that can be offered to children who show personality traits or inclinations that might not be understood by the adults around them is to allow them to express their own unique humanity.