Quotes about Acceptance
Some people spend their time reasoning and thinking out everything, and so anything that cannot be fully understood, they will not accept. We call these people 'intellectuals.'
— Mother Angelica
As someone who has faced as much disappointment as most people, I've come to trust not that events will always unfold exactly as I want, but that I will be fine either way.
— Marianne Williamson
Some of you, unfortunately, will never marry in this life. That turns out to be the case sometimes. If that happens, do not spend your life grieving over it. The world still needs your talents. It needs your contribution.
— Gordon Hinckley
People make mistakes and I've probably made a few more than others, but unfortunately mine are also a bit more public. That's the way it is. You've just got to get on with life. After all, it's not a rehearsal.
— Shane Warne
"Lord bless you!" said Mr. Omer, resuming his pipe, "a man must take the fat with the lean; that's what he must make up his mind to, in this life. "
— Charles Dickens
A wound won't heal if you keep touching it.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
If a fly lands on your food, do not use a hammer to remove it.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
It is in vain to try and kick the wind.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
A rose does not lose sleep because it was mocked by weeds.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Love that brings you sorrow is better than hate that brings you joy.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
A spoon does not know whether it enters a rich or poor man's mouth.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.
— Reinhold Niebuhr