Anne Lamott Quotes About Acceptance

Quotes about: Acceptance

• Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.

  Anne Lamott

  Running, Commitment, Acceptance

  Anne Lamott (2007). “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, p.236, Anchor

• The problem is acceptance, which is something we're taught not to do. We're taught to improve uncomfortable situations, to change things, alleviate unpleasant feelings. But if you accept the reality that you have been given- that you are not in a productive creative period- you free yourself to begin filling up again.

  Anne Lamott

  Acceptance, Reality, Uncomfortable Situations

  Anne Lamott (2007). “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, p.178, Anchor

• Grace is having a commitment to- or at least an acceptance of- being ineffective and foolish. That our bottled charm is the main roadblock to drinking that clear cool glass of love.

  Anne Lamott

  Drinking, Commitment, Acceptance

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