Accepting The Truth Quotes

• You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes.

  Maimonides

  Apology, Reality, Accepting

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• Pride... limits or stops progression. The proud are not easily taught. They won't change their minds to accept truths, because to do so implies they have been wrong.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Pride, Mind, Proud

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• ...if you can accept the truth and live with it your heart will be at peace.

  James Frey

  Heart, Accepting, Ifs

  James Frey (2011). “The Final Testament”, p.58, Hachette UK

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• Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Change, Perfect, Worry

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  All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Inspirational, Witty, Truth

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.4, Publishdrive

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• Most people can accept the truth only in the form of a lie.

  P.D. Ouspensky

  Lying, People, Accepting

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• …It’s not that you don’t have the capacity to accept the truth. You don’t want to accept it, and you hide behind your own logic and intelligence while the truth marches by. Step out and join it, for goodness’’ sake! Shout it out in full step! I believe!

  Ted Dekker

  Believe, Want, Sake

  Ted Dekker (2008). “Saint: A Paradise Novel”, p.349, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Change, Suffering, Management

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• I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabric of their lives.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Truth, Lying, Science

  "What is Art?". Book by Leo Tolstoy, Ch. 14, 1897.

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• There is no respect between the souls of two individuals if their minds can’t trust each other and there is no trust between them if their hearts can’t accept the truth of each other.

  Anuj

  Heart, Two, Soul

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• God, help me remember that when I admit and accept the truth, I'll be given the power and guidance to change.

  Melody Beattie

  Helping, Remember, God Help Me

  Melody Beattie (2009). “More Language of Letting Go: 366 New Daily Meditations”, Simon and Schuster

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• I found power in accepting the truth of who I am. It may not be a truth that others can accept, but I cannot live any other way. How would it be to live a lie every minute of your life.

  Alison Goodman

  Inspirational, Life, Truth

  Alison Goodman (2010). “Eon”, p.154, Penguin

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• We must set aside our wishes and give heed to reality. Nobody can accept the truth while hiding from it. When a decision matters, we have to stare at the truth unflinchingly. Only then can we find peace in our choices.

  Brandon Mull

  Reality, Giving, Choices

  Brandon Mull (2014). “Chasing the Prophecy”, p.170, Simon and Schuster

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• We spend our lives fighting to get people very slightly more stupid than ourselves to accept truths that the great men have always known.

  Doris Lessing

  Truth, Stupid, Fighting

  Doris May Lessing (1994). “The Golden Notebook”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• Unconditional love will have the final word in reality.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Peace, Kings, Truth

  Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Oslo, Norway, 10 Dec. 1964

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• In love, there is a total acceptance of self, and a willingness to give of self without an expectation of receiving anything in return. When you love, you are not afraid to share the truth of who you are, and you accept the truth of others without judgment.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Love You, Acceptance, Self

  FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Apr 11, 2013

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• It’s difficult to find a person who can accept the truth consistently and more when it is related to him only and that’s what keeps the difference between the real talk and the negative talk very marginal.

  Anuj

  Real, Differences, Negative

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• This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, Love to complete your life.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Smile, Confidence, Patience

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• Crying purifies and cleanses. I once read about a scientific experiment which demonstrated that there are 38 toxic chemicals in a tear of sadness, while only one toxin exists in a tear of joy. As you cry in sadness, fear, or confusion, you cleanse the body and spirit of toxins which cloud the mind and prevent it from accepting the truth.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Sadness, Clouds, Confusion

  FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Oct 17, 2014

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• To accept the truth of who you really are takes nothing short of realization. You have to see the diamond for yourself.

  Dennis Merzel

  Acceptance, Realization, Accepting

  Dennis Genpo Merzel (2005). “The Path of the Human Being: Zen Teachings on the Bodhisattva Way”, p.16, Shambhala Publications

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• There's an idea I came across a few years ago that I love: My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance and in inverse proportion to my expectations. That's the key for me. If I can accept the truth of 'This is what I'm facing - not what can I expect but what I am experiencing now' - then I have all this freedom to do other things.

  Michael J. Fox

  Success, Acceptance, Ideas

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• Do not throw away your heart. Keep your heart. Your heart is all that matters ... Throw away your ancestors! ... Throw away your shyness and the anger that lies just a few inches beneath ... Accept the truth! And if there is more than one truth, then learn to do the difficult work -- learn to choose. You are good enough, you are HUMAN ENOUGH, to choose!

  Gary Shteyngart

  Lying, Heart, Difficult Work

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• Well, the title "An Inconvenient Truth" is a way of highlighting the reasons why some people, including the president, don't seem to accept the truth.

  Al Gore

  People, President, Titles

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• Healing... is an active and internal process that includes investigating one's attitudes, memories and beliefs with the desire to release all negative patterns that prevent one's full emotional and spiritual recovery. This internal review inevitably leads one to review one's external circumstances in an effort to recreate one's life in a way that serves activation of will - the will to see and accept truths about one's life and how one has used one's energies; and the will to begin to use energy for the creation of love, self-esteem, and health.

  Caroline Myss

  Spiritual, Memories, Attitude

  Caroline Myss (2013). “Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and Healing”, p.48, Harmony

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• I say to everyone within the sound of my voice, 'Do not fail the Lord'. We must accept the truth that the gospel principles are not on trial but that we are.

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Voice, Sound, Principles

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