Accepting Quotes - Page 6

• God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Life, Success, Men

  HENRY WARD BEECHER (1859). “LIFE THOUGHTS”, p.154

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• Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1989). “Conversations of German Refugees ; Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years, Or, The Renunciants”, p.111, Princeton University Press

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• When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.

  Napoleon Hill

  Motivational, Attitude, Failure

  Napoleon Hill (2015). “Think and grow rich: Brazilian edition”, p.92, CDG Edições e Publicações LTDA

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• Well, the fact is that one imagination is critically important, and if you have had your imagination stimulated by what is basically a variety of subjects, you are much more amenable to accepting, to understanding and interacting with the realities of the world.

  Ashley Judd

  Reality, Imagination, Understanding

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• He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Acceptance, Evil, Historical

  Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). “The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Plume

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• Salvation is from our side a choice, from the divine side it is a seizing upon, an apprehending, a conquest by the Most High God. Our 'accepting' and 'willing' are reactions rather than actions. The right of determination must always remain with God.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Determination, Choices, Grace

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• The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen.

  Ralph Marston

  Faith, Patience, Acceptance

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• Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.

  Melody Beattie

  Gratitude, Fullness Of Life, Being Thankful

  Melody Beattie (2003). “The Language of Letting Go: A Meditation Book and Journal for Daily Reflections”, Hazelden Publishing

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• Tolerance is the positive and cordial effort to understand another's beliefs, practices, and habits without necessarily sharing or accepting them.

  Joshua L. Liebman

  Inspirational, Positive, Acceptance

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• The only way to live is to accept each minute as an unrepeatable miracle, which is exactly what it is: a miracle and unrepeatable.

  Storm Jameson

  Life, Miracle, Way To Live

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• Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast.

  Melody Beattie

  Thanksgiving, Gratitude, Fullness Of Life

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• Kevin, as the whole cast is, just wonderful people and great people, and people who are attracted to this kind of material and accepting the idea of going to Newfoundland and knowing the kind of lack of amenities.

  Lasse Hallstrom

  Ideas, Knowing, People

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• Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

  Laozi

  Change, Life Changing, Acceptance

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• A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it

  Wilhelm Steinitz

  Sacrifice, Chess

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• I think because I am as earnest as I am, people were accepting of my evolving into a certified, legitimate, and grown up and I did take three years off.

  Claire Danes

  Thinking, Years, People

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• When you grow up on film, people sometimes have difficulties accepting the fact that you are growing up. They always imagine you younger.

  Michelle Trachtenberg

  Growing Up, People, Facts

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• I don't see a benefit in accepting every single little morsel of work that comes along because I think in essence what you're doing is you're raping yourself really.

  Karl Urban

  Thinking, Essence, Benefits

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• God gives some more than others because some accept more than others.

  Ernest Holmes

  God, Apology, Giving

  Ernest Holmes (2010). “Living Without Fear”, p.24, Penguin

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• The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.

  Stephanie Perkins

  Life, Happiness, I Hate You

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• Some theists in evolutionary science acquiesce to these tacit rules and retain a personal faith while accepting a thoroughly naturalistic picture of physical reality.

  Phillip E. Johnson

  Reality, Theist, Tacit

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• Morality becomes hypocrisy if it means accepting mothers' suffering or dying in connection with unwanted pregnancies and illegal abortions and unwanted children

  Gro Harlem Brundtland

  Inspiring, Mothers Day, Children

  Gro Harlem Brundtland (1993). “Population, Environment and Development”

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• Journalists are supposed to be skeptical, that's what keeps them digging rather than simply accepting the official line, whether it comes from government or corporate bureaucrats.

  Linda Chavez

  Government, Sea, Digging

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• Don't choose. Accept life as it is in its totality.

  Rajneesh

  Inspirational, Apology, Totality

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• Simply see that you are at the center of the universe, and accept all things and beings as parts of your infinite body. When you perceive that an act done to another is done to yourself, you have understood the great truth.

  Laozi

  Apology, Done, Body

  Laozi, Brian Browne Walker (1992). “Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu”

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• That's what we're missing. We're missing argument. We're missing debate. We're missing colloquy. We're missing all sorts of things. Instead, we're accepting.

  Studs Terkel

  Missing You, Argument, Debate

  Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Interview, www.pbs.org. December 19, 2003.

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