Famous Quotes & Sayings

Leo Tolstoy

There are no conditions to which a man cannot become accustomed.

Lucy Stone

The widening of woman's sphere is to improve her lot. Let us do it, and if the world scoff, let it scoff if it sneer, let it sneer.

M. F. K. Fisher

old age is more bearable if it can be helped by an early acceptance of being loved and of loving.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

I will only accept something as truth if I am actually convinced of it.

Mahatma Gandhi

The person who discovered the law of love was a far greater scientist than any of our modern scientists. Only our explorations have not gone far enough and so it is not possible for everyone to see all its workings.

Gabrielle Zevin

"I accept your condemnation," I said.

Freya Stark

Style is something peculiar to one person; it expresses one personality and one only; it cannot be shared.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Acceptance is the truest kinship with humanity.

John Knowles

There are special, strange gifted people in the world and they have to be treated with understanding

Ellen Hopkins

She's no longer afraid to die. What she's afraid of is living, accepting the status quo.

Elizabeth George

As we come to know God better, we will also find it easier to know, follow, and accept His will for our life.

Elizabeth Gilbert

There is hardly a more gracious gift that we can offer somebody than to accept them fully, to love them almost despite themselves.

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

What is important is to realize that whether we understand fully who we are or what will happen when we die, it's our purpose to grow as human beings, to look within ourselves, to find and build upon that source of peace and understanding and strength that is our individual self. And then to reach out to others with love and acceptance and patient guidance in the hope of what we may become together.

Joel Osteen

Don't grow accustomed to living with less, doing less, and being less to the point that you eventually sit back and accept it.

Jody Williams

Go beyond tolerance to acceptance.

Louise Hay

I am loved and accepted exactly how I am, right here and right now.

Louise Hay

I accept myself unconditionally right now

Louise Hay

I deserve the best and I accept the best now

Louise Hay

I release all criticism. I only give out that which I wish to receive in return. My love and acceptance of others is mirrored to me in every moment.

Lou Rawls

I began to learn acceptance, direction, understanding and perception - all elements that had been sadly lacking in my life.

Sydney J. Harris

Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.

Sydney J. Harris

If you cannot endure to be thought in the wrong, you will begin to do terrible things to make the wrong appear right.

Sydney J. Harris

Elitism is the slur directed at merit by mediocrity.

Raquel Welch

I was always willing to take a great deal of the burden of getting along in life on my own shoulders, but I wasn't willing to give myself a pat on the back. I was always looking to somebody else to give me that. .. That was all wrong.

Robert Higgs

In regard to the so-called social contract, I have often had occasion to protest that I haven't even seen the contract, much less been asked to consent to it. A valid contract requires voluntary offer, acceptance, and consideration. I've never received an offer from my rulers, so I certainly have not accepted one; and rather than consideration, I have received nothing but contempt from the rulers, who, notwithstanding the absence of any agreement, have indubitably threatened me with grave harm in the event that I fail to comply with their edicts.

Robert Henri

Don't worry about the rejections. Everybody that's good has gone through it. Don't let it matter if your works are not "accepted" at once. The better or more personal you are the less likely they are of acceptance.

Rick Perry

We do not have to accept our current circumstances. We will change them. We are Americans. That's what we do.

Tamora Pierce

If we just allowed women and men more leeway in our culture and more acceptance, I think they would be able to make better compromises.

Ugo Betti

There is always a certain peace in being what one is, in being that completely.

Rebecca West

Why must you always try to be omnipotent, and shove things about? Tragic things happen sometimes that we just have to submit to.

Ryan Murphy

I've gotten death threats, yes. I have. I think anytime you shine a spotlight on homosexuality or minorities and you try and say they are as normal or as worthy as acceptance as others, the people who are on the fringe don't like that and they will come after you. And they have come after me.

Victoria Moran

Happiness comes from accepting the present situation, whether it is something you wish to savor as long as possible or change as quickly as you can. Neither is possible without acceptance as the starting point, because without acceptance you are living on the periphery of your life. There at the edges, you can't fully enjoy the good stuff or do anything about the rest.

Victoria Moran

Life has its rhythm and we have ours. They're designed to coexist in harmony, so that when we do what is ours to do and otherwise let life be, we garner acceptance and serenity.