Being Accepted Quotes Page 2

Learning to live ought to mean learning to die - to acknowledge, to accept, an absolute mortality - without positive outcome,or resurrection, or redemption, for oneself or for anyone else. That has been the old philosophical injunction since Plato: to be a philosopher is to learn how to die.

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

To me, cruelty is the worst of human sins.

Once we accept that a living creature has feelings and suffers pain, then by knowingly and deliberately inflicting suffering on that creature, we are guilty, whether it be human or animal.

Most people don't lead their life, they accept their life.

Compassion constitutes a radical form of criticism, for it announces that the hurt is to be taken seriously, that the hurt is not to be accepted as normal and natural, but is an abnormal and unacceptable condition for humanness.

The main idea in golf as in life, I suppose is to learn to accept what cannot be altered and to keep on doing one's own reasoned and resolute best whether the prospect be bleak or rosy.

Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow, not some more convenient season.

It is today that our best work can be done.

Accept failure as part of the process.

What we think or what we know or what we believe is in the end of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do

The result of a consistent and total substitution of lies for factual truth is not that the lie will now be accepted as truth, and truth be defamed as lie, but that the sense by which we take our bearings in the real world - and the category of truth versus falsehood is among the mental means to this end - is being destroyed.

When you can completely love your ego unconditionally and accept it as part of how you express in this life, you'll no longer have a problem with it. It won't impede your growth - on the contrary, it will be an asset.

It's the hardest thing in the world, to accept a little success and leave it that way.

To learn anything other than the stuff you find in books, you need to be able to experiment, to make mistakes, to accept feedback, and to try again. It doesn't matter whether you are learning to ride a bike or starting a new career, the cycle of experiment, feedback, and new experiment is always there.

We do not accept that human society should be constructed on the basis of a savage principle of the survival of the fittest

To be beautiful means to be yourself.

You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

Accept what is. Let go what was. Have faith in what will be.

Africans and persons of African descent must assume the primary responsibility and leadership in historical research....if we are to continue to leave practically all important historical research and writing concerning the black race to the white man, then we must be prepared to accept, uncomplainingly, the white man's point of view.

Humans are not disabled. A person can never be broken. Our built environment, our technologies, are broken and disabled. We the people need not accept our limitations, but can transcend disability through technological innovation.

As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison.

The act of flat out denying anything, no matter how absurd, is pure lunacy.

There are days when we can bring before God.

..laughter of joy and gratitude. There will be other days when we can only muster a bitter, angry complaint. Be confident that God will accept whatever we lift up before him, and he will make it serve his purpose and our good.

My greatest victory has been to be able to live with myself, to accept my shortcomings. I'm a long way from the human being I'd liked to be, but I've decided I'm not so bad after all.

Beauty is about being comfortable in your own skin. It's about knowing and accepting who you are.

Accept no one's definition of your life, define yourself.

Love's gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted.

An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so he must be willing to accept all experiences that life can offer.

The interests of the deaf child and his parents may best be served by accepting that he is a deaf person, with an elaborate cultural and linguistic heritage that can enrich his parent's life as it will his own.

Accept what is, let go of what was, and have faith in what will be.

When a pure devotee or spiritual master speak, what he says should be accepted as having been directly spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the Parampara System.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

Acceptance does not mean inaction. We may need to respond, strongly at times...From a peaceful center we can respond instead of react. Unconscious reactions create problems. Considered responses bring peace. With a peaceful heart whatever happens can be met with wisdom...Peace is not weak; it is unshakable.

When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully everyone is blessed.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

I don't have to be perfect. All I have to do is show up and enjoy the messy, imperfect and beautiful journey of my life.

When you finally accept that it's OK not to have answers and it's OK not to be perfect, you realize that feeling confused is a normal part of what it is to be a human being.

We accept the love we think we deserve.

The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or private sources is essentially a socialist argument.

Most people ask for happiness on condition.

Happiness can only be felt if you don't set any condition.

The only hope you have is to accept the fact that you're already dead.

The sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll be able to function as a soldier is supposed to function: without mercy, without compassion, without remorse. All war depends upon it.

Instead of trying to change another person's behavior, try changing the way you react. Acceptance without expectations is less stressful.

We're a new generation of people. We need to be happy. We need to love each other. We need to accept each other for who we are and stop judging each other. Live life and love. Stop judging just to keep yourself secure. Look deeper. There's always something deeper than what it is.

The most essential prerequisite to understanding is to be able to admit when you don't understand something

If tomorrow, women woke up and decided they really liked their bodies, just think how many industries would go out of business.

Defeat is a state of mind: no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

The man who sat on the ground in his tipi meditating on life and its meaning, accepting the kinship of all creatures and acknowledging unity with the universe of things, was infusing into his being the true essence of civilization.

Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true.