Acceptance Quotes
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An absolute condition of all successful living, whether for an individual or a nation, is the acceptance of death.
Freya Stark -
Using no control and using humor will build a relationship and make a dent to where the client puts the counselor in their quality world and then begins to relate and seek out the counselor. Effective therapy begins with the acceptance of the therapist into the client's quality world.
William Glasser
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Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
William James -
Family is the place where acceptance and validation are most needed, but often the hardest to find.
Bill Crawford -
Millions of people in nearly 80 countries still live in fear of landmines and explosive remnants of war, which take an unacceptable toll on lives and limbs, and people's livelihoods
Ban Ki-moon -
We only have a Plan A. The acceptance and full implementation of the existing plan, the so-called Plan A, is the best solution for Greece, for the euro zone and also for creditors and holders.
Evangelos Venizelos -
'When you were little, what inspired you to feel this way?'" Then he paused and asked, "Looking in the mirror and having it crack in two?" Instead of clobbering him, I laughed-the kind of laugh that escapes into the air before you can catch it. The kind of chuckle that shows a tiny form of acceptance. Trevor obviously didn't expect me to find his remark entertaining. He was primed for a fight. We both cracked up and locked eyes. His gaze lingered a little too long, not in a creepy way, but in a way that says I'm not ready to let this moment go.
Ellen Schreiber -
Acceptance, she thinks, is the harshest lesson life teaches and the one most important to learn.
Rose Tremain
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And more so now, since having a family - I don't seek out any other acceptance.
Kelly Clarkson -
We cannot all be masters.
William Shakespeare -
Once you free yourself from the need for perfect acceptance, it's a lot easier to launch work that matters.
Seth Godin -
I came home from Portugal convinced that nothing is so important as making known what the Mother of God asked in those apparitions of 1917 . . . The future of our civilization, our liberties, our very existence may depend upon the acceptance of her commands.
William Thomas Walsh -
Perfectionism is the fear of being criticized.
Caroline Myss -
A function of free speech under our system of government is to invite dispute. It may indeed best serve its high purpose when it invites a condition of unrest, creates dissatisfaction with conditions as they are, or even stirs people to anger. Speech is often provocative and challenging. It may strike at prejudices and preconceptions and have profound unsettling effects as it passes for acceptance of an idea.
William O. Douglas
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Some people confuse acceptance with apathy, but there's all the difference in the world. Apathy fails to distinguish between what can and what cannot be helped; acceptance makes that distinction. Apathy paralyzes the will- to- action; acceptance frees it by relieving it of impossible burdens.
Arthur Gordon Webster -
If God were our one and only desire we would not be so easily upset when our opinions do not find outside acceptance.
Thomas à Kempis -
We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.
Henry Rollins Black Flag -
Gay rights and body acceptance are two things I feel very passionately about.
Mary Lambert -
The only thing that really matters is spreading love and light and acceptance and unity throughout the entire world in any way that you possibly can.
Willow Smith -
You can succeed if nobody else believes it, but you will never succeed if you don't believe in yourself.
William J. H. Boetcker
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Writing an acceptance speech gives you the expectation of winning, and you are therefore devastated or hurt if you didn't win.
William Shatner -
A great idea goes through three stages on its way to acceptance: 1) it is dismissed as nonsense, 2) it is acknowledged as true, but insignificant, 3) finally, it is seen to be important, but not really anything new.
William James -
Bring acceptance and compassionate self-talk. Say nice things to yourself - you're the only one listening. Tell yourself, I am doing the best I can.
Gabrielle Bernstein -
Mastery of the German language and the acceptance of our legal system has to become part of the criteria for naturalization.
Alice Schwarzer