“The primary joy of life is acceptance, approval, the sense of appreciation and companionship of our human comrades. Many men do not understand that the need for fellowship is really as deep as the need for food, and so they go through life accepting many substitutes for genuine, warm, simple.”
“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.”
“The first thing a kindness deserves is acceptance, the second, transmission”
“Acceptance of one’s life has nothing to do with resignation; it does not mean running away from the struggle. On the contrary, it means accepting it as it comes, with all the handicaps of heredity, of suffering, of psychological complexes and injustices.”
“If I could define enlightenment briefly I would say it is ”the quiet acceptance of what is.””
“The qualities and capacities that are important in running-such factors as will power, the ability to apply effort during extreme fatigue and the acceptance of pain-have a radiating power that subtly influences one’s life.”
“Acceptance of dissent is the fundamental requirement of a free society.”
“Deep down even the most hardened criminal is starving for the same thing that motivates the innocent baby: Love and acceptance”
“The mother may be doing ninety percent of the disciplining, but the father still must have a full-time acceptance of all the children. He never must say, “Get these kids out of here; I’m trying to watch TV.” If he ever does start saying this, he is liable to see one of his kids on the six o’clock news.”
“Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.”
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