| "Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer." »Shunryu Suzuki |
| "You must accept that you might fail then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that you've tried. If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, and you don't branch out, you don't try-you don't take the risk." »Rosalynn Carter |
| "The strong do what they have to do and the weak accept what they have to accept." »Thucyclides |
| "The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. accept life, and you must accept regret." »Henri Frdric Amiel |
| "Life goes through changes so fast, you think your life is great, than one of your best friends dies. Then you think you found someone you truly love, only to figure out, she doesn't love you back. You cry and cry and cry, but nothing changes. You realize, that you must accept things for what they are, and what they have made you become.Everything in life changes you in some way. Even the smallest things. If you do not accept these changes, you do not accept yourself. For through these changes brings new and greater things to you, making you wiser, as time progresses. To avoid these changes is a loss. You only live your life once. Do not waste a minute of it avoiding things. Let them come to you, and learn from them. There's always tomorrow." »Adam R. Gwizdala |
| "I sent the club a wire stating, PLEASE accept MY RESIGNATION. I DON'T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL accept ME AS A MEMBER." »Groucho Marx |
| "One must also accept that one has 'uncreative' moments. The more honestly one can accept that, the quicker these moments will pass." »Etty Hillesum |
| "Everything in life changes you in some way. Even the smallest things. If you do not accept these changes you do not accept yourself. For through these changes brings new and greater things to you, making you wiser, as time progresses. To avoid these changes is a loss. You only live your life once. Do not waste a minute of it avoiding things. Let them come to you, and learn from them. There is always tomorrow." »Adam R. Gwizdala |
| "acceptance is not a state of passivity or inaction. I am not saying you can't change the world, right wrongs, or replace evil with good. acceptance is, in fact, the first step to successful action. If you don't fully accept a situation precisely the way it is, you will have difficulty changing it. Moreover, if you don't fully accept the situation, you will never really know if the situation should be changed." »Peter McWilliams |
| "Passive acceptance of the teacher's wisdom is easy to most boys and girls. It involves no effort of independent thought, and seems rational because the teacher knows more than his pupils it is moreover the way to win the favour of the teacher unless he is a very exceptional man. Yet the habit of passive acceptance is a disastrous one in later life. It causes man to seek and to accept a leader, and to accept as a leader whoever is established in that position." »Bertrand Russell |
| "I am here to accept responsibility for that which I did. I will not accept responsibility for that which I did not do." »Oliver L. North |
| "You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes." »Moses Ben Maimon Maimonides |
| "If you can't accept losing, you can't win." »Vince Lombardi |
| "You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance." »Ray Bradbury |
| "We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses." »Carl Jung |
| "It's a funny thing about life if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it." »W. Somerset Maugham |
| "accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhiliration of victory." »George Smith Patton, Jr. |
| "Always accept good fortune with grace and humility." »Mark L. Mika |
| "Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change." »Andre Gide |
| "We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses." »C. G. Jung |
| "Don't say this is good and that is bad. Drop all discrimination. accept everything as it is." »Osho |
| "We protest against unjust criticism, but we accept unearned applause." »Jose Narosky |
| "Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful." »Ann Landers |
| "accept what people offer. Drink their milkshakes. Take their love." »Wally Lamb |
| "Nature is just enough but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions." »Antoinette Brown Blackwell |
| "People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first." »David H. Comins |
| "As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it." »Dick Cavett |
| "Assert your right to make a few mistakes. If people can't accept your imperfections, that's their fault." »Dr. David M. Burns |
| "If you don't accept responsibility for your own actions, then you are forever chained to a position of defense." »Holly Lisle |
| "We do not live to extenuate the miseries of the past nor to accept as incurable those of the present." »Fairfield Osborne |
| BTW, Why won't you become an editor? |
