Acceptance Quotes

"The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter." "I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend." "Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes." "If there’s any message to my work, it is ultimately that it’s OK to be different, that it’s good to be different, that we should question ourselves before we pass judgement on someone who looks different, behaves different, talks different, is a different " "You have to pay a price for your distinctiveness, and it’s worth it. The fairy tale version of ‘be yourself’ is that all the pain stops as soon as you allow your distinctiveness to shine. That version is misleading. Being yourself is worth it, but don’t ex" "Fear does not have any special power unless you empower it by submitting to it. You can accept that you are afraid and then move on." "When you make a mistake, you are presented with an opportunity to gain wisdom. And the only way to experience true wisdom is through your mistakes." "The soul of success is surrendering to what is." "Arriving someplace more desirable at some future time is an illusion. This is it." "I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together." "Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on." "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." "I don't have to agree with you to like you or respect you." "For a while you get mad, then you get over it." "When one door closes another door opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the ones which open for us" "I think it’s important to have acceptance in your life, if you’re able to accept that you are exactly where you’re supposed to be, you’re kind of untouchable." "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced" "We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams" "Nothing ends nicely, that’s why it ends." "Everyone wants to be liked by everyone, but eventually, you have to realize that you won't be"