Best 1155 quotes in «accepting quotes» category

The greatest folly is to accept expert statements uncritically. At the very least, we should always seek another opinion.

the greatest learning of the ages lies in accepting life exactly as it comes to us.

The happy sequence culminating in fellowship with God is penitence, pardon, and peace - the first we offer, the second we accept, and the third we inherit.

The hardest thing to accept as a parent is that you cannot apply the bandage before the bruise.

The human personality has no limitations except those which it accepts.

The Iago trance is a state that we've really come to accept as normal, even if we may not feel it to be natural.

The hypotheses we accept ought to explain phenomena which we have observed. But they ought to do more than this: our hypotheses ought to foretell phenomena which have not yet been observed.

The implication that everyone would have to accept its judgments uncritically, that it was a decision from which there could be no appeal, was astonishing.

The inclination to self-depreciation, to freely accepting being robbed, being duped, and being swindled, could be the modesty of a god among men.

The impulse that led you to make an image is a thing that you cannot share with anyone, even if you explain it. What remains is a surface that will live its own life, that will belong to everybody. I accept that surface.

The international community is unwilling to accept the policies of the Iranian regime.

The journey is made easier when we can accept that the process of living is designed for what matters to come through us tenderly.

The key to happiness is accepting one unpleasant reality every day.

The kitchen may not get cleaned, and I have to accept that. I do the important things.

The latest indication we have is that Amado is experiencing some delay in getting his visa. We understand that and we can accept that as a plausible reason for him not to be here.

The lax multiculturalism that urges Americans to accept the unacceptable from their fellow citizens is one of this nation's greatest vulnerabilities in the war on terror.

The less harshly we judge ourselves, the more accepting we become of others.

The moment that you accept life and your life as it is, is the moment that you will start to change your life and this magical life itself.

The majority of people do not accept my choices.

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.

The moment you accept that there's a guidance system supporting you, then you experience a new sense of freedom and peace.

The moral is the chosen, not the forced; the understood, not the obeyed. The moral is the rational, and reason accepts no commandments.

The more I am able to deeply love and accept my flaws and imperfections, the more I am able to do that with my fellows.

The more failure you can accept, the greater your chance of success.

The most outrageous thing we can do in this world is to accept what happens and fly with it.

the most comfortable characteristic of the period [1775-1825], and the one which incites our deepest envy, is the universal willingness to accept a good purpose as a substitute for good work.

the most important thing one can do for children is not accept the limitations they are so willing to impose on themselves.

The narrow mind rejects; wisdom accepts.

The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.

Then I overdosed at 28, at which point I began to accept the bipolar diagnosis.

The only way for the market to accept this reality is if fares are advanced slowly and cautiously, and the very low fares do still appear from time-to-time in the market to allow those who will not travel without them to have access to our service.

The original intent of laws was to get the masses of people to accept the limitations superimposed upon them as being the result of their own misbehavior.

The older I get, the more I accept and appreciate myself.

The only reason we die, is because we accept death as an inevitability.

The only thing you can do is prepare the best you can and then just accept... stuff happens.

[T]he outcry against killing women, if you accept killing at all, is sheer sentimentality.:; Why is it worse to kill a woman than a man?

The person I loved...was the 'past' you. If I couldn't accept that 'past' you, then there won't be time in the future to do so.

The politics is far harder than the science. And even if we accept the science we have a big issue of how to deal with it.

The poetry when I was a kid felt like something that I could control, and whether it failed or not, whether it was good or not, was totally on me and I could accept that. It was entirely mine.

The quest for stability or homeostasis is silly. We should accept that we live on an incredibly dynamic planet in a rapidly changing environment, and do our best to have the most amazing experiences we can.

The principle question before us is not, do we comprehend the atonement, but, do we accept it.

The rank and file are not philosophers, they are not educated to think for themselves, but simply to accept, unquestioned, whatever comes.

The president has undermined trust. No longer will the members of Congress be entitled to accept his veracity. Caveat emptor has become the word. Every member of Congress is on his or her own to determine the truth.

The pride that keeps us from forgiving is the same pride which keeps us from accepting forgiveness.

The professional, though he accepts money, does his work out of love. He has to love it. Otherwise he wouldn’t devote his life to it of his own free will.

The Purusha should assume at all times the attitude of a giver of sanction while rejecting the lower movements and accepting only truth-movements.

There are misfortunes in life that no one will accept; people would rather believe in the supernatural and the impossible.

There comes a point at which a law can be so unjust it is necessary openly, lovingly and with a willingness to accept the consequences to refuse to comply with a greatly unjust law.

There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.

The reason the United States is not aging rapidly in terms of its demographics is because we accept people as newcomers to this society in numbers that far surpass any of our major peers or rivals.