Accepting Quotes

The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or private sources is essentially a socialist argument.

We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them.

We really only came around to accepting and integrating the propositional dimension of identity into a concept of ourselves at the time of the American Revolution.

One important reason to stay calm is that calm parents hear more. Low-key, accepting parents are the ones whose children keep talking.

I come from a very non-accepting family, but I'm very accepting.

Our accepting what we are must always inhibit our being what we ought to be.

I'm accepting of who I am and how diverse I am and honoring that.

'Urban Renewal' was sweet because I've been - unfairly, I would say - plonked in the middle of the road because of a handful of songs. It came at a good time for me, because you do take a bit of a browbeating and, as you get older, you become better at accepting it and realizing why it happens.

Some of them, in accepting the proposed plan of government, coupled their acceptance with a recommendation of various additions to the Constitution, which they deemed essential to the preservation of the rights of the States, or of the People.

People should decide what success means for them, and not be distracted by accepting others' definitions of success.

The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.

Secular humanists suspect there is something more gloriously human about resisting the religious impulse; about accepting the cold truth, even if that truth is only that the universe is as indifferent to us as we are to it.

The users are not going to be in the position of accepting what's been collected; they're going to be in the position of being able to demand collection.

As the artist picks his way along, rejecting and accepting as he goes, certain patterns of enquiry emerge.

At the beginning, because the lives of the hostages were at stake, then during this silent period we have taken several measures like not accepting the ultimatum of the terrorists threatening to kill our foreign affairs minister.

It is through accepting other people in our own countries that we shall come to respect our neighbours and be respected in our turn.

Up to that point I never really knew what my character would be expected to do, and prior to accepting the job I had actually turned down the role three times before finally giving in.

The nation's government has just handed me the bill that grants us our civil rights. I am receiving it before you, certain that I am accepting this on behalf of all Argentinean women, and I can feel my hands tremble with joy as they grasp the laurel proclaiming victory.

I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It's seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It's seeing what other people don't see And pursuing that vision.

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.

A witness, in the sense that I am using the word, is a man whose life and faith are so completely one that when the challenge comes to step out and testify for his faith, he does so, disregarding all risks, accepting all consequences.

The only real security is not in owning or possessing, not in demanding or expecting, not in hoping, even. Security in a relationship lies neither in looking back to what it was, nor forward to what it might be, but living in the present and accepting it as it is now.

I hope to grow up and see myself accepting myself and accepting time going by and everything falls.

There's a need for accepting responsibility - for a person's life and making choices that are not just ones for immediate short-term comfort. You need to make an investment, and the investment is in health and education.

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.

Well, you can't be trying to achieve success of any kind in this business without accepting that there's going to be a flip side to it.

LA can be a very open and accepting creative environment. But it is important, because there is this odd separation here, it is important to make your kids mindful of other people and other people's plight.

We are increasingly recognising and accepting, respecting and celebrating, our cultural diversity.

There is no place, no country, more compassionate more generous more accepting and more welcoming than the United States of America.

When it comes to accepting emotional support or affection, I'm a little guarded and hardened to that.