Accepting Quotes

'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.

Kinsey's quest was really for us all to be tolerant and accepting of each other.

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

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

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.

I think because I am as earnest as I am, people were accepting of my evolving into a certified, legitimate, and grown up and I did take three years off.

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.

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.

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.

I'm trying to knock the medical profession into accepting its responsibilities, and those responsibilities include assisting their patients with death.

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.

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.

We're not very accepting of people who act strangely.

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

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

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

Without accepting the other person's thinking, you cannot further your own interest. You need the other's help to get results.

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

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.

There was a darkness, a melancholy, that people had trouble accepting. Maybe now, it would work better.

My parents were always very supportive and accepting. They even shared my curiosity for life, or perhaps I theirs.

I'm very accepting with my age. It's like notches on your belt: experience, wisdom, and a different kind of beauty. There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin.