Accepting Quotes

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

But egoism is more than this. It is the realization by the individual that he is above all institutions and all formulas; that they exist only so far as he chooses to make them his own by accepting them.

Acknowledging and accepting whatever stuff you may have to let go comes easier when you love yourself.

Salvation is from our side a choice, from the divine side it is a seizing upon, an apprehending, a conquest by the Most High God. Our "accepting" and "willing" are reactions rather than actions. The right of determination must always remain with God.

They might have a long way to go before truly accepting gay people into their lives, but they have accepted the show into their living rooms each and every week.

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.

What are you accepting that would not be a part of your ideal day?