Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotations on Acceptance

Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.
Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian

Every man who does not accept the conditions of life sells his soul.
Charles Baudelaire (1821–67) French Poet, Art Critic, Essayist, Translator

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.
Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971) American Christian Theologian

It’s okay if you mess up. You should give yourself a break.
Billy Joel (b.1949) American Singer, Songwriter, Musician

Let a man’s talents or virtues be what they may, he will only feel satisfaction in his society as he is satisfied in himself.
William Hazlitt (1778–1830) English Essayist

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Aristotle (384BCE–322BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scholar

The secret of my success is that at an early age I discovered I was not God.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841–1935) American Jurist, Author

The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambitions.
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–47) French Moralist, Essayist, Writer

For the ordinary man is passive. Within a narrow circle (home life, and perhaps the trade unions or local politics) he feels himself master of his fate, but against major events he is as helpless as against the elements. So far from endeavoring to influence the future, he simply lies down and lets things happen to him.
George Orwell (1903–50) English Novelist, Journalist

Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy, and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.
Henry Miller (1891–1980) American Novelist

The fundamental problem most patients have is an inability to love themselves, having been unloved by others during some crucial part of their lives.
Bernie S. Siegel (b.1932) American Physician, Writer

The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.
Aristotle (384BCE–322BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scholar

Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature’s inexorable imperative.
H. G. Wells (1866–1946) English Novelist, Historian, Social Thinker

When people screw up, give them a second chance.
Richard Branson (b.1950) British Entrepreneur

You can succeed if nobody else believes it, but you will never succeed if you don’t believe in yourself.
William J. H. Boetcker (1873–1962) American Presbyterian Minister

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is that things are what they are and will be what they will be.
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright

I received a letter from a lad asking me for an easy berth. To this I replied: You cannot be an editor; do not try the law; do not think of the ministry; let alone all ships and merchandise; abhor politics; don’t practice medicine; be not a farmer or a soldier or a sailor; don’t study, don’t think. None of these are easy. O, my son, you have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave.
Henry Ward Beecher (1813–87) American Clergyman, Writer

Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.
Plutarch (c.46–c.120 CE) Greek Biographer, Philosopher

We already have so much abundance. We truly do. We need not search too far. It is within. The reason we fail to recognize this is because we haven’t quite mastered the art of being. For abundance to prevail, we must have love, gratitude, acceptance and compassion.
John Welwood (1943–2019) American East-West Psychologist

Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can — and surely will at times — fail. Other vulnerabilities, like being embarrassed or risking love, can be terrifying, too. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.
Joyce Brothers (1927–2013) American Psychologist, Advice Columnist

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.
Brendan Behan (1923–64) Irish Poet, Novelist, Playwright

God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only question is how.
Henry Ward Beecher (1813–87) American Clergyman, Writer

I will not meddle with that which I cannot mend.
Thomas Fuller (1608–61) English Cleric, Historian

Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith

For this is wisdom: to live, to take what fate, or the Gods, may give.
Adela Florence Nicolson (1865–1904) English Poet

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German Poet

Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody’s business. What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy if anything can.
Thomas Merton (1915–68) American Trappist Monk

I have done what I could do in life, and if I could not do better, I did not deserve it. In vain have I tried to step beyond what bound me. Despite my years, I am still trying.
Maurice Maeterlinck (1862–1949) Belgian Poet, Playwright, Essayist

If you cast away one cross, you will certainly find another, and perhaps a heavier.
Thomas a Kempis (1379–1471) German Religious Priest, Writer

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