If you will take me as your teacher, you will not kick against the pricks.

No amount of self-improvement can make up for any lack of self-acceptance.

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.

Know thyself. Nothing in excess. The Self is required to balance the Self.

Parents need to teach their children principles of respect and acceptance.

Never by reflection, but only by doing is self- knowledge possible to one.

Ideas are forces; our acceptance of one determines our reception of others.

To succeed, it is necessary to accept the world as it is and rise above it.

We love stories about identity and acceptance because they're so universal.

The tragic sense of life: our heroic acceptance of the suffering of others.

Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.

Arriving at an acceptance of one's mortality is a process, not an epiphany.

Die while alive And be thoroughly dead. Then do what you will, All is good.

My limbs work, so I'm not going to complain about the way my body is shaped.

Humility is the conscious awareness and acceptance of eternity as your body.

That we do not comprehend or accept something does not invalidate its truth.

Cherish forever what makes you unique, 'cuz you're really a yawn if it goes.

The first thing a kindness deserves is acceptance, the second, transmission.

Self-acceptance is my refusal to be in an adversarial relationship to myself.

Never deny a diagnosis, but do deny the negative verdict that may go with it.

Fashion is the pursuit of perfection, Style is the acceptance of one's flaws.

Accept Him? Do we really think Jesus needs our acceptance? Don't we need Him?

Acceptance of the unacceptable is the greatest source of grace in this world.

Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.

Human beings aren't orchids; we must draw something from the soil we grow in.

To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.

Gay rights and body acceptance are two things I feel very passionately about.

Grace is God's acceptance of us. Faith is our acceptance of God accepting us.

Our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self acceptance.

Love is acceptance - accepting people as they are. Just acceptance and caring.

This moment, we are right where we need to be, right where we are meant to be.

You can accept that things are awful and still have a sense of humor about it.

Meditation is a cyclical process that defies analysis, but demands acceptance.

I would be a billionaire if I was looking to be a selfish boss. That's not me.

I'm hopeful for a world with more love, acceptance, and compassion for others.

Two purposes in human nature rule. Self- love to urge, and reason to restrain.

The great snare of thought is uncritical acceptance of irrational assumptions.

Borrowed thoughts, like borrowed money, only show the poverty of the borrower.

Often the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them. -Francois

A total acceptance of yourself brings about a total transcendence of yourself.

We would not have to forgive people if we didn't judge them in the first place.

When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.

If one has to submit, it is wasteful not to do so with the best grace possible.

Nike store won't accept my Starbucks card as payment. Come on guys, just do it.

To release others from the expectations we have of them is to really love them.

There is always a certain peace in being what one is, in being that completely.

Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.

What we need is not more distrust and division. What we need now is acceptance.

Acceptance is being able to feel beautiful in whatever you feel comfortable in.

He was the unloving father that I never had, but I still craved his acceptance.

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