Famous Quotes & Sayings

Eckhart Tolle

The basis for true change is freedom from negativity. And that's what acceptance implies: no negativity about what is. And then you see what this moment requires: what is it that is required now so that life can express itself more fully?

Edward Sapir

What fetters the mind and benumbs the spirit is ever the dogged acceptance of absolutes.

Edith Stein

Do not accept anything as love which lacks truth.

Ed Belfour

I'm definitely one of the best. Always have been; always will be. I won't accept anything less.

Eartha Kitt

My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.

Dean Acheson

Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.

David Tudor

If you put yourself in a situation of unpredictability and then find that it's completely possible to accept it, then you become an observer.

David Hume

The more tremendous the divinity is represented, the more tame and submissive do men become his ministers: And the more unaccountable the measures of acceptance required by him, the more necessary does it become to abandon our natural reason, and yield to their ghostly guidance and direction.

Audre Lorde

Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.

Edna Ferber

I am not belittling the brave pioneer men but the sunbonnet as well as the sombrero has helped to settle this glorious land of ours.

Benjamin Franklin

There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.

Barbara Walters

Most of us have trouble juggling. The woman who says she doesn't is someone whom I admire but have never met.

bell hooks

Assumptions that racism is more oppressive to black men than black women, then and now ... based on acceptance of patriarchal notions of masculinity.

bell hooks

The process begins with the individual woman’s acceptance that American women, without exception, are socialized to be racist, classist and sexist, in varying degrees, and that labeling ourselves feminists does not change the fact that we must consciously work to rid ourselves of the legacy of negative socialization.

Arundhati Roy

Acceptance spells death to a writer.

Arianna Huffington

Happiness is dealing with setbacks with more grace, understanding and acceptance

Elias Canetti

The self- explorer, whether he wants to or not, becomes the explorer of everything else. He learns to see himself, but suddenly, provided he was honest, all the rest appears, and it is as rich as he was, and, as a final crowning, richer.

Edwin Edwards

I did not do anything wrong as a governor, even if you accept the verdict as it is, it doesn't indicate that.

B. C. Forbes

A price has to be paid for success. Almost invariably those who have reached the summits worked harder and longer, studied and planned more assiduously, practiced more self- denial, overcame more difficulties than those of us who have not risen so far.

Ashleigh Brilliant

Accept me for what I am, completely unacceptable.

Ashleigh Brilliant

By accepting you as you are, I do not necessarily abandon all hope of your improving

What we need now from the Libyans is not equivocal or conditional statements, but simple straightforward acceptance. We expect their deeds to be the proof of their stated intentions.

Peter Wright

There are physicians in our county who are accepting patients.

There are no grounds for doubt about the efficiency of our judiciary and we therefore do not accept any appeals for international inquiries,

Ryan Hollins

There are no accidents in any NCAA Tournament. There are no accidents being a championship team. Because it is a one-and-done situation, there are no second chances, no easy games. What national championship team hasn't been accepted as the best team in the country?

There are more women being accepted and graduating from college today, whether it be the hotel schools or law schools or medical schools, than ever before. It's over 50 percent.

Neal Schon

There are some people that just will not accept us. But then, there are a whole lot of young people that completely love us.

The only condition that we did not accept was that we would have no access to detainees and I am very confident that since we accepted the invitation in the spirit of compromise, the United States will compromise,

Brian Baker

The only consistent quote was that it brought peace to the house. Parents argue with their kids about media all the time, almost daily. After using Bob for one or two days, the kids accept that 'this is Mum and Dad's rule, and we can't do anything about it'. It becomes a non-issue.

Mahatma Gandhi

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within me.

Mahatma Gandhi

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within

Sunil Mittal

The only pool of young people lies in Saudi Arabia, some of the Middle-East countries, and few African countries. But they are not prepared as Indians are... we travel well; we are accepted globally very well, and that makes India truly a place to source world's workforce.

Jimmy Cliff

There are goals that I had set out for myself as an artist. I have accomplished some of them - becoming accepted all over the world - however, other parts of my goals have not been completed.