Famous Quotes & Sayings

Pat Robertson

The acceptance of homosexuality is the last step in the decline of Gentile civilization,

P. J. O'Rourke

You can't shame or humiliate modern celebrities. What used to be called shame and humiliation is now called publicity.

Paul Otellini

I've always believed the best measure of a product's worth is customer acceptance in the marketplace.

Mary Wortley Montagu

It's in no way my interest (according to the common acceptance of that word) to convince the world of their errors; that is, I shall get nothing from it but the private satisfaction of having done good to mankind, and I know nobody that reckons that satisfaction any part of their interest.

Martha Graham

'Age' is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.

Michel de Montaigne

A man must live in the world and make the best of it, such as it is.

Michael Korda

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

Marianne Williamson

Surrender doesn't obstruct power; it enhances it.

Marianne Williamson

Accepting people as they are has the miraculous effect of helping them improve. Acceptance doesn't prohibit growth; rather, it fosters it.

George C. Marshall

The refusal of the British and Russian peoples to accept what appeared to be inevitable defeat was the great factor in the salvage of our civilization.

Gertrude Stein

For a very long time everybody refuses and then almost without a pause almost everybody accepts.

Friedrich Nietzsche

He who despises himself esteems himself as a self-despiser.

Norman Cousins

The essence of man is imperfection.

Nolan Bushnell

The best ideas lose their owners and take on lives of their own.

Robert Higgs

In regard to the so-called social contract, I have often had occasion to protest that I haven't even seen the contract, much less been asked to consent to it. A valid contract requires voluntary offer, acceptance, and consideration. I've never received an offer from my rulers, so I certainly have not accepted one; and rather than consideration, I have received nothing but contempt from the rulers, who, notwithstanding the absence of any agreement, have indubitably threatened me with grave harm in the event that I fail to comply with their edicts.

Robert Henri

Don't worry about the rejections. Everybody that's good has gone through it. Don't let it matter if your works are not "accepted" at once. The better or more personal you are the less likely they are of acceptance.

The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise (Proverbs 15:31).

Edward de Bono

The concept of logical thinking is selection and this is brought about by the processes of acceptance and rejection. Rejection is the basis of logical thinking.

Edward Albee

There are two things that a playwright can have. Success or failure. I imagine there are dangers in both. Certainly the danger of being faced with indifference or hostility is discouraging, and it may be that success - acceptance if it's too quick, too lightning-quick - can turn the heads of some people.

Edward Albee

Influence is a matter of selection - both acceptance and rejection.

Eckhart Tolle

Acceptance is the embracing of what happens. Acceptance is a way of getting in touch with the deeper, timeless dimension of aware presence, simply through accepting that this is what is happening or this is what I am feeling or thinking.

Eckhart Tolle

Surrender is the inner transition from resistance to acceptance, from no to yes.

Eckhart Tolle

Attention is the key to transformation- and full attention also implies acceptance.

John F. Kennedy

History will never accept difficulties as an excuse.

Kate Upton

I want to enjoy life, and I can't if I'm not eating and miserable.

Therese of Lisieux

the more one advances, the more one sees the goal is still far off. And now I am simply resigned to see myself always imperfect and in this I find my joy.

Tess Gerritsen

She now knew her death was inevitable, and with that acceptance came liberation. The courage of the condemned.

Terry Gilliam

I've given up asking questions. l merely float on a tsunami of acceptance of anything life throws at me ... and marvel stupidly.

Tom Petty

He [George Harrison] told me he really, really admired John [Lennon]. He probably wanted John's acceptance pretty bad, you know?

Simone de Beauvoir

To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object.

Simon Sinek

To operate based on conviction and belief requires an acceptance that your actions could get you fired. This is different from pig-headed bravado, and it is different from putting the company at risk.

Simon Sinek

Panic causes tunnel vision. Calm acceptance of danger allows us to more easily assess the situation and see the options.

Simon Sinek

To succeed takes more than the desire to win. It also takes the acceptance that we could fail.