You can accept it that it may be true what somebody else says, but until you have experienced it, it is not dynamic to your own awareness.

The cross is the place where we find the freedom to accept ourselves without being proud and to challenge ourselves without being crushed.

I don't have a lot of self-confidence. I'm getting there. Before I had zero confidence, but it's one of those things you learn and accept.

I do not accept that life has an ordinary shape, or that there is anything ordinary about life at all. We make it ordinary, but it is not.

When will I ever learn to accept what is given instead of always yearning for more? My lavish expectations too often tarnish my blessings.

With the R&B, gospel feel that 'Sparkle' has, that opens the door for my fans to be more accepting of that sound and also for me to try it.

The moment that you accept life and your life as it is, is the moment that you will start to change your life and this magical life itself.

Great musicians accept everything that they hear and find something good. They take what they like and they throw away what they don't like

Surrendering only refers to this moment, whatever "is" at this moment - to accept unconditionally and fully whatever arises at this moment.

Accepting federal funding undermines state sovereignty as states become beholden to federal requirements in order to keep the money flowing.

The future of dance will always be tied up with the public's acceptance of the star. If they accept the star, then they'll accept the dance.

Once you accept, truly accept, that stuff will happen to you and there is nothing you can do about it, stress miraculously leaves your life.

You wait a lifetime to meet someone who understands you, accepts you as you are. At the end, you find that someone, all along, has been you.

I'm an intensely competitive guy who is driven by the idea that accepting mediocrity or accepting defeat is not the way you succeed in life.

If we can accept as true that life circumstances are not the keys to happiness, we'll be greatly empowered to pursue happiness for ourselves.

TCP implementations will follow a general principle of robustness: be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others.

It is difficult to accept death in this society because it is unfamiliar. In spite of the fact that it happens all the time, we never see it.

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.

It is possible, even probable, to be told a truth about a place, to accept it, to know it and at the same time not to know anything about it.

It was when I realized I needed to stop trying to be somebody else and be myself, that I actually started to own, accept and love what I had.

Faith does not rely on knowing anything with certainty. It requires only the courage to accept that whatever happens is for the highest good.

Accept and acknowledge your own brilliance. Stop waiting for others to tell you how great you are! Believe it for yourself and about yourself.

And this is the simple truth - that to live is to feel oneself lost. He who accepts it has already begun to find himself to be on firm ground.

True Budo is to accept the spirit of the universe, keep the peace of the world, correctly produce, protect and cultivate all beings in nature.

It's easier for me to accept that I can't play anymore because I literally gave it all I got. That allows me to be a little bit more at peace.

It’s not God that I do not accept, you understand, it is this world of God’s, created by God, that I do not accept and cannot agree to accept.

Don't condemn yourself - that only increases the hold of impurity. Accept your limitations but know that you're working towards changing them.

To have peace with this peculiar life; to accept what we do not understand; to wait calmly for what awaits us, you have to be wiser than I am.

The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behavior lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behavior.

When you're a musician and you release an album, you have to accept the criticism - and I accept it! But it's something I'll never get used to.

Make sure to be well informed before accepting the challenge of a commission - check out that you have a source of reference readily available.

When we accept dismissive judgments of our community we stop having generous hope for it. We cease to be capable of serving its best interests.

Accepting that the world is full of uncertainty and ambiguity does not and should not stop people from being pretty sure about a lot of things.

If we are always demanding something out of life, then we will never be content. But if we accept life as it is, then we will know contentment.

The doctor who willingly accepts destroying life will have no grounds on which to object if the state should compel that doctor to destroy life.

I thought I was going to school to be other people, but really, what I learned was to be myself - accepting myself, my strengths and weaknesses.

Black absorbs all color, accepts them, takes them into it and let them define it. Gray isn't anything but itself. It absorbs nothing but itself.

No nation being under another nation can accept gifts, and kick at the responsibility attached to those gifts, imposed by the conquering nation.

I cannot accept the definition of collective good as articulated by a privileged minority in society, especially when that minority is in power.

We cannot change, we cannot move away from what we are, until we thoroughly accept what we are. Then change seems to come about almost unnoticed.

I think what's important is for us to decipher what is honest and what is dishonest and be accepting of those things and not operating from fear.

Collaborate, don't dictate. Every department head has something to offer. Listen and gratefully accept their offerings. They're moviemakers, too.

If men can learn to be less defensive, more open to others, and more accepting of accountability, they will adapt well to the new global economy.

If someone offers you a gift, and you decline to accept it, the other person still owns that gift. The same is true of insults and verbal attacks.

The will of the world is always a will to death, a will to suicide. We must not accept this suicide, and we must so act that it cannot take place.

He will take good care to provide what is necessary for our sanctification, provided we are careful to accept everything according to His designs.

In family life people almost always adjust themselves to misfortune. They make a bed of it and hope makes them accept that bed, however hard it is.

O Allah! If I cannot always understand Your wisdom in what You decree, please let me at least have the insight to accept it and be content with it.

Anything that is western origin, first you verify it, then accept it. Anything that is Indian origin, first accept it, then verify it if necessary.

Writers should avoid the academy. When a writer begins to accept pay for talking about words, we know what he will produce soon: nothing but words.

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