He who does not accept and respect those who want to reject life does not truly accept and respect life itself.
Can I “accept” a person’s anger at me as an authentic aspect of himself? Can I “accept” the person if his beliefs and values are different from mine?
In the one defence, briefly, we accept responsibility but deny that it was bad: in the other, we admit that it was bad but don't accept full, or even any, responsibility.
I just don't accept midgets as human beings. There's only so much political correctness I can accept.
Venezuela is a free country, and we will not be blackmailed by anyone. We will not accept being told what to do over Iran; we will not accept being anyone's colony.
When you take a job, you don't just accept the pats on the back. You have to accept the kicks in the pants.
It would be dangerous territory if I wasn't practising what I preach which is to always accept responsibility, always accept the consequences of your actions.
English, once accepted as an international language, is no more secure than French has proved to be as the one and only accepted language of diplomacy or as Latin has proved to be as the international language of science.
In the seventies we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and women as athletes. We had to make it okay for them to be active. Those were much scarier times for females in sports.
In the hip-hop community, it's about how real are you, or how strong can you be, and really my music just reflects me. If you can accept me, then you can accept my music.
I come from musical theater, and a lot of musical theater is about accepting fantasy. I think it is more about just being open and accepting.
These are the few ways we can practice humility: To speak as little as possible of one's self. To mind one's own business. Not to want to manage other people's affairs. To avoid curiosity. To accept contradictions and correction cheerfully. To pass o...
...one could accept Muhammad as a genuine mystic—just as one could accept Joan of Arc's voices as having genuinely been heard by her, or the revelations of Saint John the Divine as being that troubled soul's 'real' experiences—without needing als...
It is better to carry stones with a wise man than accept the meal of a madman.
You taught me that this world is not about gay people being accepted by us, but rather us being accepted by you.
To accept Jesus is to accept His total authority in your life.
Modern intelligence won't accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.
What I’m starting to realize is that when you conform, people are not accepting you for who you are. They’re accepting you for who they think you are.
The best you can sometimes do is learn to take a breath, count to ten and simply accept that try as you might, no, your husband will never, ever learn not to drop a wet towel on the bed. That acceptance too counts as resolving a fight.
And I find a happiness in the fact of accepting — In the sublimely scientific and difficult fact of accepting the inevitable natural.
You look at yourself and you accept yourself for who you are, and once you accept yourself for who you are you become a better person.
