Slowly ... the truth is dawning upon women, and still more slowly upon men, that woman is no stepchild of nature, no Cinderella of fate to be dowered only by fairies and the Prince; but that for her and in her, as truly as for and in man, life has wrought its great experiences, its master attainments, its supreme human revelations of the stuff of which worlds are made.

- Anna Garlin Spencer

It's time for us to turn to each other, not on each other.

- Jesse Jackson

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

- T. S. Eliot

We are here to awaken from the illusion of our separateness.

- Thich Nhat Hanh

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

- Alan Watts

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

- Michael Jordan

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

- Melody Beattie

Rebellion against your handicaps gets you nowhere. Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world -- making the most of one's best.

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

Solitude is essentially the discovery and acceptance of our uniqueness.

- Lawrence Freeman

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

- James Baldwin

The fact that you are willing to say, "I do not understand, and it is fine," is the greatest understanding you could exhibit.

- Wayne Dyer

The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours

- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Peace in ourselves, peace in the world.

- Thich Nhat Hanh

Of course there is not formula for success except, perhaps, an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.

- Arthur Rubinstein

Perhaps the most important thing we bring to another person is the silence in us, not the sort of silence that is filled with unspoken criticism or hard withdrawal. The sort of silence that is a place of refuge, of rest, of acceptance of someone as they are. We are all hungry for this other silence. It is hard to find. In its presence we can remember something beyond the moment, a strength on which to build a life. Silence is a place of great power and healing.

- Rachel Naomi Remen

Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of present experience. It isn't more complicated than that.

- Sylvia Boorstein

Let the months and years come, they can take nothing from me, they can take nothing more. I am so alone, and so without hope that I can confront them without fear. The life that has borne me through these years is still in my hands and my eyes. Whether I have subdued it, I know not. But so long as it is there it will seek its own way out, heedless of the will that is within me.

- Erich Maria Remarque

We rely upon the poets, the philosophers, and the playwrights to articulate what most of us can only feel, in joy and sorrow. They illuminate the thoughts for which we only grope; they give us the strength and balm we cannot find in ourselves. Whenever I feel my courage wavering I rush to them. They will give me the wisdom of acceptance, the will and resilience to push on.

- Helen Hayes

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

- Rumi

We are stronger, gentler, more resilient, and more beautiful than any of us imagine.

- Mark Nepo

The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.

- Elbert Hubbard

It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others.

- Sydney J. Harris

People are like stained glass windows: they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within.

- Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

Only greatly insolent people establish a religious law which is to be taken for granted by others, which should be accepted by everyone on faith, without any discussion or doubts. Why must people do this?

- Leo Tolstoy

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

- Carl Rogers

I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.

- Maya Angelou

We hate some persons because we do not know them; and will not know them because we hate them.

- Charles Caleb Colton

The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.

- Warren Bennis

The price of the democratic way of life is a growing appreciation of people's differences, not merely as tolerable, but as the essence of a rich and rewarding human experience.

- Jerome Nathanson

In life, many thoughts are born in the course of a moment, an hour, a day. Some are dreams, some visions. Often, we are unable to distinguish between them. To some, they are the same; however, not all dreams are visions. Much energy is lost in fanciful dreams that never bear fruit. But visions are messages from the Great Spirit, each for a different purpose in life. Consequently, one person's vision may not be that of another. To have a vision, one must be prepared to receive it, and when it comes, to accept it. Thus when these inner urges become reality, only then can visions be fulfilled. The spiritual side of life knows everyone's heart and who to trust. How could a vision ever be given to someone to harbor if that person could not be trusted to carry it out. The message is simple: commitment precedes vision.

- High Eagle

Conversion for me was not a Damascus Road experience. I slowly moved into an intellectual acceptance of what my intuition had always known.

- Madeleine L'Engle

The mind can assert anything and pretend it has proved it. My beliefs I test on my body, on my intuitional consciousness, and when I get a response there, then I accept.

- D. H. Lawrence

Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.

- Mohandas K. Gandhi

The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.

- Mark Twain

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity.... It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.

- Melody Beattie

Perhaps the most important thing we can undertake toward the reduction of fear is to make it easier for people to accept themselves, to like themselves.

- Bonaro W. Overstreet

Life is God's novel. Let him write it.

- Isaac Bashevis Singer

Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions.

- Antoinette Brown Blackwell

I do not want the peace that passeth understanding. I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

- Helen Keller

I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime.

- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.

- Rollo May

What a man believes upon grossly insufficient evidence is an index into his desires -- desires of which he himself is often unconscious. If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way.

- Bertrand Russell

Conditions for creativity are to be puzzled; to concentrate; to accept conflict and tension; to be born everyday; to feel a sense of self.

- Erich Fromm

Your true traveler finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty -- his excessive freedom. He accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure.

- Aldous Huxley

Getting a dog is like getting married. It teaches you to be less self-centered, to accept sudden, surprising outbursts of affection, and not to be upset by a few scratches on your car.

- Will Stanton