#acceptance

That is the definition of faith - acceptance of that which we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove. ↗

— Dan Brown

#be true #cannot #definition #faith #imagine

I've had an advantage; I've had a sort of open public acceptance in New York that doesn't happen to just anyone trying to make the transition you were talking about. ↗

— Steve Forbert

#acceptance #advantage #anyone #had #happen

If my acceptance of the office of Governor would serve my country, though my administration would be attended with the loss of personal credit and reputation, I would cheerfully undertake it. ↗

— Christopher Gadsden

#administration #attended #cheerfully #country #credit

There was a lot about my life that was crappy, now that I couldn't talk. But if I hadn't gotten drunk that night, if I hadn't gotten in that accident, would I have ever had this moment? Lying there in the sun, holding Sam's hand like time didn't exist and the real world couldn't touch us? Somehow I didn't think so. ↗

— Keary Taylor

#acceptance #accepting #depression #feeling-infinite #friendship

I have found that the less expectation you put on others, the more happiness you will find with them and yourself. ↗

— K.L. Toth

#acceptance #friendship #happiness #love #peace

In life one has a choice to take one of two paths: to wait for some special day - or to celebrate each special day. ↗

— Rasheed Ogunlaru

#celebrating-life #enjoyment #flow #gratitude #inner-peace

If you are involved with the intensity of crescendo situations, with the intensity of tragedy, you might begin to see the humor of these situations as well. As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music. ↗

— Chögyam Trungpa

#buddhism #crescendo #enlightenment #humanity #humor

Sie wird gebraucht, unsere Schuld, sie rechtfertigt viel im Leben anderer. ↗

— Max Frisch

#guilt #truth-of-life #life

There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time you must accept yourself. It is not any more what you will become. It is what you are and always will be. You are too young to know this. You are still becoming. Not being. ↗

— John Fowles

#being #self-acceptance #life

Sometimes it is best for men not to attempt to interfere with destiny. Our prayers can be answered in ways which we do not expect and do not welcome. ↗

— Wilbur A. Smith

#cautionary #destiny #fate #men