Quotes about Acceptance

While everyone I work with may not share my beliefs, I have been surrounded by nothing but support.

My casting in 'Halo' produced by Steven Spielberg, which I am doing, is just color-blind casting; Asians have been questioning why best roles should not come to them and I am so happy about this color-blind casting. I am going to be just what I am in that film.

Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly, even if they roll a few stones upon it.

There are a lot of groups that feel a little bit strange around me, because I am inclusive.

Never judge a stranger by his clothes.

Only when you accept the bad news of the gospel does the good news make any sense. The grace, restoration, reconciliation, forgiveness, mercy, patience, power, healing, and hope of the gospel are for sinners. They are only meaningful to you if you admit that you have the disease and realize that it is terminal.

Because of the coexistence of sin and grace, we all shift between denying and affirming our humanity.

For too many of us, our sense of identity is more rooted in our performance than it is in God's grace.

Not everyone loves me, but I have to be okay no matter what they think about me.

Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.

I grew up an only child, and I always felt as if I didn't fit in. In middle school, in grammar school, and even high school, I just didn't feel like I fit in.

I was raised in an open-minded home. I was raised a Christian, but I was raised open-minded Christian - one to accept people, love people, not pass judgment.