Quotes about Acceptance

What's the worst thing about growing old?" she would ask them. They never thought about their age, was a common reply; they had once been adolescents, then they were thirty, fifty, sixty, and never gave it a thought, so why should they do so now?

I am no longer tormented by an excess of discipline, as I was before.

Irina could not imagine the courage it took to grow old without becoming too frightened; her knowledge of age

I want to transform rage into creative energy and guilt into a mocking acceptance of my faults; I want to sweep away arrogance and vanity.

Lucia argued something similar. She gave as an example the Chihuahua, Marcelo, who lived eternally grateful in the present, accepting whatever might happen without worrying about any future misfortune that might add to all those he had previously encountered in his life as an abandoned dog. "Too

Carme told them she couldn't remember what she felt, but she realized it's hard to die, and to invite death is cowardice.

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 more upon it.

A wise man never refuses anything to necessity.

How base a thing it is when a man will struggle with necessity! We have to die.

God asks no man whether he will accept life. This is not the choice. You must take it. The only question is how.

Very few live by choice. Every man is placed in his present condition by causes which acted without his foresight, and with which he did not always willingly cooperate; and therefore you will rarely meet one who does not think the lot of his neighbor better than his own.

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequence of any misfortune.