Quotes about Acceptance
It is only love which makes us acceptable to God.
- St. Therese of Lisieux
How Religion Works: If I obey, then God will love and accept me. The Gospel: I'm loved and accepted, therefore I wish to obey.
- Timothy Keller
When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least.
- Lou Holtz
Each of us has a "soft spot": the place in our experience where we feel vulnerable and tender. This soft spot is inherent in appreciation and love, and it is equally inherent in pain.
- Pema Chodron
Right down there in the thick of things, we discover the love that will not die.
- Pema Chodron
It is not the perfect, but the imperfect, who have need of love.
- Oscar Wilde
Love is an unconditional commitment to an imperfect person. To love somebody isn't just a strong feeling. It is a decision, a judgment, and a promise.
- Paulo Coelho
Listen, God loves everything you love, and a mess of stuff you don't.
- Alice Walker
Forgiveness belongs to those who know how to love in the first place.
- Deepak Chopra
Be loving, and you will be lovable. Be open and receptive to love.
- Louise Hay
The issue is that we, with our fears, our attacks, our judgments, our blame, and our constant emphasis on the realm of the body rather than the realm of love, eclipse the experience of true love.
- Marianne Williamson
Only someone who can say 'I love you' is capable of saying 'I forgive you.
- Paulo Coelho