Quotes about Acceptance

God accepts only what His Spirit inspires. We must bring back to God what He has given.

What have I done to deserve this' if a cry of pride. What did Jesus do? What did Mary do? Let there be no complaint against God for sending a cross; let there only be wisdom enough to see that Nary is there making it lighter, making it sweeter, making it hers.

I don't regret what I've been through. I've had ups and downs, super highs and some really low lows. I've been so blessed that I could never say, 'I wish this didn't happen.' It's part of who I am. There's nothing in my life that's so ugh.

The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.

If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking?

It was wrongly assumed that I wished to become some sort of leader among gay activists, whereas in reality I was happier to be a foot soldier.

People inside of belonging systems are very threatened by those who are not within that group. They are threatened by anyone who has found their citizenship in places they cannot control.

I believe many people feel like God is mad at them. One day I put a post on Facebook that said, 'God is not mad at you.' Within a few hours, we literally had thousands of positive responses from people saying things like, 'That is exactly what I needed to hear today.' Obviously, this is a message we need to hear.

If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.

The masses will reject any theory, however reasonable it may be, if it lays a restriction upon the appetite.

See the hand of God in all events, and thereby become reconciled to His dispensations.

God endorses the confusion and even outrage that we feel when mysterious things happen.