Quotes about Acceptance

You never expected that God himself would, by his representatives, actually come close to unclean people and touch them. The Holy One is not human. The triune God is not human. Don't limit God's character by your expectations of what a decent human king might do. You expect God to reject; he accepts. You expect him to turn away; he turns toward.

Love is able to see past the clutter of a disorganized life.

What is the way out of shame? It is the way of humility, not humiliation. It is the way of being known, not exposed.

When your wants become needs, it means that you have put your trust in people. They have become like a god to you. Yet, for some reason, the true God is patient with you. Although you might reject him, he doesn't reject you. And this is everyone's story.

It's no use reminding yourself daily that you are mortal: it will be brought home to you soon enough.

Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them.

The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.

Acceptance is not love. You love a person because he or she has lovable traits, but you accept everybody just because they're alive and human.

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.

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

Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON.

The condition of being forgiven is self-abandonment. The proud man prefers self-reproach, however painful --because the reproached self isn't abandoned; it remains intact.