Quotes about Acceptance
Account no man happy till he dies.
— Euripides
When a man does all he can, though it succeeds not well, blame not him that did it.
— George Washington
I am an old man and have had many worries, but most have never come to pass.
— Marcus Aurelius
There is no man so fortunate that there shall not be by him when he is dying some who are pleased with what is going to happen.
— Marcus Aurelius
How powerful is man! He is able to do all that God wishes him to do. He is able to accept all that God sends upon him.
— Marcus Aurelius
Men exist for each other. Then either improve them, or put up with them.
— Marcus Aurelius
I believe I have no prejudices whatsoever. All I need to know is that a man is a member of the human race. That's bad enough for me.
— Mark Twain
I am not going to say I have been a saint. I have not been a perfect man. None is perfect but the Father, which is in Heaven.
— Ralph Abernathy
A man must thank his defects, and stand in some terror of his talents. A transcendent talent draws so largely on his forces as tolame him; a defect pays him revenues on the other side.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
There are various, nay, incredible faiths; why should we be alarmed at any of them? What man believes, God believes.
— Henry David Thoreau
I hardly know an intellectual man, even, who is so broad and truly liberal that you can think aloud in his society.
— Henry David Thoreau
In childhood, death stirred me not; in middle age, it pursued me like a prowling bandit on the road; now, grown an old man, it boldly leads the way, and ushers me on.
— Herman Melville