Quotes about Acceptance

He who is discontented with what he has, and with what has been granted to him by fortune, is one who is ignorant of the art of living, but he who bears that in a noble spirit, and makes reasonable use of all that comes from it, deserves to be regarded as a good man.

But to be hanged—is that not unendurable? Even so, when a man feels that it is reasonable, he goes off and hangs himself.

And the way to be free is to let go of anything that is not within your control.

You'd have a better chance persuading someone to change their sexual orientation than reaching people who have rendered themselves so deaf and blind.

Do not wish that all things will go well with you, but that you will go well with all things.

It is much better to die of hunger unhindered by grief and fear than to live affluently beset with worry, dread, suspicion and unchecked desire.

Never say of anything that I've lost it, only that Ive given it back.

For your part, do not adopt any air of superiority. Mind your own business, keep busy with the work you are best suited for, and play well the part the Author has given you.

Man, the rational animal, can put up with anything except what seems to him irrational; whatever is rational is tolerable.

So in the field of assent you cannot be hindered or obstructed. 'Evidently.

I must be exiled; but is there anything to keep me from going with a smile, calm and self-composed?

It is for you to arrange your priorities; but whatever you decide to do, don't do it resentfully, as if you were being imposed on.