There is no place, no country, more compassionate more generous more accepting and more welcoming than the United States of America.
If you happen to be in an environment where people are not accepting of who you are, you just need to know that’s not always the way it will be.
What I have more of a problem accepting is the criticism of former players turned journalists, who – some of them – spread their hatred.
The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he’s dead.
Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it’s less good than the one you had before.
I think school is so much harder than real life. People are so much more accepting when they are adults.
Friendship is accepting a person with all their qualities – good and bad.
Silence is accepting the unacceptable when it comes from anybody.
To me, self-esteem is not self-love. It is self-acknowledgment, as in recognizing and accepting who you are.
It is time to return to core values, time to get back to basics, to self-discipline and respect for the law, to consideration for the others, to accepting responsibility for yourself and your family – and not shuffling it off on other people and the state.
My goats are not contemplative, accepting, or introspective. They are the Greek chorus of my farm, sometimes of my life. They watch me closely and remind me that I am foolish.
Not accepting where I came from, and who I am as a person, the voice, you know, the appearance, the everything. ‘Drag Race’ has opened my eyes to see there’s so much more than where I came from and to, like, not hold that against myself.
India. From Goa to Kerala and Mumbai, it gets me every time. It’s the food, the people, and the colours. The magical atmosphere and the accepting nature of the locals.
I’m very self-deprecating, so I’m not afraid to make jokes at my own expense, and I’ve just found that makes people a little more comfortable and can open the door for people to feel a little bit more understanding and accepting of where you’re coming from.
It’s funny how you get a bit older and become more accepting of things. When you’re in your twenties, you’re skeptical of everything. I definitely felt like that.
Concern yourself more with accepting responsibility than with assigning blame. Let the possibilities inspire you more than the obstacles discourage you.
Accepting fear head-on is freeing.
There is nothing inevitable about this secret offshore world. It is not a fact of nature: Our laws created tax havens, and our laws can also end them. We could forbid Goldman Sachs from owning opaque offshore vehicles. We could prevent companies such as Cadre from accepting anonymous investments.
Secular humanists suspect there is something more gloriously human about resisting the religious impulse; about accepting the cold truth, even if that truth is only that the universe is as indifferent to us as we are to it.
Up to that point I never really knew what my character would be expected to do, and prior to accepting the job I had actually turned down the role three times before finally giving in.
It’s a common issue that you see out there, where some families aren’t as accepting of what people choose to be in their life.
Human nature being what it is, if you told me you were going to give me one dollar with no strings attached, I probably wouldn’t question the gift too much. But if you told me you wanted to give me one hundred dollars with no obligation, I’d have to think about it for a minute before accepting.
That’s what we’re missing. We’re missing argument. We’re missing debate. We’re missing colloquy. We’re missing all sorts of things. Instead, we’re accepting.
Accepting that the world is full of uncertainty and ambiguity does not and should not stop people from being pretty sure about a lot of things.
I’m not afraid to be me and push my opinions. At school, it always felt like girls were pitted against each other – that’s so awful and sad and something that I never do. It’s about accepting everyone and their choices.
Saving faith is an immediate relation to Christ, accepting, receiving, resting upon Him alone, for justification, sanctification, and eternal life by virtue of God’s grace.
It’s so cliche, but I love the feeling you get from improv that anything can happen. The audience is already accepting that there are no props or costumes or furniture, so the performers can be anywhere doing anything; cut from underground to space, and it doesn’t matter.
South Korea first allowed women into the military in 1950 during the Korean War. Back then, female soldiers mainly held administrative and support positions. Women began to take on combat roles in the 1990s when the three military academies, exclusive to men, began accepting women.
My mother is a fighter. After she battled polio and learned to walk again, the doctors told her she would be a cripple her entire life. Instead of accepting defeat, she refused this fate and went on to become the West African Women’s Singles tennis champion in college.
Nobody really wants to bowl a bad over, but if it happens, the individual is more disappointed than anyone else in the stadium or the team. Ideally, it is best to leave him to this thoughts and then have a chat with him after the team is back at the hotel when he will be less frustrated and more accepting.
I had individuals in my life to help me make the right decisions because it wasn’t about them accepting handouts. It was about them making the right decisions for me.
The themes in ‘Violet’ are universal: accepting yourself with all of your flaws, moving on, and the forgiveness and freedom that comes along with that.
My parents were always very supportive and accepting. They even shared my curiosity for life, or perhaps I theirs.
Fatalism is the lazy man’s way of accepting the inevitable.
If it comes as a constant surprise each and every time something unexpected occurs, you’re not only going to be miserable whenever you attempt something big, you’re going to have a much harder time accepting it and moving on to attempts two, three, and four.
We believe that many people who already like metal and those who like other genres will be accepting to this new type of metal.
And humility in politics means accepting that one party doesn’t have all the answers; recognising that working in partnership is progress not treachery.
It’s so important for us to be able to talk about body positivity and accepting yourself and loving yourself because we’ve all been in a place where we’re insecure.
I’m trying to knock the medical profession into accepting its responsibilities, and those responsibilities include assisting their patients with death.
Positive feelings come from being honest about yourself and accepting your personality, and physical characteristics, warts and all; and, from belonging to a family that accepts you without question.
Our accepting what we are must always inhibit our being what we ought to be.
It is difficult to understand these people who democratically take part in elections and a referendum, but are then incapable of democratically accepting the will of the people.
We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them.
While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.
The key to creating the mental space before responding is mindfulness. Mindfulness is a way of being present: paying attention to and accepting what is happening in our lives. It helps us to be aware of and step away from our automatic and habitual reactions to our everyday experiences.
I think America may be growing up and accepting the fact that the bulk of life exists beyond 50. Because demographically… the vast population is over 50.
Salvation is from our side a choice, from the divine side it is a seizing upon, an apprehending, a conquest by the Most High God. Our ‘accepting’ and ‘willing’ are reactions rather than actions. The right of determination must always remain with God.
I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It’s seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It’s seeing what other people don’t see And pursuing that vision.
I’m very accepting with my age. It’s like notches on your belt: experience, wisdom, and a different kind of beauty. There comes a day when you’ve become comfortable in your skin.
I was meant to date the captain of the football team, I was going to be on a romantic excursion every Saturday night, I was destined to be collecting corsages from every boy in town before prom, accepting such floral offerings like competing sacrifices to a Delphic goddess.
Low standards are a tactic that takes pressure off teachers’ unions by accepting mediocrity and failure for kids.
My gratitude is great to my family and friends for accepting me as the person who they now know me to be and for letting me show them the possibilities of a life well lived.
I have a lot of compassion for human beings in life experiences, so I allow myself to feel what these characters are feeling and don’t have a problem accepting that.
