“Be you, the world will adjust.”
— A.A. Milne
If we have a life, we ought to have our battle to fight. No one in this life goes unscratched. These daily fights for survival made us what we are. These moments of despair shake our trust in God and ourselves alike, but also once the storm is over, we realize that we have become much wiser and stronger than before. Good experience alone can never empower us and strengthen us to survive. The hardships we face bring maturity and self-sufficiency in our lives.
But accepting the harsh reality has never been easy for anyone. Nonetheless, we must accept that the deprivation brings out the real character in us.
If you are going through such a tough journey in your lives, then these Acceptance Quotes will reassure you that once you accept them, things become much easier than before. So, read on.
Self Acceptance Quotes
“Embrace the glorious mess that you are.”
— Elizabeth Gilbert
“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn how to surf.”
– Jon Kabat-Zinn
“You couldn’t relive your life, skipping the awful parts, without losing what made it worthwhile. You had to accept it as a whole–like the world, or the person you loved.”
― Stewart O’Nan
“Every woman that finally figured out her worth, has picked up her suitcases of pride and boarded a flight to freedom, which landed in the valley of change.”
― Shannon L. Alder
“Maturity, one discovers, has everything to do with the acceptance of ‘not knowing.”
― Mark Z. Danielewski
“I found that laughter was a form of acceptance, and I really enjoyed that and I just – I crave it.”
– Gabriel Iglesias
“You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.”
― Amy Bloom
“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are”
― Kurt Cobain
“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”
― Gautam Buddha
“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.”
― C.G. Jung
Quotes About Accepting Reality
“Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.”
— J.K. Rowling
“Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable.”
– Denis Waitley
“The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.”
― Stephanie Perkins
“Beauty is about being comfortable in your own skin. It’s about knowing and accepting who you are.”
― Ellen DeGeneres
“We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.”
– Joseph Campbell
“Happiness can exist only in acceptance.”
– George Orwell
Quotes About Acceptance And Moving On
“Letting go doesn’t mean that you don’t care about someone anymore.
It’s just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.”― Deborah Reber
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”
― Lao Tzu
“Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.”
― Ann Landers
“Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say, So what.”
– Andy Warhol
Acceptance doesn’t mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there’s got to be a way through it.
– Michael J. Fox
Sometimes you just have to regret things and move on.
– Charlaine Harris
Acceptance Of Others Quotes
“For after all, the best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain.”
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“A boo is a lot louder than a cheer.”
― Lance Armstrong
I think tolerance and acceptance and love is something that feeds every community.
– Lady Gaga
“It is noble to love another without caring to know who gave them breath.”
― Cornelius Elmore Addison
“The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.”
– Brian Tracy
“The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours.”
– Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Friendship And Acceptance Quotes
“No person is your friend who demands your silence,
or denies your right to grow.”― Alice Walker
“Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt
“Don’t make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.”
– Thomas J. Watson
“A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are.”
– Unknown
“Friends give us fresh perspective each day to face another day with courage.”
– Unknown
“Friends who accept you for who you are the ones who you should hold close. Not the ones who try to change you into someone you’re not.”
– Unknown
Accepting and growing from the experience is what makes us the survivors that we are.
