Inspirational quotes on Acceptance

Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.

Below are 26 inspirational quotes that might be of some assistance if you struggle with acceptance in your life right now. It might be of great value to some and might even be the breakthrough that is needed to take you to the next level.

These quotes are from some of the greatest people in history.

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Inspirational quotes on acceptance

1. Vex not thy spirit at the course of things; they heed not thy vexation. How ludicrous and outlandish is astonishment at anything that may happen in life. Marcus Aurelius.
2. Into each life some rain must fall , some days must be dark and dreary. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
3. No man can have society upon him own terms. Ralph Waldo Emerson
4. The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. Henry David Thoreau.
5. The grass must bend when the wind blows across it. Confucius.
6. To rebel one’s cross is to make it heavier. Henri Frederic Amiel.
7. Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making the the fruit of his character. Ralph Waldo Emerson
8. Happy the man who early learns the wide chasm that lies between his wishes and his powers. Johann von Goethe
9. If you are wise, live as you can; if you cannot, live as you would. Baltasar Gracian
10. Love only what befalls you and is spun for you by fate. Marcus Aurelius.
11. When a dog runs at you, whistle for him. Henry David Thoreau
12. Here is a rule to remember when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not, “This is a misfortune,” but “To bear this worthily is good fortune.” Marcus Aurelius.
13. Nature is what you may do. There is much you may not not do. Ralph Waldo emerson
14. We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided. Alexander Hamilton
15. Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live. Marcus Aurelius
16. God asks no man whether he will accept life. This is not the choice. You must take it. The only question is how. Henry Ward Beecher.
17. You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave. Henry Ward Beecher.
18. If one has to submit, it is wasteful not to do so with the best grace possible. Winston Churchill.
19. Often the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them. Voltaire
20. We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. Martin Luther King, Jr.
21. The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. George Bernard Shaw.
22. The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. Aristotle.
23. The English know how to make the best of things. Their so-called muddling through is simply skill at dealing with the inevitable. Winston Churchill.
24. Talking is like playing on the harp, there is as much in laying the hand on the strings to stop their vibrations as in twanging them to bring out their music. Oliver Wendell Holmes
25. There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your your overcoat. James Russell Lowell
26. One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is that things are what they are and will be what they will be Oscar Wilde.

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