“It was when I realized I needed to stop trying to be somebody else and be myself, that I actually started to own, accept and love what I had.” TryingAcceptingNeededAnd LoveI RealizedStop Trying Author:Tracee Ellis Ross
“I've always been raised to love everyone, to accept everyone for their differences, and to just be open. But at a young, a very young age, I realized what racism was all about.” AgeYoungDifferencesAcceptingRacismRaisedI RealizedYoung AgeLove Everyone Author:Nia Long
“As a kid, I was a little self-conscious because I was so much taller than everyone. A bad habit of mine used to be slouching. Eventually, I realized my height was something I couldn't control, so I might as well accept it. I've certainly turned it into a positive, because without my height I probably wouldn't be as good of a tennis player. It's a gift, and I've made something of it.” WellsLittlesMadeSelfMightKidsUsedAcceptingPlayerMinesHabitConsciousI RealizedUsed To BeHeightTennisSelf ConsciousBad HabitsTennis Player Author:John Isner
“And the view was suddenly clear to me. The world opened out to its grim beyonds and I realized that, at forty, one must learn the rigors of acceptance. Capitalize it: Acceptance. I needed to accept what was put before me--be it a watery grave in Ireland's only natural fjord, or a return to the city and its grayer intensities, or a wordless exile in some steaming Cambodian swamp hole, or poems or no poems, or children or not, lovers or not, illness or otherwise, success or its absence. I would accept all that was put in my way, from here on through until I breathed my last.” WorldWayChildrenLastsNaturalViewsCitiesAcceptingClearAcceptanceReturnNeededLoversIllnessAbsenceI RealizedGravesHolesMy WayFortyIntensityIrelandExileGrimSwampsRigorFjords Author:Kevin Barry