Home / Topics / Accepting Quotes

Accepting Quotes

Browse 6561 quotes about Accepting.

Accepting Quotes

“To be a disciple means forsaking everything to follow Jesus, unconditionally, putting our lives completely in His hands. When we say that we want to be His disciple, yet attach a list of conditions, Jesus refuses to accept our terms. His terms involve unconditional surrender.”

Want Mean Hands Jesus Term Accepting Our Lives Conditions Refuse Lists Surrender Disciple Unconditional

Book:Stearns 2 in 1: The Hole in Our Gospel and Unfinished

Source: Stearns 2 in 1: The Hole in Our Gospel and Unfinished

“The will to power is the will to ecstasy is the will to surrender is the will to submit and, in extremis, to die. Or to put it another way, the rage to attain a freedom and happiness one's psyche cannot accept creates enormous anxiety and ends in self-punishing despair.”

Way Ends Self Dies Accepting Despair Anxiety Rage Surrender Enormous Ecstasy Submit Another Way Will Power Freedom And Happiness

Author:Ellen Willis

“There are three ways in which a man becomes a slave. He may be born into slavery, or forced into it, or he can deliberately accept his servitude. All three forms flourish in the modern world. Men are born and forced into slavery in Russia and her satellites states. Men in the free world invite slavery when they ask the government to provide complete security, when they surrender their freedom to the "Welfare State."”

“I always felt that a governor surrenders a certain amount of privacy. And I came to accept that.”

Certain Felt Accepting Amount Surrender Privacy Governors

Author:James Douglas, Lord of Douglas

“The spineless pussy willows in Ottawa are actually helping to condition the Canadian public to accept the surrender of our country, which American forces were unable to accomplish in 1776 and 1812.”

Country Helping Force Accepting Conditions Accomplish Surrender Our Country Canada Pussy Spineless Ottawa

Author:Paul Hellyer

“There are always those who are willing to surrender local self-government and turn over their affairs to some national authority in exchange for a payment of money out of the Federal Treasury. Whenever they find some abuse needs correction in their neighborhood, instead of applying the remedy themselves they seek to have a tribunal sent on from Washington to discharge their duties for them, regardless of the fact that in accepting such supervision they are bartering away their freedom.”

“The demons aren't the noise. They are our aversion to the noise...when you can accept discomfort, doing so allows a balance of mind. That surrender, that letting go of wanting anything to be other than it is right in the moment, is what frees us from hell.”

Mind Moments Accepting Hell Balance Letting Go Surrender Noise Demon Discomfort Aversion

Author:Stephen Levine

“To experience emotional freedom, we must accept, surrender, and let go of our wounds. We must be willing to take responsibility for what we're holding on to, which is usually a hurt or pain from the past that leaves us feeling victimized.”

Feelings Pain Past Hurt Responsibility Accepting Emotional Willing Letting Go Wounds Surrender Taking Responsibility Holding On

Author:Debbie Ford

“Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.”

“To survive you must surrender without giving in, that is to say, fully accept the reality in all its horror and never give up the will to survive. That allows you to quickly adapt to the situation and dedicate yourself to the present moment rather than wallow in denial.”

Giving Moments Reality Situation Accepting Horror Giving Up Surrender Denial Present Moment Never Giving Up Giving In Will To Survive

Author:Laurence Gonzales

“The machine has got to be accepted, but it is probably better to accept it rather as one accepts a drug - that is, grudgingly and suspiciously. Like a drug, the machine is useful, dangerous, and habit-forming. The oftener one surrenders to it the tighter its grip becomes.”

Accepting Dangerous Habit Drug Machines Accepted Surrender

Book:The Road to Wigan Pier

Source: The Road to Wigan Pier

“Do what you feel called to do, but also be prepared to accept that you don't necessarily know what you're going to learn. Be willing to be surprised by forces beyond your control, and realize that a major learning on the journey is the art of surrender.”

Knows Feels Art Force Realizing Accepting Journey Willing Majors Prepared Surrender Be Prepared

Book:Further Along the Road Less Traveled: The Unending Journey Towards Spiritual Growth

Source: Further Along the Road Less Traveled: The Unending Journey Towards Spiritual Growth