“Until you're willing to accept what already is - the things of your past that you can't change - there's no space for you to create what you want. Acceptance is the key to unlocking the door to true peace, happiness, and freedom.” WantPastSpaceAcceptingDoorsAcceptanceWillingKeysGratitudeWhat You WantOur PastYour PastCan't ChangeTrue PeaceUnlocking Author:Hal Elrod
“To deny one's self, to take up the cross, denotes something immeasurably grander than self-imposed penance or rigid conformity to a Divine statute. It is the surrender of self to an ennobling work, an absolute subordination of personal advantages and of personal pleasures for the sake of truth and the welfare of others, and a willing acceptance of every disability which their interests may entail.” MaySelfInterestPleasureAcceptanceDivineWillingAdvantageCrossesAbsolutesSakeDenySurrenderWelfareConformityDisabilityStatutesPenanceSubordination Author:George C. Lorimer
“Objective judgement, now, at this very moment. Unselfish action, now, at this very moment. Willing acceptance - now, at this very moment - of all external events. That's all you need.” NeedsMomentsActionEventsAcceptanceWillingObjectivesJudgementUnselfish Book:Meditations: A New Translation Source: Meditations: A New Translation
“I am not willing to be drawn further into the toils. I cannot accede to the acceptance of gifts upon terms which take the educational policy of the university out of the hands of the Trustees and Faculty and permit it to be determined by those who give money.” GivingHandsTermPolicyAcceptanceWillingUniversityEducationalDeterminedFacultyPermitToilTrustees Book:The papers of Woodrow Wilson Source: The papers of Woodrow Wilson
“An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.” RealityMotivationalLawPoliticalOrderIndividualCommunityLibertyAcceptingBreakAcceptanceWillingKingsHighestRespectConscienceInjusticeLibertarianActivismAfrican AmericanProtestPenaltiesUnjustDissentDisobedienceCivil DisobedienceImprisonmentPeace And JusticeIndividual RightsPeace JusticeLibertarian PartyEquality And JusticeLiberty And JusticeDignity And RespectGood KingsJustice And InjusticeUnjust LawsJustice EqualityUnjust War Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.