Top 1200 Accepting Others Quotes & Sayings - Page 6

If the knowledge of torture of others makes you sick, it is a case of sympathy... It can be argued that behaviour based on sympathy is in an important sense egoistic, for one is oneself pleased at others' pleasure and pained at others' pain, and the pursuit of one's own utility may thus be helped by sympathetic action.

When I was younger, I was really anti-Hollywood. Now I'm more accepting of it because I'm less of a snob.

Individualism has really the higher aim. Modern morality consists in accepting the standard of one's age.

I've gotten a lot better with accepting change, because I used to want a consistent schedule.

Accepting that part of the process of writing is deleting a lot of what you write is soothing, at least to me.

Too much of a self-centered attitude creates mistrust and suspicion in others, which can in turn lead to fear. But if you have more of an open mind, and you cultivate a sense of concern for others' well-being, then, no matter what others' attitudes are, you can keep your inner peace.

Sleeping on it didn't make accepting it any easier. It seemed like a really bad dream.

I'm much more accepting of myself. A lot of my body issues have naturally settled down.

I think what's important is for us to decipher what is honest and what is dishonest and be accepting of those things and not operating from fear.

My parents were always very supportive and accepting. They even shared my curiosity for life, or perhaps I theirs.

Warriors of light are not perfect.Their beauty lies in accepting this fact and still desiring to grow and to learn.

If you happen to be in an environment where people are not accepting of who you are, you just need to know that's not always the way it will be.

The thing that got me over the hump was accepting that I had to do whatever I could to stay in the game

[On accepting travel suggestions from her two daughters, 6 and 3:] When they pay for the vacation, they get to dictate where we go.

Throw yourself into life as someone who makes a difference, accepting that you may not understand how or why.

I grew up in an upper-income household, in an accepting environment, and with incredible educational opportunities.

Drop jealousy and envy, for they make you ugly. Be loving, be accepting, and most of all... be happy just the way you are.

The thing that got me over the hump was accepting that I had to do whatever I could to stay in the game.

Accepting your teen's individuality and natural evolution is one of the most difficult challenges you'll face as a parent.

We are all continually asked to learn how to ask for what we need, only to practice accepting what we're given.

Those who support the death penalty are accepting a practice that is both ineffective and fundamentally flawed.

As you might have gathered, I prefer the honest, decent and genuinely accepting friends and family I have in the conservative world.

See, it's not until you start accepting who you are that you can really find success, or more importantly, happiness.

Any man who is really a man must learn to be alone in the midst of others, to think alone for others, and, if necessary, against others.

When I was 16 or 17 I knew I was gay, but knowing and accepting are two very different things.

Some do design in order to try to solve others' problems, while others make art in order to give others his problems.

It is time for you to make a commitment to create joy, creativity and love for yourself, only then will you benefit others, for if you do not evolve yourself, you do not serve others. By becoming a living example, by following what is in your heart, you show the way for others to follow with courage, what is in their hearts.

Gardeners do first, read later. Why not? Plants are very gracious in accepting an apology.

To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.

I never got married anyway, because I wasn't particularly keen on accepting the responsibility of another person.

Accepting good advice means nothing other than to strengthen one's own ability.

I have a track record of accepting my party's decisions. I do whatever work is given to me with determination. That's all.

I had the habit of not accepting prizes or honors, but always, not out of humility, but because I don't like them.

It's a common issue that you see out there, where some families aren't as accepting of what people choose to be in their life.

The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain.

If Hamas wants to be part of the real world, it has to end up accepting Israel's right to exist.

Liberation that raises a cry against others is no true liberation. Liberation that means revolutions of hate and violence and takes away lives of others or abases the dignity of others cannot be true liberty.

And humility in politics means accepting that one party doesn't have all the answers; recognising that working in partnership is progress not treachery.

Sometimes, promoting economic development means accepting the Herculean task of moving and modernizing a prison.

I can't overestimate the importance of accepting ourselves exactly as we are right now, not as we wish we were or think we ought to be.

Even though my family was accepting of an unusual career, cinema, my journey in it has still been a tough one.

I didn't want my career to dissolve based on me passively accepting anything I was given if it didn't feel right.

Russians, in the knowledge of inexhaustible supplies of manpower, are accustomed to accepting gigantic fatalities with comparative calm.

Children are just different from one another, especially in temperament. Some are shy, others bold; some active, others quiet; some confident, others less so. Respect for individual differences is in my view the cornerstone of good parent-child relationships.

If you shift your focus from yourself to others, extend your concern to others, and cultivate the thought of caring for the well being of others, then this will have the immediate effect of opening up your life and helping you to reach out.

The cultivation of one set of faculties tends to the disuse of others. The loss of one faculty sharpens others; the blind are sensitive in touch. Has not the extreme cultivation of the commercial faculty permitted others as essential to national life, to be blighted by disease?

Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.

There was a darkness, a melancholy, that people had trouble accepting. Maybe now, it would work better.

That's gotta be one of the principles behind reality. Accepting things that are hard to comprehend, and leaving them that way.

True peace of mind comes from accepting the worst. Psychologically, I think it means a release of energy.

Embrace the higher truth that everything comes to pass exactly as it should. Find peace and wisdom by accepting what is.

Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before.

It's about not accepting every challenge thrown at you. Sometimes you hold back and when it's needed you go for it.

It never stops, accepting that fact is difficult. I took some time out for life.

No individual can achieve worthy goals without accepting accountability for his or her own actions.

Serve others. The failing recipe for happiness and success is to want the good of others." "happiness is when I see others happy. Happiness is a shared thing. I feel very diminished happiness if it is something I enjoy myself.

Evidence tells that black and Latina woman are more accepting of curves, and that's a good thing.

There is nothing so wrong as accepting a thing merely because men who have done things say it should be so.

People are just passively accepting what you tell them, so if you are on TV there is that greater responsibility to be true.

The themes in 'Violet' are universal: accepting yourself with all of your flaws, moving on, and the forgiveness and freedom that comes along with that.