We can secure other people’s approval, if we do right and try hard; but our own is worth a hundred of it, and no way has been found out of securing that.

That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.

Now is the accepted time.

Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.

The acceptance of death gives you more of a stake in life, in living life happily, as it should be lived. Living for the moment.

Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.

The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.

Accept things to which fate binds you, love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.

God, give us the grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.

Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.

May your troubles be less and your blessings be more.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than they need.

Before a man can accomplish anything of an enduring nature in the world, he must first of all acquire some measure of success in the management of his own mind.

Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and knowledge are not infused into us from without.

No one can draw more out of things, books included, than he already knows. A man has no ears for that to which experience has given him no access.

In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self.

There is only one success—to be able to spend your life in your own way.

Unless above himself he can erect himself, how poor a thing is man!

The reason angels can fly is because they take themselves lightly.

You don't have to be big or well known to be great.

It never ceases to amaze me: We all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise.