words of wisdom regarding acceptance from words to live by

ACCEPTANCE
Be Thankful
Be thankful that you don’t already have everything you desire.
If you did, what would there be to look forward to?
Be thankful when you don’t know something.
For it gives you the opportunity to learn.
Be thankful for the difficult times.
During those times you grow.
Be thankful for your limitations.
Because they give you opportunities for improvements.
Be thankful for each new challenge.
Because it will build your strength and character.
Be thankful for your mistakes.
They will teach you valuable lessons.
Be thankful when you’re tired and weary.
A life of rich fulfillment comes to those
who are also thankful for the setbacks.
Gratitude can turn a negative into a positive.
Find a way to be thankful for your troubles
and they can become your blessings.
God grant me the serenity 
to accept the things I cannot change; 
courage to change the things I can; 
and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; 
Enjoying one moment at a time; 
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; 
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it; 
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will; 
That I may be reasonably happy in this life 
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next. Amen.
—Reinhold Niebuhr
The person who searches for another without flaws searches forever.
Trying to extinguish a lie is like speaking softly in a roaring crowd.
It’s in the cards—deal with the cards that were dealt you rather than looking for a new deal.
Accept the unexpected.
Discomfort and disappointment are as much a part of life as pleasure and joy.
Some people confuse acceptance with apathy, but there’s all the difference in the world. Apathy fails to distinguish between what can and what cannot be helped; acceptance makes that distinction. Apathy paralyzes the will-to-action; acceptance frees it by relieving it of impossible burdens.” —Arthur Gordon
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..
—Martin Luther King, JR
Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgement of the facts of a situation. Then deciding what you’re going to do about it. —Kathleen Casey Theisen
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
—Reinhold Niebuhr
Maturity is achieved when a person accepts life as full of tension.
—Joshua L. Liebman
Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate. ¬—Chuang Tzu
Always fall in with what you’re asked to accept.... My aim in life has always been to hold my own with whatever’s going. Not against: with. —Robert Frost
When we accept tough jobs as a challenge to our ability and wade into them with joy and enthusiasm, miracles can happen. —Arland Gilbert
Happiness is a function of accepting what is. —Werner Erhard
Peace of mind is that mental condition in which you have accepted the worst. —Lin Yutang
We cannot change anything unless we accept it. —Carl Jung
Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequence of any misfortune. —William James
What it is forbidden to be put right becomes lighter by acceptance. —Horace
True freedom lies in the realization and calm acceptance of the fact that there may very well be no perfect answer. —Allen Reid McGinnis
Resistance causes pain and lethargy. It is when we practice acceptance that new possibilities appear. —Anonymous
Anything in life that we don’t accept will simply make trouble for us until we make peace with it. —Shakhti Gawain
Better to accept whatever happens. —Horace
Acceptance is the truest kinship with humanity. —G. K. Chesterton
Acceptance makes any event put on a new face. —Henry S. Haskins
Acceptance of the shortcomings within yourself and others quiets anger.
Letting go can be the best way to hold on.
When you get to the end of your rope, let go.
The American tragedy—being owned by your home.
Deep down even the most hardened criminal is starving for the same thing that motivates the innocent baby: Love and acceptance. —Lily Fairchild