Ralph Marston

““The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen.””

Werner Erhard

‎”Happiness is a function of accepting what is. Love is a function of communication. Health is a function of participation.  Self-expression is a function of responsibility.”

J. Michael Straczynski

“People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives.”

Donna Marie

“To be pleasing to others we must first be willing to please ourselves; To be loved by others we must first be willing to love ourselves; To be accepted by others we must first be willing to accept ourselves.”

Arthur Gordon

““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...