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10 Quotes About Acceptance

Life will throw you curve balls and how you deal with them is the real test. Sometimes things do not work out as we hoped they would or as we expected, but the ability to accept things outside our control is key to our mental and emotional well-being.

Acceptance is the action of consenting to receive or undertake something offered. Though challenging, accepting what is can be freeing. Once we accept something or someone for what it is or who they are, we can move on and be at peace.

Here are 10 quotes about Acceptance

“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. ― Lao Tzu

Serenity comes when you trade expectations for acceptance.” ~ Gautama Buddha

“Letting go doesn't mean that you don't care about someone anymore. It's just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.”
Deborah Reber, Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: 101 Stories of Life, Love and Learning

“The most confused you will ever get is when you try to convince your heart and spirit of something your mind knows is a lie.” ― Shannon L. Alder

“We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.” ~ Carl Jung

“You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

“Anything in life that we don’t accept will simply make trouble for us until we make peace with it.” ~ Shakti Gawain

“Accepting all the good and bad about someone. It’s a great thing to aspire to. The hard part is actually doing it.” ~ Sarah Dessen

“If you cannot endure to be thought in the wrong, you will begin to do terrible things to make the wrong appear right.” ~ Sydney J. Harris

“Beauty is about being comfortable in your own skin. It's about knowing and accepting who you are.” ― Ellen DeGeneres, Seriously... I'm Kidding

What’s your favorite quote about acceptance? Please share!

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Best Quotes About Fresh Starts and New Beginnings

Life is unpredictable. Sometime the things we thought were meant for us do not work out. We have a choice to make at some point. We can either stay stuck and stagnant, or decide to make a fresh start and move on.

Moving on and starting over is scary, but fresh starts and new beginnings are exciting and will breathe new life into you. Here are my favorite quotes about fresh starts and new beginnings.

Best Quotes About Fresh Starts and New Beginnings

“We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.” - Joseph Campbell

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“Sometimes it’s not about trying to fix something that’s broken. Sometimes it’s about starting again and building something new. Something better”  ― Leisa Rayven, Bad Romeo

“Start over my darling. Be brave enough to find the life you want and courageous enough to chase it. Then start over and love yourself the way you were always meant to.” - Madelyn Beck

“If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.” - Dolly Parton

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“The only real battle in life is between hanging on and letting go.” ― Shannon L. Alder

“Celebrate endings, for they precede new beginnings. “- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

“New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.” - Lao Tzu

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“Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.” - Alan Cohen

“Nothing in the universe can stop you from letting go and starting over.” - Guy Finley

“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” - C.S. Lewis

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“The life in front of you is far more important than the life behind you.” - Joel Osteen

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