#accepting

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

— Elizabeth Edwards

#before #even #good #had #less

I don't see a benefit in accepting every single little morsel of work that comes along because I think, in essence, what you're doing is you're raping yourself really. ↗

— Karl Urban

#along #because #benefit #comes #doing

A witness, in the sense that I am using the word, is a man whose life and faith are so completely one that when the challenge comes to step out and testify for his faith, he does so, disregarding all risks, accepting all consequences. ↗

— Whittaker Chambers

#am #challenge #comes #completely #consequences

Some of them, in accepting the proposed plan of government, coupled their acceptance with a recommendation of various additions to the Constitution, which they deemed essential to the preservation of the rights of the States, or of the People. ↗

— Caleb Cushing

#accepting #additions #constitution #coupled #deemed

They might have a long way to go before truly accepting gay people into their lives, but they have accepted the show into their living rooms each and every week. ↗

— Sean Hayes

#accepting #before #each #every #gay

Well, the fact is that one imagination is critically important, and if you have had your imagination stimulated by what is basically a variety of subjects, you are much more amenable to accepting, to understanding and interacting with the realities of the world. ↗

— Ashley Judd

#amenable #basically #critically #fact #had

GUYS! Would you give it a rest?" Kevin shouted at them, "You're standing there feeding off each other! Dad – you're trying to prove to Ted why me and Dani are a Bad Thing – because you just can't bring yourself to admit that it isn't, even though you can SEE that it isn't! You know it! And Ted – you're pushing my dad's buttons on purpose because you're not so sure yourself how you really feel about us - her, me, any of it! So both of ya just SHUT THE HELL UP!" He turned back towards Dani, "Dani – you're beautiful and I love you – but this wasn't one of your best ideas. Now everyone just be quiet while I hit the stupid little white ball and make it go into the stupid little round hole! GAWD!" All three of them stared at Kevin while he swung. The stupid little white ball flew straight and high, and landed on the green. Apparently a little focus – no matter what it was directed towards – was just what Kevin needed. ↗

— Failte

#daniel-dani-rainer #gay #gof #humor #kevin-denner

One important reason to stay calm is that calm parents hear more. Low-key, accepting parents are the ones whose children keep talking. ↗

— Mary Pipher

#calm #children #hear #important #keep

I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It's seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It's seeing what other people don't see And pursuing that vision. ↗

— Howard Schultz

#ascribe #believe #day #future #i

America was never designed to be fixed forever, but was meant to be fluid and evolving. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#accepting-change #america #change