75 Acceptance Quotes and Sayings

In this post, you will find amazing acceptance quotes and sayings.

Short Acceptance Sayings

 

“It’s not your job to like me – it’s mine.” —Byron Katie

 

“Happiness can exist only in acceptance.” —George Orwell

 

“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.” —C.G. Jung

 

“You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” —Bindi Irwin

 

“Never accept ultimatums, conventional wisdom, or absolutes.” —Christopher Reeve

 

“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.” —Carl Jung

 

“I’m not okay, you’re not okay, and that’s okay.” —William Sloane Coffin

 

“My entire life, I’ve been searching for acceptance.” —Greg Rutherford

 

“Nothing brings down walls as surely as acceptance.” —Deepak Chopra

 

“Was insanity really easier to accept than unconsciousness?” —Jeff Lindsay

 

“Transformation begins with the radical acceptance of what is.” —Danielle LaPorte

 

“I was willing to accept what I couldn’t change.” —Abdul Kalam

 

“If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished??” —Rumi

 

“Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change.” —Katherine Mansfield

 

“Your problem is you’re… too busy holding onto your unworthiness.” —Ram Dass

 

“Forgiveness is the act of admitting we are like other people.” —Christina Baldwin

 

“Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.” —Jessica Lange

 

“We all make mistakes. We must keep finding the right paths.” —Lailah Gifty Akita

 

“Nothing is more acceptable than what we are born into.” —Hisham Matar

 

“Remind yourself that you cannot fail at being yourself.” —Wayne Dyer

 

“Any man who does not accept the conditions of life sells his soul.” —Charles Baudelaire

Acceptance Sayings

 

“Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.” —William James

 

“The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.” —Nathaniel Branden

 

“With self-acceptance, we have the ability to choose compassion and forgiveness over anger and self-hatred.” —Michelle Cruz-Rosado

 

“Wholly accept your flaws, and suddenly no one is strong enough to use them against you.” —Unknown

 

“The happiest people in life are able to be themselves. But you cannot be yourself, until you accept yourself.” —Jeff Moore

 

“My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.” —Michael J. Fox

 

“I only accept your mistakes and flaws to the degree that I accept my own.” —Vironika Tugaleva

 

“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

 

“Most people need love and acceptance a lot more than they need advice.” —Bob Goff

 

“Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” —Louise Hay

 

“The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.” —Brian Tracy

 

“I’m not perfect. I make mistakes. And I will make more mistakes. And that’s OK.” —Unknown

 

“Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.” —J.K. Rowling

 

“Accepting the unacceptable is the hardest lesson to learn and the most important to achieve inner peace.” —Char Wilson

 

“Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.” —Lao Tzu

 

“The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.” —Stephanie Perkins

 

“The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and the acceptance of love.” —Marianne Williamson

 

“Attitude is your acceptance of the natural laws, or your rejection of the natural laws.” —Stuart Chase

 

“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” —Thich Nhat Hanh

 

“Marriage equality is about more than just marriage. It’s about something greater. It’s about acceptance.” —Charlize Theron

 

“What self-acceptance does is open up more possibilities of succeeding because you aren’t fighting yourself along the way.” —Shannon Ables

 

“The most you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.” —Stephanie Perkins

 

“Not being understood may be taken as a sign that there is much in one to understand.” —Alain de Botton

 

“Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.” —Malcolm Forbes

 

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” —Rumi

 

“When I accept myself, I am freed from the burden of needing you to accept me.” —Steve Maraboli

 

“Accept yourself as you are. Otherwise you will never see opportunity. You will not feel free to move toward it; you will feel you are not deserving.” —Maxwell Maltz

 

“Accept yourself: flaws, quirks, talents, secret thoughts, all of it, and experience true liberation.” —Amy Leigh Mercree

 

“I have never found anybody who could stand to accept the daily demonstrative love I feel in me, and give back as good as I give.” —Sylvia Plath

 

“It doesn’t matter how old you are, there is a little child within who needs love and acceptance.” —Louise Hayb Quinto

 

“The spirit of rejection finds its support in the consciousness of separateness; the spirit of acceptance finds its base in the consciousness of unity.” —Rabindranath Tagore

 

“Acceptance of others, their looks, their behaviors, their beliefs, bring you an inner peace and tranquility…instead of anger and resentment.” —Unknown

 

“I am not looking to escape my darkness, I am learning to love myself there.” —Rune Lazuli

 

“Accept that some days you’re the pigeon, and some days you’re the statue.” —Roger C. Anderson

 

“Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.” —Miyamoto Musashi

 

“It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else’s eyes.” —Sally Field

 

“No amount of self-improvement can make up for any lack of self-acceptance.” —Robert Holden

 

“A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world.” —Ken Keyes Jr.

 

“There is nothing so wrong as accepting a thing merely because men who have done things say it should be so.” —Alfred Stieglitz

 

“Reason lost the battle, and all I could do was surrender and accept I was in love.” —Paulo Coelho

 

“One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world…making the most of one’s best.” —Harry Emerson Fosdick

 

“Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

“Accepting yourself is about respecting yourself. It’s about honoring yourself right now, here today, in this moment. Not just who you could become somewhere down the line.” —Kris Carr

Top Ten Acceptance Sayings

 

Here you will find top ten acceptance sayings selected by our team.

  1. “Happiness can exist only in acceptance.” —George Orwell
  2. “To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” —Thich Nhat Hanh
  3. “Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.” —J.K. Rowling
  4. “Reason lost the battle, and all I could do was surrender and accept I was in love.” —Paulo Coelho
  5. “Most people need love and acceptance a lot more than they need advice.” —Bob Goff
  6. “I only accept your mistakes and flaws to the degree that I accept my own.” —Vironika Tugaleva
  7. “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
  8. “The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.” —Nathaniel Branden
  9. “The happiest people in life are able to be themselves. But you cannot be yourself, until you accept yourself.” —Jeff Moore
  10. “Wholly accept your flaws, and suddenly no one is strong enough to use them against you.” —Unknown