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Acceptance

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55 Quote(s) Found

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Acceptance – not busyness – brings us to a peaceful place.

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Blather and clutter so predominate the gush that we accept them without realizing what we’re doing or putting up any resistance.

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It is through… embracing self-acceptance that we’re freed to both acknowledge the obstacles we face and build the capacities we need to perform at our best.

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Genuine humility frees us of the need to protect an image of ourselves or stand above others. It gives us permission instead to accept, embrace, and learn from our limitations.

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…leaders… deal with this mercurial world by anticipating, looking not just down the road, but around the corner; by seeing change as an opportunity, rather than an obstacle; and by accepting it, rather than resisting it.

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Once people commit themselves to an opinion… they become less able to accept information that is dissonant with their positions.

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…maturity means an active, self-reflective struggle to accept the dissonance we feel about hopes we did not realize, opportunities we let slide by, mistakes we made, challenges we could not meet, all of which changed our lives in ways we could not anticipate.

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We are each called to be something. We are selected. We are chosen…but will we choose to accept this? Or will we run away? That is our call.

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You make the move, you own it. You say it, you stand behind it. You order it, you accept the blame. This is the source from which self-respect springs and leaders are made.

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Never accept the foregone conclusion. Only a loser stops battling their opponent before the match is over. Fight for every yard. Fight for you.

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