Top 200 Acceptance Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?”

— Marcus Aurelius

52. “You are not a problem that needs solving.”

— Eckhart Tolle

53. “Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable.”

— Denis Waitley

54. “Don’t let insecurity ruin the beauty you were born with.”

— Anonymous

55. “You don’t have to be afraid because we’re all the same.”

— Shawn Mendes

56. “Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

57. “Expect nothing and accept everything and you will never be disappointed.”

— Laurence Overmire

58. “Autism is not a disability, it’s a different ability.”

— Stuart Duncan

59. “No amount of worrying can change the future. Go easy on yourself, for the outcome of all affairs is determined by God’s decree. If something is meant to go elsewhere, it will never come your way, but if it is yours by destiny, from you it cannot flee.”

— Umar

60. “When we have accepted the worst, we have nothing more to lose. And that automatically means we have everything to gain.”

— Dale Carnegie

61. “You can’t control everything. Sometimes you just need to relax and have faith that things will work out. Let go a little and just let life happen.”

— Kody Keplinger

62. “When you're at peace with yourself and love your self, it is virtually impossible to do things to yourself that are destructive.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

63. “Nothing brings down walls as surely as acceptance.”

— Deepak Chopra

64. “Love is forgiving and Love is for giving.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

65. “Spend your brief moment according to nature’s law, and serenely greet the journey’s end as an olive falls when it is ripe, blessing the branch that bare it, and giving thanks to the tree that gave it life.”

— Marcus Aurelius

66. “Whatever life takes away from you, let it go.”

— Miguel Ruiz

67. “The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.”

— Steve Maraboli

68. “As human beings, our job in life is to help people realize how rare and valuable each one of us really is, that each of us has something that no one else has-or ever will have-something inside that is unique to all time.”

— Fred Rogers

69. “Don’t worry if you’re making waves simply by being yourself. The moon does it all the time.”

— Scott Stabile

70. “Having compassion starts and ends with having compassion for all those unwanted parts of ourselves. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.”

— Pema Chödrön

71. “I believe there is only one race – the human race.”

— Rosa Parks

72. “Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we’re all in this together.”

— Brené Brown

73. “We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.”

— Maya Angelou

74. “To offer no resistance to life is to be in a state of grace, ease, and lightness.”

— Eckhart Tolle

75. “I am different, not less.”

— Temple Grandin

76. “It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.”

— Maya Angelou

77. “See the light in others, and treat them as if that is all you see.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

78. “No expectations. Ask nothing, expect nothing and accept everything, and life is very well.”

— Anthony Hopkins

79. “The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image.”

— Thomas Merton

80. “When you are not honoring the present moment by allowing it to be, you are creating drama.”

— Eckhart Tolle

81. “Remember it’s OK to be yourself.”

— Richard Branson

82. “Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”

— Rumi

83. “You deserve to take up space.”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

84. “God’s love for me is perfect because it’s based on Him, not on me. So, even when I failed, He kept loving me.”

— Joyce Meyer

85. “I may not be perfect, but I’m always me.”

— Selena Gómez

86. “I am me and I am okay.”

— Virginia Satir

87. “Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.”

— Jack Kornfield

88. “You are no better than anyone else and no one is better than you.”

— John Wooden

89. “You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful.”

— Amy Bloom

90. “Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.”

— Paulo Coelho

91. “The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.”

— Nathaniel Branden

92. “I’m not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I’ve always been a freak. So I’ve been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I’m one of those people.”

— John Lennon

93. “What makes you different is what makes you beautiful.”

— Selena Gómez

94. “If you can’t do anything about it then let it go. Don’t be a prisoner to things you can’t change.”

— Tony Gaskins

95. “I forgive myself for not being perfect. I am living the very best way I know how.”

— Louise Hay

96. “I exist as I am, that is enough.”

— Walt Whitman

97. “Life is not what it’s supposed to be. It’s what it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.”

— Virginia Satir

98. “Remember, you are special because I made you. And I don’t make mistakes.”

— Max Lucado

99. “Freedom and happiness are won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.”

— Epictetus

100. “This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. Welcome and entertain them all!”

— Rumi