45 Quotes About Forgiveness and Acceptance

Going down a path of acceptance can be difficult to travel. These quotes about forgiveness and acceptance will bring you some new form peace and tranquility on where you currently find yourself at.

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

“Acceptance doesn’t mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there’s got to be a way through it.”

“Acceptance is not love. You love a person because he or she has lovable traits, but you accept everybody just because they’re alive and human.”

“Acceptance looks like a passive state, but in reality it brings something entirely new into this world. That peace, a subtle energy vibration, is consciousness.”

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

“Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much.”

“As I get older, the more I stay focused on the acceptance of myself and others, and choose compassion over judgment and curiosity over fear.”

“At the heart of personality is the need to feel a sense of being lovable without having to qualify for that acceptance.”

“Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.”

“Body love is more than acceptance of self or the acceptance of the body. Body love is about self-worth in general. It’s more than our physical appearance.”

“Creating my own world in a comic or selling my first penny newspaper aged nine was a way of gaining recognition and acceptance by my peers.”

“Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.”

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

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity.”

“Happiness can exist only in acceptance.”

“I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge.”

“I found that laughter was a form of acceptance, and I really enjoyed that and I just – I crave it.”

“I think tolerance and acceptance and love is something that feeds every community.”

“It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.”

“Just knowing you don’t have the answers is a recipe for humility, openness, acceptance, forgiveness, and an eagerness to learn – and those are all good things.”

“Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.”

“Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.”

“Many people think of perfectionism as striving to be your best, but it is not about self-improvement; it’s about earning approval and acceptance.”

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

“Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.”

“Most of us can forgive and forget; we just don’t want the other person to forget that we forgave.”

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

“Panic causes tunnel vision. Calm acceptance of danger allows us to more easily assess the situation and see the options.”

“The acceptance of death gives you more of a stake in life, in living life happily, as it should be lived. Living for the moment.”

“The acceptance that all that is solid has melted into the air, that reality and morality are not givens but imperfect human constructs, is the point from which fiction begins. Salman Rus”

“The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.”

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

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

“The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one’s country deep enough to call her to a higher plain.”

“The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen.”

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”

“There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.”

“There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance.”

“These years in silence and reflection made me stronger and reminded me that acceptance has to come from within and that this kind of truth gives me the power to conquer emotions I didn’t even know existed.”

“To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.”

“Tolerance, compromise, understanding, acceptance, patience – I want those all to be very sharp tools in my shed.”

“True forgiveness is not an action after the fact, it is an attitude with which you enter each moment.”

“We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don’t. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.”

“When you forgive, you in no way change the past – but you sure do change the future.”

“When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free.”

Forgiving someone for what has happened can be difficult. For some, it can be one of the hardest things to do. Accepting what has happened is a different challenge to overtake.