To dream of the person you would like to be is to waste the person you are. (Quote by - Anonymous)

It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is. (Quote by - Erasmus)

The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination. (Quote by - Maurice Godelier)

We must accept life for what it actually is -- a challenge to our quality without which we should never know of what stuff we are made, or grow to our full stature. (Quote by - Ida R. Wylie)

Acceptance of others, their looks, their behaviors, their beliefs, bring you an inner peace and tranquillity -- instead of anger and resentment(Quote by - Anonymous)

Next to God we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth living. (Quote by - Mary McLeod Bethune)

If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. (Quote by - Fyodor Dostoyevsky)

Growth begins when we start to accept our own weakness. (Quote by - Jean Vanier)

Who we are never changes. Who we think we are does. (Quote by - Mary S. Almanac)

One may understand the Cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star. (Quote by - Gilbert K. Chesterton)

Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do can love things that no one else can love. We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music. (Quote by - Barbara Sher)

I looked always outside of myself to see what I could make the world give me instead of looking within myself to see what was there. (Quote by - Belle Livingstone)

If your imagination leads you to understand how quickly people grant your requests when those requests appeal to their self- interest, you can have practically anything you go after. (Quote by - Napoleon Hill)

It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but [we do know] it is our sacred duty. (Quote by - Florida Scott)

If I could define enlightenment briefly I would say it is 'the quiet acceptance of what is'. (Quote by - Wayne Dyer)

Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Self-acceptance comes from meeting life's challenges vigorously. Don't numb yourself to your trials and difficulties, nor build mental walls to exclude pain from your life. You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them courageously. You will find peace not in denial, but in victory. (Quote by - J. Donald Walters)

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are. (Quote by - Malcolm Forbes)

I accept the universe! (Quote by - Margaret Fuller)

In life, many thoughts are born in the course of a moment, an hour, a day. Some are dreams, some visions. Often, we are unable to distinguish between them. To some, they are the same; however, not all dreams are visions. Much energy is lost in fanciful dreams that never bear fruit. But visions are messages from the Great Spirit, each for a different purpose in life. Consequently, one person's vision may not be that of another. To have a vision, one must be prepared to receive it, and when it comes, to accept it. Thus when these inner urges become reality, only then can visions be fulfilled. The spiritual side of life knows everyone's heart and who to trust. How could a vision ever be given to someone to harbor if that person could not be trusted to carry it out. The message is simple: commitment precedes vision. (Quote by - High Eagle)

Imagination was given to us to compensate for what we are not; a sense of humor was provided to console us for what we are. (Quote by - Mack McGinnis)

To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object. (Quote by - Simone de Beauvoir )

Nature never repeats herself, and the possibilities of one human soul will never be found in another. (Quote by - Elizabeth Cady Stanton)

The habit of saving is itself an education. It fosters every virtue, teaches self- denial, cultivates the sense of order, trains to forethought, and so broadens the mind. (Quote by - Thornton T. Munger)

Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense. (Quote by - Thomas A. Bennett)