Accepted
A lot of men who have accepted – or had imposed upon them in boyhood – the old English public school styles of careful modesty in speech, with much understatement, have behind their masks an appalling and impregnable conceit of themselves.
Author: J. B. PriestleyTopics: Accepted, Boyhood, Careful, Famous, Impregnable, Mask, Modesty, Public, School, Speech
It feels as if the world has acknowledged and accepted our sincerity.
Author: J-HopeTopics: Accepted, Acknowledgement, Famous, Sincerity, World
I entirely concur in the propriety of restoring to the sense in which the Constitution was accepted and ratified by the nation. In that sense alone it is a legitimate constitution. And, if that be not the guide in expounding it, there can be no security for consistent and stable government.
Author: James MadisonTopics: Accepted, Consistent, Constitution, Famous, Government, Nation, Security
Change what cannot be accepted and accept what cannot be changed.
Author: Reinhold NiebuhrTopics: Accept, Accepted, Change, Changed, Famous, Meaningful
I recently enrolled at an elementary school and they accepted me. I am finally going to get revenge on those kids that beat me up as a boy, assuming they are still attending.
Author: Thom YorkeTopics: Accepted, Assuming, Elementary phase, Enrolled, Famous, Kids, Meaningful, Revenge
There have been tons of politicians who were slow to accept equal rights when it meant changes in the established social order. Many eventually came around, admitted they were wrong, and were forgiven. But the ones who actively choose hate-mongering don’t ever get a pass.
Author: Gail CollinsTopics: Accepted, Famous, Forgive, Hate, Order, Politicians, Rights, Social order
In 2009, I accepted the proposal of Real Madrid, but I was completely destroyed there because I could not give what I had given Milan. I was completely lost.
Author: KakaTopics: Accepted, Destroyed, Famous, Lost, Overshadowed, Proposal, Real Madrid
The world is actually full of challenges and we need to challenge ourselves. I took a challenge to run that fast. It consumes a lot of energy especially mentally. But I took myself and accepted to be challenged and I challenged the time.
Author: Eliud KipchogeTopics: Accepted, Challenges, Consumes, Energy, Famous, Fast, Inspirational, Meaningful, Mentally, Ourselves, Run, Took, World
Love’s gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted.
Author: Rabindranath TagoreTopics: Accepted, Famous, Gift, Meaningful
My ideas have undergone a process of emergence by emergency. When they are needed badly enough, they are accepted.
Author: R. Buckminster FullerTopics: Accepted, Emergence, Enough, Famous, Inspirational, Meaningful
Everybody has accepted by now that change is unavoidable. But that still implies that change is like death and taxes – it should be postponed as long as possible and no change would be vastly preferable. But in a period of upheaval, such as the one we are living in, change is the norm.
Author: Peter DruckerTopics: Accepted, Death, Famous, Living, Meaningful, Possible, Preferable
But had I accepted the pickle juice, I would be drinking pickle juice right now.
Author: Nicki MinajTopics: Accepted, Drinking, Famous, Pckle Juice
Education must be subversive if it is to be meaningful. By this I mean that it must challenge all the things we take for granted, examine all accepted assumptions, tamper with every sacred cow, and instil a desire to question and doubt.
Author: Bertrand RussellTopics: Accepted, Desire, Education, Meaningful, Subversive
Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
Author: Bertrand RussellTopics: Accepted, Eccentric, Fear, Opinion
Any impulse of thought which is repeatedly passed on to the subconscious mind is finally accepted and acted upon
Author: Napoleon HillTopics: Accepted, Experiences, Famous, Impulses, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Mind, Positive
Handicaps can be converted into stepping stones on which one may climb towards some worthy goal, unless they are accepted as obstacles and used as alibis.
Author: Napoleon HillTopics: Accepted, Climb, Climbing, Converted, Famous, Goal, Handicaps, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Obstacles, Overcoming obstacles, Stepping, Stones