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Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the...

Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about destiny, heart, things, love, people

Accept the challenges so that you can feel the...

Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.

Quote by George S. Patton about victory

If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about dispute, judges

An acceptable level of employment means that the...

An acceptable level of employment means that the government economist to whom it is acceptable still has a job.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about commerce

To love the truth means that you have to accept that it...

To love the truth means that you have to accept that it can dark you.

Quote by Andre Gide about truth, dark, love

The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular explanation of those terms, to limit very strictly their acceptation.

Quote by Charles Babbage about tools, limits

What this book demands from a reader is a willingness to...

What this book demands from a reader is a willingness to accept that the best writer in America could write almost nothing but record reviews.

Quote by Lester Bangs about writers, nothing

Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become...

Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.

Quote by Dean Acheson about opinion

I mean that's a big part of our existence here on earth, the personal relationship we have with the person that we love, with the person that we make love to, with the person that we share our lives with. We expect a lot of things back from our...

Quote by Erykah Badu about man, people, teaching, existence, earth, love, things

I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate.

Quote by John Adams about destiny, home, house, children, mind

I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not...

I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.

Quote by Simone de Beauvoir

Black music has increased my enjoyment of what I do. It...

Black music has increased my enjoyment of what I do. It has increased my range, my ability to reach into myself and accept myself.

Quote by Michael Bolton about joy, magic, ability, music

My grandmother was born in Leeds - I was happy to be...

My grandmother was born in Leeds - I was happy to be accepted here. The British invasion completely won me over.

Quote by Michael Bolton about happiness

In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about question, order

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to...

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Quote by Aristotel about education, thinking, mind

When you turn your heart and your life over to Christ, ...

When you turn your heart and your life over to Christ, when you accept Christ as the savior, it changes your heart.

Quote by George W. Bush about heart, life

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.

Quote by Albert Camus about people, defects, numbers, things, man

The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone...

The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he's dead.

Quote by Bette Davis about life

Lesbians and gays... they still have to fight, even...

Lesbians and gays... they still have to fight, even inside. It's not that simple, even if they seem to be accepted.

Quote by Catherine Deneuve about fight

For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.

Quote by Winston Churchill about air, power, good, good luck

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