Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be.
W. H. Auden

Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy.
Dag Hammarskjold

Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.
Dag Hammarskjold

What we won when all of our people united must not be lost in suspicion and distrust and selfishness and politics. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as president.
Lyndon B. Johnson

The boldness of asking deep questions may require unforeseen flexibility if we are to accept the answers.
Brian Greene

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

Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can and surely will at times fail. Other vulnerabilities, like being embarrassed or risking love, can be terrifying, too. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.
Joyce Brothers

Forget the image, forget the ensemble, forget the rumours, forget the short skirts, the big hair, whatever! I owe this to the fans and I will never forget you so I want to accept this award on behalf of all of you.
Mariah Carey

Doing Saturday Night Live definitely affects my relationship with my girlfriend and with my family, because you feel so much pressure to do well that night. But I think everyone's grown to accept that and so they give me my space at the show.
Adam Sandler

God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.
Henry Ward Beecher

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.
E. M. Forster

Nothing is harder than to accept oneself.
Max Frisch

I think the American people should express their preferences, and we'll accept their choice.
Vladimir Putin

You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes.
Maimonides

On the way to work good-hearted young girls sometimes offer me their seats, which I accept and bless them in return, a transaction satisfying to all concerned.
Lionel Blue

Actually, I think most people accept the existence of qualia.
David Chalmers

Where lipstick is concerned, the important thing is not color, but to accept God's final word on where your lips end.
Jerry Seinfeld

Of course there are critics who believe that no matter what we do, the Florida dream is over. They claim that we must accept the idea that inevitably our future is one of high taxes and big government.
Marco Rubio

I don't really like labels in politics, but I will gladly accept the label of conservatism.
Marco Rubio

I find that one must accept the people in such a way as they are.
Michelle Hunziker