If a ship has been sunk, I can't bring it up. If it is going to be sunk, I can't stop it. I can use my time much better working on tomorrow's problem than by fretting about yesterday's. Besides, if…

Quote by Admiral Ernest J King

Topics: Acceptance Quotes, Problems Quotes

If a ship has been sunk, I can't bring it up. If it is going...

If a ship has been sunk, I can't bring it up. If it is going...

There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout: This is me...

There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout: This is me...

Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic.

Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic.

When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live...

When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live...

I would not look upon anger as something foreign to me that I have to...

I would not look upon anger as something foreign to me that I have to...

Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear...

Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear...

The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.

The most powerful relationship you will ever have is the relationship with yourself.

Accept your humanness as well as your divinity, totally and without reserve.

Accept your humanness as well as your divinity, totally and without reserve.

But there isn't any second half of myself waiting to plug in and make me...

But there isn't any second half of myself waiting to plug in and make me...

Solitude is essentially the discovery and acceptance of our uniqueness.

Solitude is essentially the discovery and acceptance of our uniqueness.

Rebellion against your handicaps gets you nowhere. Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the...

Rebellion against your handicaps gets you nowhere. Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the...

That is the definition of faith -- acceptance of that which we imagine to be...

That is the definition of faith -- acceptance of that which we imagine to be...

Honesty and acceptance is an ongoing practice, which is essential to having clear communication with...

Honesty and acceptance is an ongoing practice, which is essential to having clear communication with...

Although time seems to fly, it never travels faster than one day at a time....

Although time seems to fly, it never travels faster than one day at a time....

Throw out the judgments and bring in the acceptance & love.

Throw out the judgments and bring in the acceptance & love.

When you are outraged by somebodys impudence, ask yourself at once, Can the world exist...

When you are outraged by somebodys impudence, ask yourself at once, Can the world exist...

Always accept and feel comfortable with your flaws, that way no one can ever use...

Always accept and feel comfortable with your flaws, that way no one can ever use...

If a person can't accept you for who you really are, than they don't deserve...

If a person can't accept you for who you really are, than they don't deserve...

I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with...

I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with...

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his...

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his...