Rebellion against your handicaps gets you nowhere. Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world, making the most of one's best.

Quote by Harry Emerson Fosdick

Topics: Acceptance Quotes, Advice Quotes, Limits Quotes, Self-respect Quotes, Success Quotes

A person wrapped up in himself makes a small package.

A person wrapped up in himself makes a small package.

Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.

Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.

He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he...

He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he...

Religion is not a burden, not a weight, it is wings.

Religion is not a burden, not a weight, it is wings.

We cannot all be great, but we can always attach ourselves to something that it...

We cannot all be great, but we can always attach ourselves to something that it...

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life;...

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life;...

The world is moving so fast these days that the one who says it can't...

The world is moving so fast these days that the one who says it can't...

Nothing else matters much; not wealth, nor learning, nor even health...without this gift: the spiritual...

Nothing else matters much; not wealth, nor learning, nor even health...without this gift: the spiritual...

God is not a cosmic bellboy for whom we can press a button to get...

God is not a cosmic bellboy for whom we can press a button to get...

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life;...

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life;...

The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst.

The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst.

I hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for...

I hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for...

Our power is not so much in us as through us.

Our power is not so much in us as through us.

Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.

Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.

Every human life involves an unfathomable mystery, for man is the riddle of the universe,...

Every human life involves an unfathomable mystery, for man is the riddle of the universe,...

Preaching is personal counseling on a group basis.

Preaching is personal counseling on a group basis.

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.

What we learned here is love tastes bitter when its gone.

What we learned here is love tastes bitter when its gone.

Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet.

Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet.

Growth in wisdom may be exactly measured by decrease in bitterness.

Growth in wisdom may be exactly measured by decrease in bitterness.