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

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,...

A person wrapped up in himself makes a small package.

A person wrapped up in himself makes a small package.

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

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

Life consists not simply in what heredity and environment do to us but in what...

Life consists not simply in what heredity and environment do to us but in what...

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...

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...

Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.

Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.

Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure...

Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure...

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.

Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

Whatever you laugh at in others, laughs at yourself.

Whatever you laugh at in others, laughs at yourself.

God is not a cosmic bell-boy for whom we can press a button to get...

God is not a cosmic bell-boy for whom we can press a button to get...

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.

Preaching is personal counseling on a group basis.

Preaching is personal counseling on a group basis.

I hate war... for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracies, and for...

I hate war... for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracies, and for...

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can...

Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can...

Nothing short of self-respect and that justice which is essential to a national character ought...

Nothing short of self-respect and that justice which is essential to a national character ought...

I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success...

I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success...