Paul Brunton Quotes

You have to accept your fate; do it without bitterness and stay humble.

If you can neither accept it or change it, try to laugh at it.

There's things to put up wi' in ivery place, an' you may change an' change an' not better yourself when all's said an' done.

What may not be altered is made lighter by patience.

When we see ourselves in a situation which must be endured and gone through, it is best to make up our minds to it, meet it with firmness, and accommodate everything to it in the best way practicable. This lessens the evil; while fretting and fuming only serves to increase your own torments.

We may be masters of our every lot By bearing it.

Is your cucumber bitter? Throw it away. Are there briars in your path? Turn aside. That is enough. Do not go on and ay, 'Why were things of this sort ever brought into the world?'

If you can't fix it, you have to stand it.

When life doesn't meet your expectations, it was important to take it with grace.

You've got to learn to live with what you can't rise above.

GRACE: All you can do is take it.

Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change.

Most of the time, I'm not scared. I get on with life, not because I'm a fatalist, but because that's the most congenial way of dealing with things. Indeed, most of the time, I'm not conscious of dealing with anything.

You have to try to take what life throws at you with grace and equanimity.

I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended and patient when there be no redress.

I don't see the point in being bitter.

The changes were inevitable and one has to accept them gracefully

Part of the game is moving on. And you do.

You've just got to take things the way they are and accept them and strive.

Every loss I take, I've accepted, and I move on.

There’s no remaking reality... Just take it as it comes. Hold your ground and take it as it comes. There’s no other way.

Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.

When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.

Difficulties can't be eliminated from life. Individuals will always have them, countries will always have them...The only thing is to accept them, if possible overcome them, otherwise to come to terms with them. It's all right to fight, yes, but only when it's possible.

One must not try to trick misfortune, but resign oneself to it with good grace.