Quotes about Acknowledgment

For we see Abraham the readier to acknowledge himself but dust and ashes the nearer he approaches to behold the glory of the Lord.

For though in old times there were some, and in the present day not a few are found, who deny the being of a God, yet, whether they will or not, they occasionally feel the truth which they are desirous not to know. We do not read of any man who broke out into more unbridled and audacious contempt of the Deity than C. Caligula, and yet none showed greater dread when any indication of divine wrath was manifested.

Desire is bridled when we acknowledge that all thing given to us are given in order that we might know their author.

In the United States, I am a great success, but I am not a celebrity.

Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery.

It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.

We'd like to be humble...but what if no one notices?

The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.

To acknowledge you were wrong yesterday is to acknowledge you are wiser today.

Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want not the alleviation but the silencing of misery.

To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kind that will stand behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for the good, which is directed at you. Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.

You cannot heal what you do not first acknowledge.