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Quotes About Admission

Prayer is the open admission that without Christ we can do nothing. And prayer is the turning away from ourselves to God in the confidence that He will provide the help we need. Prayer humbles us as needy and exalts God as wealthy.
~ John Piper
Authenticity begins when you start by admitting that you are inauthentic.
~ John Piper
When you bow down your head to pray Let the first thing that you say Be a lowly word and meek: "I admit that I am weak.
~ John Piper
I did not mean to say that the Conservatives are generally stupid. I meant to say that stupid people are generally Conservative. I believe that is so obviously and universally admitted a principle that I hardly think any gentleman will deny it.
~ John Stuart Mill
Politicians also have a love affair with the 'small business exemption.' Too much paperwork? Too heavy a burden? Not enough time? Just exempt small businesses from the rule. It sounds so pro-growth. Instead it's an admission that the costs of a regulation just can't be justified.
~ John Sununu
An example of how stupid people admitting they're stupid doesn't make them any less stupid
~ John Wilson
Brighton Fishing Museum: Admission Free'.
~ Emily Dubberley
Oh the benison of it, she thought, for she seemed to need comfort now, not only because she was tired after the journey and far away from John, but because she had admitted to herself that she loved him, had let her love sweep over her like a kind of illness, 'giving in' to flu, conscious only of the present moment.
~ Barbara Pym
To admit error and cut losses is rare among individuals, unknown among states. States function only in terms of what those in control perceive as power or personal ambition, and both of these wear blinkers.
~ Barbara W. Tuchman
Contempt of the defeated for the victor, seemingly a perverse response, is a loser's sentiment—denying admission of its own fault or failure and believing itself robbed of victory by some malign mischance, as in sports when a gust of wind might divert the throw of a ball, giving victory to the opponent.
~ Barbara W. Tuchman
We simply do not understand our place in the universe and have not the courage to admit it.
~ Barry Lopez
You can't rely on love. Love will let you down every time. Every. Single. Time. I don't love Jecca. I don't love Fanboy. But... God, the buts in life will kill you absolutely every time, won't they. I don't love. But I need. I can admit that to myself.
~ Barry Lyga
I am ashamed to admit I watch a lot of reality shows like The Osbournes and The Bachelor.
~ Sara Gilbert
The awkward thing for me is when the realization happens that I actually might like this girl. Then I become awkward.
~ Zac Efron
But at any rate, the point is that God is what nobody admits to being, and everybody really is.
~ Alan Watts
Dwayne Betts is the kind of man who should be receiving awards from the Connecticut bar. Instead, he hasn't been admitted.
~ Bari Weiss
While my college had done an excellent job recruiting me, I had no road map for what I was supposed to do once I made it to campus.
~ Jennine Capó Crucet
Admission to the National Academy is highly competitive and selective.
~ William Barr
Our Lord speaks of many coming up to His door confident of admission, whom He yet sends away. Faith is obedience, not confidence.
~ George MacDonald
nothing makes one so cross as knowing one is in the wrong, does it?
~ Georgette Heyer
I'm not a workaholic, but I was a bit manic, I have to confess.
~ Gavin Rossdale
Like so much in Singapore, admission to the Marina Bay's casino is hierarchical: Free for anyone with an international passport, costly for locals, off-limits to migrant workers altogether.
~ Alan Huffman
To make an embarrassing admission, I like video games. That's what got me into software engineering when I was a kid. I wanted to make money so I could buy a better computer to play better video games - nothing like saving the world.
~ Elon Musk
Pitch tip: Speak confidently about your product, but be able to admit when you need more information, and get it to the people you're pitching quickly after the meeting.
~ Alexis Ohanian