Quotes About Admission

Humility is the power to admit that you may be wrong. Admitting to false beliefs is not weakness, it is the first step on the path to truth. And make no mistake, there is no such thing as individual truth, only individual perception. Perception is subjective, but truth isn't.

Life turned out to be very different from theory. But they would not admit they were wrong: whenever things did not turn out as desired, they did not compromise but instead intensified the violence. To admit to being wrong would threaten to unravel the whole theoretical foundation of their regime, since it claimed to be scientifically correct in all its parts.

The most essential prerequisite to understanding is to be able to admit when you don't understand something

I know I'm not supposed to say this, but I love you.

I couldn't help it," I said, knowing how lame that sounded. It was as bad as Angeline's "it's not my fault" mantra.

You can't force love, I realized. It's there or it isn't. If it's not there, you've got to be able to admit it. If it is there, you've got to do whatever it takes to protect the ones you love.

Was there any basis for preferring any one sufficient hypothesis over another? When you simply did not understand a thing: No! And Jubal readily admitted to himself that a long lifetime had left him completely and totally not understanding the basic problems of the Universe.

Well, I suppose it did.

Once you began speculation about that, once you admited to yourself that you didn't really know how another person's mind operated, then you came up against the ultimate admission—anything was possible.

once you admitted to yourself that you didn't really know how another person's mind operated, then you came up against the ultimate admission—anything was possible.

I thought Trent should get over his pixy paranoia and admit he had an eerie attraction to them, like every other pure-blood elf I'd met. So he liked pixies. I liked double-crunch ice cream, but you didn't see me avoiding it in the grocery store.

Give me a minute to catch my breath," I said, sneaking glances at him. "Then we can head to the car. I need a few more things to make the demon spell, but I'm too tired to do it now." It grated on me to admit it, but it was kinda obvious.

The fault we admit to is seldom the fault we have, but it has a certain relationship to it, a somewhat similar shape, like that of a sleeve to an arm.

It should be easy for a man who's strong to say he's sorry or admit when he's wrong.

If churches want to play the game of politics, let them pay admission like everyone else.

That which is above all to be shunned," said the philosopher, "is the encroachment of discouragement, the result of repeated failures. "Rare are those who wish to admit their mistakes. "In the structure of the mind, inaccuracy brings a partial deviation from the truth, and it does not take long for this slight error to generalize itself, if not corrected by its natural reformer — common sense.

When you inflict suffering on yourself in the name of some story, it give you a choice: 'Either the story is true, or I am a gullible fool.' When you inflict suffering on others, you are also given a choice: 'Either the story is true, or I am a cruel villain.' And just as we don't want to admit we are fools, we also don't want to admit we are villains, so we prefer to believe that the story is true.

IN GOD'S KINGDOM, many things are the opposite of what you'd expect. To be great, be a humble servant. To be strong, recognize your weakness. To be close to God, admit the darkness and depravity in your heart.

Sometimes, I think we're afraid to admit we want certain things. Especially things that contradict the image we have of ourselves.

My fault, again. Dr. Blake said I also handled the beads incident wrong when I reported that a couple of weeks later.

We like to admit to only that which already glows, although it is nobler to support brightness before it glows, not afterwards.

Anyone can be a fool, but the one recognizes it and admits it is on the path to wisdom.

In order to receive a pardon you must plead guilty.

To admit ignorance is the highest knowledge. It is the necessary condition for all learning.