Quotes About Acknowledgment

For once a truth is known it cannot be unknown, it can only be denied.

You learned how if a thing is not spoken of, even those closest to you, who love you, will assume that it doesn't exist.

Thank you, Patrick—" but she spoke too softly

I could see how, the more time you spent in the man's presence, the less silly he seemed. There is a kind of erosion, a wearing away, in one's perception of foolishness, if the object of derision gives no sign that he acknowledges it.

God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you"? William Arthur Ward6

Three things Jehoshaphat did were very important. First, he acknowledged he had no might to stand against his enemies. Second, he admitted he did not know what to do. And third, he said his eyes were on God. By saying these three things, Jehoshaphat put himself in position for a miracle.

How do, Peter," Mr. Yarby said. Mrs. Yarby just gave me a nod.

Wisdom. . .is knowing what you have to accept.

Wisdom is knowing what you can accept.

She studied it soberly, with something like recognition or acknowledgment in her eyes, as if those who have been dead understand things that will never be understood by those who have only lived.

It is too embarrassing to name and own one's deep failings; as long as they are unvoiced, we may be allowed to pretend it is not so.

Sabbath is not simply the pause that refreshes. It is the pause that transforms. Whereas Israelites are always tempted to acquisitiveness, Sabbath is an invitation to receptivity, an acknowledgment that what is needed is given and need not be seized.

The Sabbath rest of God is the acknowledgment that God and God's people in the world are not commodities to be dispatched for endless production and so dispatched, as we used to say, as "hands" in the service of a command economy. Rather they are subjects situated in an economy of neighborliness. All of that is implicit in the reality and exhibit of divine rest.

When you're good at something, you'll tell everyone. When you're great at something, they'll tell you.

When you're good at something, you'll tell everyone. When you're great at something, they'll tell you.

la comunidad te hace un reconocimiento o una felicitación honesta y franca, no los desprecies ni les des a entender que se equivocaron. No digas que no la mereces ¡di gracias y cállate!

Great men always pay deference to greater.

It is attention, really, that is the big resource; it is being acknowledged. It is being told you did a great job.

I happen to believe that respect also has to be given, simply due to our common humanity. Since God created you, you get my respect.

I mention Jackie mostly because I want to be assured that I inhabit the same universe as other people; that I am not alone on a distant shore. Jackie glues me to this world—most effectively when I can find a way to mention her name or her attributes, when I can find a pretext, however frail, to introduce her into a conversation, even at the risk of non sequitur, bathos, or incoherence.

When famous people come up to you it's a bit weird, but it's an honour, really, when they recognise you and want to chat to you for a bit.

IT WAS ME. I'M STANDING RIGHT NEXT TO YOU! IT WAS MY FAULT THEY STOPPED GIVING TOURS.

?ddial? oldu?u i?i sadece özel hayat?nda gerçekle?tiren ki?i bizde yok hükmündedir, dedi sonra. Bir yetene?i daima ba?ka herkesin de görmesi gerekiyor, yoksa say?lmaz.

Grateful acknowledgment is made for permission to reprint the following images: Image on page 19 courtesy of Paul Ekman Group.