Quotes About Acknowledgment

Sometimes we confuse humility with timidity...humility allows us to celebrate the gifts of others but it does not mean you have to deny your own gifts or shrink from using them.

Quite without warning, I began to cry. No sobbing, no throat-gripping spasms. Water simply welled in my eyes and flowed down my cheeks, slow as cold honey. A quiet acknowledgment of despair as things spiraled slowly out of control.

It was what you did when someone died; turned toward God and at least acknowledge the fact.

Go down," she said, "and tell them the MacKenzies are here.

If ever I'd seen a confirmed bachelor, I would

I am deeply indebted to many people who have shared their love of and insights into these remarkable books with me over the years, none more than Jessica Matthews of George Mason University.

I'm sorry; I had meant to offer you my condolences on the loss of your wife," I said, rather formally. He looked surprised for a moment, then bowed his head in acknowledgment, matching my formality. "It is a coincidence that you should say so at the moment," he said. "I had just been thinking of her.

He realized suddenly that every fragment of Fraser's being was focused on the scene outside. Of course; he had not seen Willie since the boy was twelve. And to see the two together—his daughter and the son he could never speak to or acknowledge. He would have touched Fraser, put a hand on his arm in sympathy, but knowing the probable effect of his touch, forbore to do it.

Muchas gracias, my dear," he told her, and bowed low over her hand. "Azeel, please tell her that we could not even contemplate this venture without her courage and help. The entire British Navy is in her debt.

Oh," I said, very touched. "Thank you.

Captain Leonard introduced me briefly to Mr. Overholt, the

Accept what there is; don't think about what there is not.

I never assume people are going to recognize me.

I never walk into a room and assume everyone knows who Raheem DeVaughn is.

Every athlete, I think, would like to play forever. They never want to acknowledge that they've lost a step or they can't quite do what they did before.

My career is over because I don't have the stage to perform where athletes get the proper respect.

I believe a great song will always attract its audience and get is due.

Certainly, when I walk into an audition, a lot of people already know who I am.

But you have to be told you're special first before you believe it yourself. I was first told I was special by my aunt. The second person was my scoutmaster.

People don't ask me for my autograph.

The people who ask me for my autograph are the people who've put me here today, and you can't afford to forget that.

I don't ever want to be that guy who gets too big to take time to sign an autograph or take a picture, because I just know, without those fans, I'm nobody. A lot of people forget that fact when they make it.

I'm not aiming for an Academy Award.

I find there's almost no place to put an award that one's quite comfortable with.