#acknowledge

God had brought me to my knees and made me acknowledge my own nothingness, and out of that knowledge I had been reborn. I was no longer the centre of my life and therefore I could see God in everything. ↗

— Bede Griffiths

#been #brought #centre #could #everything

When I grew up, I studied karate for years. I got pretty strong, but eventually I had to acknowledge that I really didn't like fighting at all, so I quit. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#eventually #fighting #got #grew #had

Congress acknowledged that society's accumulated myths and fears about disability and disease are as handicapping as are the physical limitations that flow from actual impairment. ↗

— William J. Brennan, Jr.

#acknowledged #actual #congress #disability #disease

I'd make a comment at a meeting and nobody would even acknowledge me. Then some man would say the same thing and they'd all nod. ↗

— Charlotte Bunch

#comment #even #i #make #man

Situational variables can exert powerful influences over human behavior, more so that we recognize or acknowledge. ↗

— Philip Zimbardo

#behavior #exert #human #human behavior #influences

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

— Albert Camus

#encounter #happy #history #misery #periods

The refusal to acknowledge the scientific value of embryonic stem cell research is one more tragic misstep. ↗

— Lois Capps

#cell #cell research #embryonic #embryonic stem cell #embryonic stem cell research

Whose rights will we acknowledge? Whose human dignity will we respect? For whose well-being will we, as a people, assume responsibility? ↗

— Robert Casey

#assume #dignity #human #human dignity #people

All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness. ↗

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

#consistent #disguised #selfishness #sympathy #virtue

The part which American friendship played in helping us to win the freedom we enjoy in this part of Ireland has been gratefully recognized and acknowledged by our people. ↗

— Eamon de Valera

#american #been #enjoy #freedom #friendship