Acknowledge Quote by Ambrose Bierce

To acknowledge our faults when we are blamed, is modesty; to discover them to one's friends in ingenuousness, is confidence; but to preach them…

— Confucius

There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said.

— Joni Mitchell

My uncomfortable duty as a Christian is to confess the truth, so lethal to our self-centered human nature: 'Jesus, who suffered your sin unto…

— Gordon Dalbey

O, we all acknowledge our faults, now; 'tis the mode of the day: but the acknowledgment passes for current payment; and therefore we never…

— Fanny Burney

“Sometimes you will do good and never get an acknowledgement for it. Do not let that dishearten you; the world is a better place…

— Gift Gugu Mona

The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom - that deed and word should be in accord.

— Seneca the Younger

Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, To speak dishonorably is pardonable.

— Sophocles

We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them.

— Gerald Brenan

To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it.

— Publilius Syrus

The shame that comes to us as we see ourselves praised when we are unworthy of it often gives us the occasion to accomplish…

— Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

“When people walk in honesty about their fears, shortcomings, and needs—not in thoughtless disobedience but in grace-based freedom and forgiveness—they reveal a deep understanding…

— Matt Chandler

Every acknowledgment of gratitude is a circumstance of humiliation; and some are found to submit to frequent mortifications of this kind, proclaiming what obligations…

— Oliver Goldsmith