Admit Quotes

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Nonviolence does not admit of running away from danger... . Between violence and cowardly flight I can only prefer violence to cowardice. — Mahatma Gandhi
Six traits of effective leaders: 1. Make others feel important 2. Promote a vision 3. Follow the golden rule 4. Admit mistakes 5. Criticize others… — Christian Nestell Bovee
Nowadays the host does not admit you to his hearth, but has got the mason to build one for yourself somewhere in his alley, and… — Henry David Thoreau
To crush out fanaticism and revere the infinite, such is the law. Let us not confine ourselves to falling prostrate beneath the tree of creation… — Victor Hugo
We can rest contentedly in our sins and in our stupidities, and anyone who has watched gluttons shoveling down the most exquisite foods as if… — C.S. Lewis
The taxpayers cannot be relied upon to support performing arts such as opera. As a taxpayer, I am forced to admit that I would rather… — Dave Barry
Whether or not you love television, you've got to admit that it certainly loves itself. — Mignon McLaughlin
The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs.… — John Dewey
I am pretty sure that, if you will be quite honest, you will admit that a good rousing sneeze, one that tears open your collar… — Robert Benchley
We always keep God waiting while we admit more importunate suitors. — Malcolm De Chazal
O yes, everyone gets lonely some time or other. After all, if we look closer into ourselves, shall we not admit that the warmth from… — Ama Ata Aidoo
The Christian is quite free to believe that there is a considerable amount of settled order and inevitable development in the universe. But the materialist… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Just because we think we're so wonderful doesn't mean we really are. We could be really terrible animals and just never admit it because it… — Kurt Vonnegut
Politics is a war of causes; a joust of principles. Government is too serious a matter to admit of meaningless courtesies. — Woodrow Wilson
Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed… — George Orwell
I readily admit I was not an expert on foreign policy but I was knowledgeable and I didn't need a man who was the Vice… — Geraldine Ferraro
Take heed lest passion sway Thy judgement to do aught, which else free will Would not admit. — John Milton
I think that when you're writing fiction what you're doing is reflecting life as you see it, and putting down how you think and how… — Helen Fielding
All lovers unconsciously establish their own rules of the game, which from the outset admit of no transgression. — Milan Kundera

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