Confess Quotes

490 Confess quotes by 401 unique authors

I confess that I have as vast contemplative ends, as I have moderate civil ends: for I have taken all knowledge to be my province. — Francis Bacon
Thus science strips off, one after the other, the more or less gross materialisations by which we endeavour to form an objective image of the… — James Clerk Maxwell
He would be guilty of mortal sin, because he exposes himself to the danger of grievously offending God. Hence, before he acts he must lay… — Alphonsus Liguori
I confess, that very different from you, I do find sometimes scientific inspiration in mysticism ... but this is counterbalanced by an immediate sense for… — Wolfgang Pauli
In failing to confess, Lord, I would only hide You from myself, not myself from You. — Saint Augustine
Strive always to confess your sins with a deep knowledge of your own wretchedness and with clarity and purity. — John of the Cross
Now, I confess myself as belonging to that class in the country who contemplate slavery as a moral, social and political evil, having due regard… — Abraham Lincoln
Though we are many, each of us is achingly alone, piercingly alone. Only when we confess our confusion can we remember that he was a… — Maya Angelou
That evening I went for a walk. To walk for the sake of walking is something I seldom do. Inside my apartment I'd felt inexplicably… — Daniel Quinn
Women never confess; even when they seemingly resign themselves to such a course, they are never sincere. — Emile Gaboriau
Torture numbers, and they'll confess to anything. — Gregg Easterbrook
I will confess I did none of my own singing. I did all my own costume and makeup, though. — Gary Cole
Men never cling to their dreams with such tenacity as at the moment when they are losing faith in them, and know it, but do… — William Graham Sumner
A man can look upon his life and accept it as good or evil; it is far, far harder for him to confess that it… — Murray Kempton
Beware of the problem of testing too many hypotheses; the more you torture the data, the more likely they are to confess, but confessions obtained… — Unknown Author
The Lord Jesus himself proclaims, 'This is My Body.' Before the blessing of the heavenly words something of another character is spoken of; after consecration… — Ambrose
It is better to confess ignorance than provide it. — Homer Hickam
If you torture the data long enough, it will confess. — Ronald Coase
I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me. — Abraham Lincoln
If each of us were to confess his most secret desire, the one that inspires all his plans, all his actions, he would say: "I… — Emile M. Cioran
When you get saved, you get saved not because you deserve it, but because you simply let God save you and because you confess your… — John R. Rice
Too many of us hear without heeding, read without responding, confess without changing, profess without practicing, worship without witnessing, and seek without sharing. — William Arthur Ward
I have nothing else to tell; unless, indeed, I were to confess that no one can ever believe this narrative, in the reading, more than… — Charles Dickens
The beauty of the world and the orderly arrangement of everything celestial makes us confess that there is an excellent and eternal nature, which ought… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
By heart we believe and by mouth confess the one Church, not of heretics but the Holy Roman, Catholic, and Apostolic Church outside which we… — Pope Innocent III

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