Acknowledge Quotes - Page 26

• Eating is perhaps the most direct way we acknowledge or deny the sacredness of the earth.

  Gary Paul Nabhan

  Earth, Way, Eating

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• The worst pain in our lives comes from the mistakes we refuse to acknowledge--the things we've done that are so our of harmony with who we are that we can't bear to look at them.

  John Verdon

  Pain, Mistake, Looks

  John Verdon (2010). “Think of a Number (Dave Gurney, No. 1)”, p.102, Broadway Books

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• In a place that feels safe and private, constructively express your sadness by allowing yourself to cry. While crying, acknowledge your hurts and losses. Don't indulge any negative thoughts about yourself. Just keep telling yourself, "I'm fine. It's okay to cry. I just feel sad." You'll immediately feel washed clean, even joyful.

  Jude Bijou

  Hurt, Sadness, Loss

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• He's a seminal force, a guru, an original creator of the New Orleans piano style.. the teacher of great players like Fats Domino, Allen Toussaint, Mac Rebenack, James Booker, and Huey Smith. All acknowledge him as The Great Master.

  Jerry Wexler

  Teacher, Player, Acknowledge Him

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• For all the unkind things said about envy, it would only be fair to acknowledge that not all envy is destructive. If envy leads us to work hard and to improve our skills, it becomes a stimulant to self-improvement. God has given us no quality that cannot be used for good.

  Sidney Greenberg

  Hard Work, Self, Skills

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• All of us experience fear, but when we confront and acknowledge it, we are able to turn it into courage. Being courageous does not mean never being scared; it means acting as you know you must even though you are undeniably afraid.

  Desmond Tutu

  Fear, Mean, Acting

  Desmond Tutu (2011). “God Has A Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our Times”, p.88, Random House

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• Many of us have a tendency to deny any negative feelings. We judge them as "bad" or "unenlightened" when, in fact, they are our stepping stone to enlightenment. Our so-called negative feelings or attitudes are really parts of ourselves that need recognition, love, and healing. Not only is it safe and healthy to acknowledge and accept all of our feelings and beliefs, it is necessary, if we are to get in touch with the fears and pockets of blocked energy that are holding us back from what we want.

  Shakti Gawain

  Attitude, Healing, Judging

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• When you can look a thing dead in the eye, acknowledge that it exists, call it exactly what it is, and decide what role it will take in your life then, my Beloved, you have taken the first step toward your freedom.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Freedom, Taken, Eye

  Iyanla Vanzant (2012). “Until Today!: Daily Devotions for Spiritual Growth and Peace of”, p.176, Simon and Schuster

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• New York, which is founded on forward motion and thus loath to acknowledge its dead, merely causes them to walk, endlessly unsatisfied and unburied, to invade the precincts of supposed progress, to lay chill hands on the heedless present, which does not know how to identify the forces that tug at its rationality.

  Luc Sante

  New York, Hands, Progress

  Luc Sante (2016). “Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New York”, p.10, Macmillan

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• We often pride ourselves on even the most criminal passions, but envy is a timid and shamefaced passion we never dare to acknowledge.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Passion, Pride, Envy

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• Of course I'm a black writer... I'm not just a black writer, but categories like black writer, woman writer and Latin American writer aren't marginal anymore. We have to acknowledge that the thing we call "literature" is more pluralistic now, just as society ought to be. The melting pot never worked. We ought to be able to accept on equal terms everybody from the Hasidim to Walter Lippmann, from the Rastafarians to Ralph Bunche.

  Toni Morrison

  Latin, Writing, Black

  Newsweek Interview, March 30, 1981.

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• Discipleship is rooted in a deep belief in the universal reign of God through Christ. To be a disciple is to acknowledge that reign and to embrace the lifelong journey of submitting more and more of every aspect of your life to His good, just, and peaceable reign, as well as alerting others to God's kingship by both word and deed.

  Michael Frost

  Journey, Deeds, Reign

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• Always acknowledge your position in the food chain... They eat because you grow the food.

  Wangechi Mutu

  Chains, Grows, Food Chain

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• So, it's important for us to acknowledge that we're prone to be conservative, and in turn surround ourselves with individuals who will help break down our conservatism.

  Shigeru Miyamoto

  Important, Helping, Conservative

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• I was going through a little bit of turbulence in my career. And so, it's funny how turbulence itself will make you hold onto something for security. And so the only thing I knew is trust in the Lord and lean not unto your own heart, in all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy path.

  Emmitt Smith

  Heart, Acknowledge Him, Careers

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• Human beings cannot comprehend very large or very small numbers. It would be useful for us to acknowledge that fact.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Small Numbers, Would Be, Facts

  "This much I know: Daniel Kahneman" by Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. July 7, 2012.

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• I don't like to publicly acknowledge being a Jew.

  Jonathan Ames

  Jew

  "Jonathan Ames Gave a Seemingly Drunk, Definitely Insane Speech This Weekend". www.vulture.com. February 19, 2013.

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• Love is easy! Kindness is easy. So I try on my Twitter page to acknowledge everyone that reaches out to me. I try to make my page - I can't control the rest of Twitter - but I try to make my page a safe place for people.

  Yvette Nicole Brown

  Kindness, Love Is, People

  Interview with Todd VanDerWerff, www.avclub.com. September 22, 2011.

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• The Universal Zulu Nation stands to acknowledge wisdom, understanding, freedom, justice, and equality, peace, unity, love, and having fun, work, overcoming the negative through the positive, science, mathematics, faith, facts, and the wonders of God, whether we call him Allah, Jehovah, Yahweh, or Jah.

  Afrika Bambaataa

  Fun, Justice, Understanding

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. March 2, 2005.

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• We develop social systems for the handicapped, but when you're handicapped in your mind, society doesn't handle those situations well. I think we don't recognize or acknowledge the power of messages and how deeply affected we all are by the messages we receive from the media.

  Aloe Blacc

  Thinking, Media, Mind

  "Q+A: Socially conscious crooner Aloe Blacc brings a little heart and soul to the Cosmopolitan". Interview with Andrea Domanick, lasvegassun.com. July 26, 2012.

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• Universities used to prepare young adults for the real world. I dare say the graduates today go in without a clue and graduate without a clue. It's time to acknowledge the college degree is not worth what it was in the past. Times are changing, and so is the way we prepare our youth to survive in a competitive world.

  Dale Archer

  Real, Past, College

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• If people can't acknowledge the wisdom of indigenous cultures, then that's their loss.

  Jay Griffiths

  Loss, People, Culture

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• To acknowledge, to accept, and to forgive one's parents - both what they gave and what they did not give, both one's dependence upon them and one's independence of them - is the ultimate hallmark of maturity: a perception as valid for institutions as for individuals.

  Ernest Kurtz

  Inspirational, Maturity, Giving

  Ernest Kurtz (2010). “Not God: A History of Alcoholics Anonymous”, p.131, Hazelden Publishing

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• Acknowledge all man as fellow creation, but don't follow him.

  Patti Smith

  Men, Creation, Adages

  Patti Smith (2015). “Patti Smith Collected Lyrics, 1970–2015”, p.177, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Christians believe that God is everywhere and is involved in our lives at every moment, whether we publicly acknowledge God or not.

  Adam Hamilton

  Christian, Believe, Moments

  "Put God Back in Public Schools?" by Adam Hamilton, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 7, 2013.

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