Quotes about Admission

But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—

“It is true,” Achan replied, “I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I did:

Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.

And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good.

I have trouble admitting I'm wrong.

I apologize when I'm wrong.

Human beings do not readily admit desperation. When they do, the kingdom of heaven draws near.

And you will have greater credibility with your leader if you admit your shortcomings and refrain from making excuses.

To own up to one's lack of courage and shortcoming without excuses is courage.

For so much of my life I had been defending Christianity because I thought to admit that we had done any wrong was to discredit the religious system as a whole, but it isn't a religious system, it is people following Christ; and the important thing to do, the right thing to do, was to apologize for getting in the way of Jesus.

There was a long hard time when I kept far from me, the remembrance of what I had thrown away when I was quite ignorant of its worth. But, since my duty has not been incompatible with the admission of that remembrance, I have given it a place in my heart.

Courage can be many things, but the secret of courage is simply and honestly to admit your feelings of failure. And then with God's help go on and do your job in spite of them.