Quotes about Acknowledgment

always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

What is especially important is addressing the question of how religion can be enforced through political means and what can be done to create a political environment that, on the one hand, acknowledges the role of religion in society, while on the other hand does not impose one religion on the populace at the expense of all others.

Develop an 'attitude of gratitude.' Say thank you to everyone you meet for everything they do for you.

Respect is essentially a yes to others, not to their demands, but rather to their basic humanity. In this sense, respect is indivisible. When we give respect to others, we are honoring the very same humanity that exists in us. When we acknowledge the dignity of others, we are acknowledging our own dignity. We cannot truly respect others without respecting ourselves at the same time.

It is difficult to remember all, and ungracious to omit any.

Faith is the acknowledgment of the entire absence of all goodness in us, and the recognition of the cross as the substitute for all the want on our part. Faith saves, because it owns the complete salvation of another, and not because it contributes anything to that salvation.

In order to honor God with your wealth, you first have to admit that you are rich. Most people won't do that. It's not normal.

The most important thing, I think. You can't run from your past. You have to take it for what it is and realize that it's part of you.

To say, 'well done' to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge.

If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is a grass in the beginning.

The first step in helping a suffering person is to acknowledge that the pain is valid, and worthy of a sympathetic response.

Along with Chesterton, I've had to take my place among those who acknowledge that we are what is wrong with the world. What is my snobbishness toward my childhood church, for instance, but an inverted form of the harsh judgment it showed me?