Recognizing Quotes

The true Wisdom is in recognizing our own ignorance.

Part of [having uncommon sense] is being able to tune out folly, as opposed to recognizing wisdom. If you bat away many things, you don't clutter yourself.

Forgiving is...recognizing the injury, owning the pain, & reaching out.

Most of us spend so much time thinking about where we have been or where we are supposed to be going that we have a hard time recognizing where we actually are.

All power that anyone can possibly use is within, waiting to be made visible, first by recognizing it, then affirming it as ours.

Knowledge is recognizing what you know and what you don't.

Leading in a complex world means recognizing the simple things you can do to make things better.

It amazes me sometimes that even intelligent people will analyze a situation or make a judgement after only recognizing the standard or traditional structure of a piece.

I have always been fond of recognizing the spiritual side of someone's personality. It's a very lovely concept.

Men have singled out women of outstanding merit and put them on a pedestal to avoid recognizing the capabilities of all women.

Only a kind person is able to judge another justly and to make allowances for his weaknesses. A kind eye, while recognizing defects, sees beyond them.

What are you afraid of? I'm afraid of not recognizing Paradise.

Our lives depend on recognizing that human cloning, like all forms of 'playing God,' is a moral, life-promoting endeavor.

Everyone in show business has had the experience of the fan who is so excited at recognizing their favorite star, they say, 'Oh my gosh, you're my biggest fan!

There are some people who have trouble recognizing a mess.

They say I look like a different ethnicity, and nobody's been recognizing me.

The idea of recognizing your strengths and using them in as versatile a way as you can is cool to me.

Really, people are not a school of fish. Finding the leaders of the future is a question of recognizing those people who give leadership in a crisis.

We shared the smile of recognizing ourselves in each other.

Once you spend time with [the afflicted], you start recognizing them as individuals, as opposed to lumping them in with everybody else who might have those symptoms.

The key to recognizing who Jesus was is to recognize this fundamental truth: He was a Jew.

Teachers started recognizing me and praising me for being smart in science and that made me want to be even smarter in science!

Meditation is not about stopping thoughts, but recognizing that we are more than our thoughts and our feelings.

The beginning of self-knowledge: recognizing that your motives are the same as other people's.

We are each of us born into the arms of mortality, the Lord recognizing our need to be held.

It is better to be early than too late in recognizing the passing of one era, the waning of old investment favorites and the advent of a new era affording new opportunities for the investor.

Men are recognizing that they have been forced to conform to a very narrow and rather two-dimensional picture of maleness and manhood that they have never had the freedom to question.

Recognizing how totally ignorant you are is the only honest way to deal with people who've been through something traumatic.

But, people are recognizing me more. Sometimes fans just approach me on the street and say how much they love the show. It's great to get that kind of feedback.

A big part of letting go is recognizing when it is time to stay in a situation and when it is time to move on.

I'm a fan of some of the hyphy stuff. Hyphy has been going on a lot longer than the press has been recognizing it.

Recognizing that there is more heartbreak in continuous disappointment than a void.

I think socialism is really about recognizing that there are limits to what the market can do. The market is very useful; at times it works very well, but it doesn't always work.

The good of political life is the good of free and equal citizens recognizing the duty of civility to one another and supporting the institutions of a constitutional regime.

As his hands moved to his trousers, he saw that she was pulling the bedsheets over her. "Don't," he said, barely recognizing his own voice. Her eyes met his, and he said, "I'll be your blanket".

He looked at her as a man looks at a faded flower he has gathered , with difficulty recognizing the beauty for which he picked and ruined it.

Even experimental composers, revolutionary composers, self-styled radicals are, in writing revolutionary music, recognizing the music that preceded them precisely by trying to avoid it.

Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.

The simple act of recognizing diversity in corporate life helps us to connect the great variety of gifts that people bring to the work and service of the corporation.

There is no greater source of strength and power for me in my life than going still, being quiet and recognizing what real power is.

Who knows most, doubts most; entertaining hope means recognizing fear.

With our eyes fixed on the future, but recognizing the realities of today, we will achieve our destiny to be as a shining city on a hill for all mankind to see.

I grew up recognizing that there was nobody to give me any advice and that you do your best and if it's not good enough, someday you will come to terms with that.

The wise man looks at death with honesty, dignity and calm, recognizing that the tragedy it brings is inherent in the great gift of life.

All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others

Knowledge can only be limited. Ignorance is boundless. In recognizing our ignorance, we will touch that which is boundless.

Recognizing your own ignorance is the first step toward wisdom.

Did you feel guilty cursing God--you, of all people?' No,' he said. 'Because even in doing so, I was recognizing there was a greater power than me.' He paused. And that is how I began to heal.

To offer our hearts in faith means recognizing that our hearts are worth something, that we ourselves, in our deepest and truest nature, are of value.

Self-esteem is the result of recognizing our personal power; awe and wonder come from recognizing our lack of it. Both are true, and in an exceptional life there is no conflict between them.