Acknowledgement Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old acknowledgement quotes, acknowledgement sayings, and acknowledgement proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Real life isn't always going to be perfect or go our way, but the recurring acknowledgement of what is working in our lives can help us not only to survive but surmount our difficulties. Sarah Ban Breathnach
Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery J.K. Rowling
Life, she realized, so often became a determined, relentless avoidance of pain-of one's own, of other people's. But sometimes pain had to be acknowledged and even touched so that one could move into it and through it and past it. Or else be destroyed by it. Mary Balogh
Whatever you acknowledgement gains the legitimacy to exist within your world. Steven Redhead
Embrace contradictions for they make up all of life:You will eternally be looking for yourself andseeking ways to lose yourself. Kamand Kojouri
Trouble will come soon enough, and when he does come receive him as pleasantly as possible. The more amiably you greet him, the sooner he will go away. Artemus Ward
When we acknowledge that all of life is sacred and that each act is an act of choice and therefore sacred, then life is a sacred dance lived consciously each moment. When we live at this level, we participate in the creation of a better world. Scout Cloud Lee
Acceptance of one's life has nothing to do with resignation; it does not mean running away from the struggle. On the contrary it means accepting it as it come. To accept is to say yes to life in its entirety. Paul Tournier
No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude. Alfred North Whitehead
We must accept life for what it actually is — a challenge to our quality without which we should never know of what stuff we are made, or grow to our full stature. Ida R. Wylie
Your first step towards perfection is acknowledging your imperfections. Wahab H. Butt
We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones. Francois de la Rochefoucauld
Everyone needs acknowledgement. When we're kids, we need it from our parents. If you don't get love from your family, you're destroyed inside. Carla Bruni
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. Lao Tzu
Acknowledgement is possession. When you acknowledge, think or have conviction in something, it actually will come true Stephen Richards
The moment that judgement stops through acceptance of what it is, you are free of the mind. You have made room for love, for joy, for peace. Eckhart Tolle
We should feel empowered by where we came from and who we are, not hide it. It is important to acknowledge that everything we do affects our ancestors as much as they have affected us. Lorin Morgan-Richards
Acknowledge all of your small victories. They will eventually add up to something great. Kara Goucher
The acknowledgement of a single possibility can change everything. Aberjhani
Acknowledgement is the only way to keep love alive. Barry Long
Acknowledging reality for myself was one thing. Having to explain what as happening - and what was going to happen - to another person was something else entirely. That would make it too real. Gavin Extence
We win half the battle when we make up our minds to take the world as we find it, including the thorns Orison Swett Marden
Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. William James
And while acknowledging the darkest and heaviest times we experience is important, we still need to spin the moment, paint it a different color, and transform it because positivity saves lives. Debbie Lynn
When someone is unable to recognize the truth spoken, this person will also in retrospect be too blind to perceive a reflected imbecility. Dan Demarques
Many people who helped me along my life journey and provided massive support, advice, time, and energy to help mold me into who I am. Jadarius Dean
Genius all over the world stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round. Herman Melville
I don't ask for your pity, but just your understanding,— no, not even that— no. Just for your recognition of me in you, and the enemy, time, in us all. William Tennessee
We find everywhere a clear recognition of the same truth...because of a general recognition of this truth, the question has seldom been presented to the courts. David Josiah Brewer
Recognition of the Supreme being is the first— the most basic—expression of Americanism. Henry Emerson Fosdick
There are those who have earned the right to be recognized but never received recognition. Then three are tode recognized but never earned the recognition. Keith Simmonds
The minute you fixate on the recognition that 'This is 'it,' you are immediately bound hand and foot and cannot move around anymore. So as soon as it is given this recognition, nothing is right, whatever it may be. If you don't fixate on recognition, you can still be saved. Fuyan Qingyuan
Enlightenment is but a recognition, not a change at all. Helen Schucman
It is the delighted self-recognition of one's own absurdity, and a loving cynicism with respect to one's own pretentious. Alan Watts
The mind has become so filled with that what contradicts this that even the truth has to await recognition. Ernest Holmes
Recognition of the reality of evil necessarily relativizes the good, and the evil likewise, converting both into halves of a paradoxical whole. Carl Jung
I like being well-known. The recognition is important; it gives me a sense of security. Marisol
Thanksgiving is recognition of a debt that cannot be paid. We express thanks, whether or not we are able otherwise to reimburse the giver. Billy Graham
Today, we have something which is a desire for individual recognition. We strive for recognition by trying to achieve perfection, and we deceive ourselves into calling the result heaven. We want whatever we do to be unique. Bernard Leach
Oh, my world / Tell me / Into which language / I would write / You might notice, / To recognize me? Ehsan Sehgal
Knowledge is in the end based on acknowledgment. Ludwig Wittgenstein
It is easy to acknowledge, but almost impossible to realize for long, that we are mirrors whose brightness, if we are bright, is wholly derived from the sun that shines upon us. C.S. Lewis
We just have to have visibility. We have to have acknowledgment. We have to have accountability for how we treat one another. Zachary Quinto
Leaders don't look for recognition from others, leaders look for others to recognize. Simon Sinek
Research has shown over and over again that the more you acknowledge your past successes, the more confident you become in taking on and successfully accomplishing new ones. Jack Canfield
To realize that you were mistaken, is just the acknowledgment, that you are wiser today than you were yesterday. Johann Kaspar Lavater
The main thing I wanted to say, and thankfully it’s what most people say they get out of the book, is simply an acknowledgment that we do affect each other in ways we can’t predict. Jay Asher
Anytime you deny the acknowledgment of God you are undermining the entire basis for which our country exists. Roy Moore
Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts. Alan Cohen
You can't heal what you don't acknowledge. Jack Canfield
When we express our gratitude, it grows.⁣ Richie Norton
Appreciation has the amazing habit of bringing more reasons to be grateful for. Isabelle Koldras
The only valuable acknowledgment is the acknowledgment you grant yourself. Dahi Tamara Koch
Take pride in what you do every day. Give yourself the acknowledgment for how far you have come on this journey of learning and life. Purvi Raniga