“Such is the effect of the grace of God in the heart of a pilgrim; while on one hand he sees the propensity of his evil nature to every sin which has been committed by others, and is humbled; he also confesses, that, by no power of his own, is he preserved, but ever gives the glory to the God of all grace, by whose power alone he is kept from falling.”
John Bunyan
“He who denies all confesses all”
Spanish Proverb
“You know my powers, my dear Watson, and yet at the end of three months I was forced to confess that I had at last met an antagonist who was my intellectual equal. My horror at his crimes was lost in my admiration at his skill.”
Arthur Conan Doyle Sr.
“A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself as a liar”
Mark Twain
“Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.”
“I am ashamed of confessing that I have nothing to confess.”
Fanny Burney
“People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
