T Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with T. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“The failure so far of the governments of so many of the worlds most powerful countries in the face of such egregious unfairness ... to make the slightest progress on the issue of fair trade is hard to explain.”
“The failure to be perfect does not mean you are not a success; it is giving your best that helps you to understand the joy of receiving.”
“The failure to cultivate virtue, the failure to examine and analyze what I have learned, the inability to move toward righteousness after being shown the way, the inability to correct my faults-these are the causes of my grief.”
Source: THE SAYINGS OF CONFUCIUS
“The failure to dissect the cause of war leaves us open for the next installment.”
Source: War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning
“The failure to find the right niche for people - or to let them find their own perfect niches - is a major reason that so many workplaces are mediocre, even toxic, in spite of the presence of talent. Leaders of great groups give them whatever they need and free them from everything else.”
“The failure to invest in civil justice is directly related to the increase in criminal disorder. The more people feel there is injustice the more it becomes part of their psyche.”
“The failure to invest in our public transportation and public life, I think, is a scandal and a shame, and it should be a national embarrassment.”
“The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency - the belief that the here and now is all there is.”
Source: Closing of the American Mind
“The failure to recognize and uproot the weeds
that sprout from our bloodline or the consequences of our sins will allow them to choke the fruit we are supposed to bear.”
Source: Change Is Coming: Faith To Face The Inevitable
“The failure to return thanks for definite blessings received is a manifestation of ingratitude that grieves Jesus Christ.”
“The failure to think positively can weigh on a cancer patient like a second disease.”
Source: Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
“The failure to work out sensible budgets makes it impossible for government agencies to make long-term plans, and instead leaves them scrambling to spend money in the short term.”
“The failure wishes he could do things he could never do. He thinks little of what he can do.”
“The failure-dichotomy principle: failure is good. Failure is not an option. Balance those in your brain.”
“The failures and successes are necessary for learning.”
“The failures are not due to any injustice, but to an inner defect. It is always caused by the person himself. Yes, I know, you think you are doing an act of justice. But they will only suck you dry, wear out your energy, nourish themselves on your ideas. After being the most compassionate man in the world, I say to you today: Let the weak ones die, let them commit suicide.”
“The failures of other genres to provide an emotional connection with some of their characters and narratives gives memoir a toehold.”
“The failures of our parents may become our burden, but it is our choice to continue carrying it onward into the next generation or put it down. My adopted beliefs were my written script for living, and I played it out like a self-fulfilling prophecy. As I moved toward healing, I learned unconscious patterns can change once brought into awareness.”
Source: The Truth in Our Scars: Untangling Trauma to Discover Your Secret Self
“The failures of the past must not be an excuse for the inaction of the present and the future.”
“The failures of the press have contributed immensely to the emergence of a talk-show nation, in which public discourse is reduced to ranting and raving and posturing. We now have a mainstream press whose news agenda is increasingly influenced by this netherworld.”
“The failures that we have are sometimes expensive educations.”
“The faint aroma of gum and calico that hangs about a library is as the fragrance of incense to me. I think the most beautiful sight is the gilt-edged backs of a row of books on a shelf. The alley between two well-stocked shelves in a hall fills me with the same delight as passing through a silent avenue of trees. The colour of a binding-cloth and its smooth texture gives me the same pleasure as touching a flower on its stalk. A good library hall has an atmosphere which elates. I have seen one or two University Libraries that have the same atmosphere as a chapel, with large windows, great trees outside, and glass doors sliding on noiseless hinges.”
“The faint old man shall lean his silver head To feel thee; thou shalt kiss the child asleep, And dry the moistened curls that overspread His temples, while his breathing grows more deep.”
“The faintest imaginable starlight penetrated the clouds.”
“The faintest sign of a smile plays around his lips—transforming him into the most beautiful man I’ve ever seen. He is delectable!”
Source: Butting Heads With Her Mountain Man
“The faintness of the stars, the freshness of the morning, the dewdrop on the flower, speaks to me.”
“The fair (ph) transforms the process by which we fund Social Security and Medicare because the money paid in consumption is paid by everybody, including illegals, prostitutes, pimps, drug dealers, all the people that are freeloading off the system now.”
“The fair breeze blew, The white foam flew, And the forrow followed free. We were the first to ever burst into the silent sea.”
“The Fair Folk don't give back what they take.”
Source: Lady Midnight
“The fair sex is your department.”
“The fairest blossoms of pleasantry thrive best where the sun is not strong enough to scorch, nor the soil rank enough to corrupt.”
“The fairest music is that which delights the best and best educated.”
Source: The Laws of Plato
“The fairest rules are those to which everyone would agree if they did not know how much power they would have.”
“The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.”
Source: Selected Poems of D.h. Lawrence
“The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true science. He who knows it not, and can no longer wonder, no longer feel amazement, is as good as dead. We all had this priceless talent when we were young. But as time goes by, many of us lose it. The true scientist never loses the faculty of amazement. It is the essence of his being.”
“The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. It is the source of all true art and science. He who knows it not and can no longer wonder, no longer feel amazement, is as good as dead, a snuffed-out candle.”
“The fairest things have fleetest end,
Their scent survives their close:
But the rose's scent is bitterness
To her who loved the rose.”
Source: Complete Poetical Works of Francis Thompson
“The fairest things have fleetest end, Their scent survives their close: But the rose's scent is bitterness To him that loved the rose.”
“The Fairfax courthouse had made the witness list, along with most other court filings in the case, public on their website. Amber’s witness list included names like Elon Musk and James Franco, but ultimately neither would appear. The case was brought in Virginia; non-Virginian citizens weren’t compelled to give live testimony unless they volunteered to. If the lawyers couldn’t subpoena someone, that was that. Amber’s only in-person witness who was not a paid expert would be her sister, Whitney. Johnny would have at least ten non-expert in-person witnesses appear, which Amber’s camp claimed were all on his payroll.”
“The fairies break their dances And leave the printed lawn.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)
“The fairies in the ancient notion of fairies, they are not positive and cute and twinkly.They can be incredibly nasty or they can be incredibly benign. It's a really interesting mythology when you dig into it.”
“The fairies will work their magic. They always do.”
Source: The Highland Duke
“The fairies, as their custom, clapped their hands with delight over their cleverness, and they were so madly in love with the little house that they could not bear to think they had finished it.”
Source: The Little White Bird (Annotated Edition)
“The Fairness Project is endeavoring to try to do what we can to make a fairer society.”
“The fairways were so narrow you had to walk down them single file.”
“The Fairweather exists to preserve a future for humanity -- including our knowledge, inventions, and skills. And knowing how to circumvent the authorities is often a historically necessary skill.”
Source: Murder by Memory
“The fairy- again, Wendy assumed- was an angry tinkling ball of light with the prettiest girl imaginable inside. Diminutive but... solid, with a scandalous lack of decorous dress. All she wore was a ragged green shift which barely covered her hips and thighs and breasts and was gathered dangerously over only one shoulder. This was both shocking and delightful; it made the tiny creature resemble statues of ancient nymphs and nereids Wendy had seen. Her hair was even done up in classical style, a goddess-like bun of hair so golden it glowed. Tiny pointed ears curved their way through the few dangling tresses. Her eyes were enormous and not even remotely human: they were far apart and glaring.
The crowning glory was, of course, a pair of delicate iridescent wings sprouting from her back. Their shape was somewhere between butterfly and dragonfly. They were clear as glass and thin as onion skin.”
Source: Straight On Till Morning
“The Fairy Bride
The fairy bride picked the lock
And tiptoed through the summer wood
She gave no mind to life behind
Or shadows thrown by bad or good
She gave no mind to wrong or right
Or screeching call of owls at night
She listened for the haunting cries
That called her from her blushing bud
Ferns unfurl a tickled fronds
Laughing at her slightest brush
Dewdrops glisten with green eyes
Meadows sway with lightest hush
A captive note arrests her breath
Dreamers weave intricate maze
Lithe and quick she shines the light
Illuminating shadow glades
She gives no mind to life and limb
Or captor’s hiss from deep within
Her purity will seize the thread
Dangling loose from dreamer’s web
She spins a silver spool of light
To catch the rays of stars at night
Now innocence can spread its wings
Making haste for freedom flight
She gives no mind to where they fly
Or how tall grasses lift her high
She clicks the lock and in she glides
All nature hails the fairy bride”
Source: The Soul in Words: A collection of Poetry & Verse
“The fairy let her go and pulled aside a piece of bright gold-and-pink silk hanging on the wall. Behind it was the fairy's own private room.
She had a soft bed of bright green moss with several iridescent feathers for a counterpane. A shelf mushroom served as an actual shelf displaying an assortment of dried flowers and pretty gewgaws the fairy had collected. There was a charming little dining table, somewhat bold in irony: It was the cheery but deadly red-and-white amanita. The wide top was set with an acorn cap bowl and jingle shell charger. In the corner, a beautifully curved, bright green leaf collected drops from somewhere in the celling much like the water barrel did, but this was obviously for discreet fairy bathing. An assortment of tiny buds, rough seeds, and spongy moss were arranged neatly on a piece of gray driftwood nearby to aid in cleansing.”
Source: Straight On Till Morning
“The fairy poet takes a sheet Of moonbeam, silver white; His ink is dew from daisies sweet, His pen a point of light.”
Source: Summer of Love