T Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with T. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“The secret passages of life are simply magnificent! You can continue walking without being noticed, far away from all the perils!”
“The secret path he eager chose, where Layla's distant mansion rose; he kissed the door.
A thousand wings increased his pace, whence, his fond devotions paid, a thousand thorns his course delayed.
No rest he found by day or night- Layla, forever, in his sight.”
Source: Chain of Gold
“The secret place is God's secret. God hides His work in men so that He can reveal His wonders through them.”
“The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind's great bribe.”
Source: The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes
“The secret point of money and power in America is neither the things that money can buy nor power for power's sake but absolute personal freedom, mobility, privacy.”
Source: Slouching towards Bethlehem
“The secret point of money and power in America is neither the things that money can buy nor power for power's sake... but absolute personal freedom, mobility, privacy. It is the instinct which drove America to the Pacific, all through the nineteenth century, the desire to be able to find a restaurant open in case you want a sandwich, to be a free agent, live by one's own rules.”
“The secret police have several functions, my dear . . . The first is the classical one. They keep an ear out for what people are saying and report it to their superiors. The second function is intimidatory. They want to make it seem as if they have us in their power; they want us to be afraid. . . . The third function consists of staging situations that will compromise us. Gone are the days when they tried to accuse us of plotting the downfall of the state. That would only increase our popularity. Now they slip hashish in our pockets or claim we've raped a twelve-year-old girl. They can always dig up sone girl to back them. . . . They need to trap people . . . to force them to collaborate and set other traps for other people, so that gradually they can turn the whole nation into a single organization of informers.”
Source: The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“The secret power of prayer is a private plead.”
“The secret prayer chamber is a bloody battleground. Here violent and decisive battles are fought out. Here the fate of souls for time and eternity is determined, in quietude and solitude.”
Source: Prayer
“The secret principle of martial arts is not vanquishing the attacker, but resolving to avoid an encounter before its occurrence. To become an object of an attack is an indication that there was an opening in one's guard, and the important thing is to be on guard at all times.”
“The Secret Revealer is the Righteous God.”
“The Secret Sauce Is YOU!”
Source: The Secret Sauce is YOU!: Being Your Ownmate
“The secret self knows the anguish of our attachments and assures us that letting go of what we think we must have to be happy is the same as letting go of our unhappiness.”
Source: The Secret of Letting Go
“The Secret Service has announced it is doubling its protection for John Kerry. You can understand why - with two positions on every issue, he has twice as many people mad at him.”
“The Secret Service hates to complain about something. They're secret by nature. They're not boastful; they don't like to be in the limelight. And therefore, they need middle management, i.e., a Cabinet-level person, to be their advocate, to Congress, to the White House, to ensure that they have adequate funding.”
“The Secret Service I'm really excited about because Matthew Vaughn directed it. I've done a couple of movies with him - Stardust, which is one of my favorite films, and Kick-Ass, which is just a crazy, wonderful movie.”
“The Secret Service is a strange group. They don't really have a leader. It's not set up like a military. Each one is supposed to be able to act like a leader when something comes up.”
“The Secret Service said there have been 40 fence-jumping incidents at the White House in the past five years. Half of them were intruders trying to get in. The other half was President Obama trying to get out.”
“The Secret Service that stays with the president of the United States everyday for the rest of their life is not only there to only protect the president from harm, they're there to make sure the president follows his orders given to him by his boss.”
“The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow.”
“The secret story is the one we'll never know, although we're living it from day to day, thinking we're alive, thinking we've got it all under control and the stuff we overlook doesn't matter.”
“The secret subversive goal of my work is to show that women, not just lesbians, are regular human beings.”
“The secret teaching was the bodhisattva ideal, to live for others, for the welfare of all beings. That's enlightenment, not some flashy state of luminosity.”
“The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame.”
Source: Leviathan: Or the Matter, Forme, and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil
“The secret to #success lies in the gap between dream and reality.”
“The secret to 'doing it all' is not necessarily doing it all, but rather discovering which part of the 'all' He has given us to do and doing all of THAT.”
Source: Renewal on the Run: Encouragement for Wives Who Are Partners in Ministry
“The secret to a beautiful death is to live a beautiful life. Putting your heart out there. Letting it get broken. Taking chances. Making mistakes.... Promise me, kid,...that you'll let yourself live.”
Source: The Collected Regrets of Clover
“The secret to a fulfilled life is not only to do well but also to do good.”
“The secret to a good marriage, as far as I am concerned, is a joke I make: Keep the fights clean and the sex dirty.”
“The secret to a great marriage is having a great husband.”
“The secret to a happiness is a small ego. And a big wallet. Good wine helps, too. But that's not really a secret, is it?”
Source: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
“The secret to a happy life is to recognize that no matter what the situation, there's a creative opportunity in it. Also, finding meaning and purpose in your life to make a contribution.”
“The secret to a happy life is to run out of cash and air at the same time.”
“The secret to a happy marriage is a sense of humor, because marriage throws you curveballs. It is not easy.”
“The secret to a happy marriage is if you can be at peace with someone within four walls, if you are content because the one you love is near to you, either upstairs or downstairs, or in the same room, and you feel that warmth that you don't find very often, then that is what love is all about.”
“The secret to a happy marriage is patience and honesty. I really mean that. You have to be patient, you have to be open, and you also have to be available for criticism, too.”
“The secret to a happy marriage? Do whatever your wife tells you. 'Yes, dear.' And breathe.”
“The secret to a healthy life, be good to others.”
“The Secret to a long and healthy life is to be stress-free. Be grateful for everything you have, stay away from people who are negative stay smiling and keep running.”
“The secret to a long and healthy marriage is to work at it and don't try and change each other.”
“The secret to a long life is knowin' when it's time to go.”
“The secret to a long marriage in the film industry? Marry someone wonderful, as I did. And always have her come along on location.”
“The secret to a long marriage is to stay gone.”
“The secret to a long-lasting relationship is perpetually imagining the worst. It's a world view tracing back to my Eastern European ancestry and one I draw upon regularly.”
“The secret to a masterpiece is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.”
“The secret to a positive life lies in the power of perspective; shift your view, and the world changes.”
“The secret to a really great friendship is just creating fun memories whenever you're with that person.”
“The secret to a successful career in virtually any field is good public relations. Forget results. Forget the facts. Perception is all that matters.”
“The secret to a successful retirement is to find your retirement sweet spot. The sweet spot is where your passions, what you do best, and what people will pay you to do overlap.”
“The secret to achieving inner peace lies in understanding our inner core values – those things in our lives that are most important to us – and then seeing that they are reflected in the daily events of our lives.”