T Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with T. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“The simple joy of taking an idea into one's own hands and giving it proper form, that's exciting.”
“The simple justification for the elders and their work was Christ’s detailed prescription in Matthew’s Gospel for how Christians should deal with sinners among the faithful: first private admonition, then progressively more formal reprimands, and finally, if repentance was not forthcoming, expulsion from the community.”
Source: Protestants: The Faith That Made the Modern World
“The simple lack of her is more to me than others' presence.”
Source: Poems of Edward Thomas
“The simple life is an authentic life.”
Source: Dead Toad Scrolls
“The Simple Life is not a simple life.”
“The simple man, baby, pays for the thrills, the bills, and the pills that kill.”
“The simple measure of sanity in housing prices, Zelman argued, was the ratio of median home price to income. Historically, in the United States, it ran around 3:1; by late 2004, it had risen nationally, to 4:1. “All these people were saying it was nearly as high in some other countries,” says Zelman. “But the problem wasn’t just that it was four to one. In Los Angeles it was ten to one and in Miami, eight-point-five to one.”
Source: The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
“The simple opposition between the people and big business has disappeared because the people themselves have become so deeply involved in big business.”
“The simple part is, every thought we think and every word we speak is creating our future. If you change your thinking, you can change your life.”
“The Simple Path Silence is Prayer Prayer is Faith Faith is Love Love is Service The Fruit of Service is Peace”
“The simple person lives the way he breathes, with no more effort or glory, with no more affectation and without shame Simplicity is freedom, buoyancy, transparency. As simple as the air, as free as the air The simple person does not take himself too seriously or too tragicallyHe has nothing to prove, since he has no appearances to keep up, and nothing to seek, since everything is before him. What is more simple than simplicity? What is lighter? It is the virtue of wise men and the wisdom of saints.”
“The simple pleasures of life give us lasting satisfaction.”
“The simple point is that literature belongs to the world man constructs, not to the world he sees; to his home, not his environment.”
Source: Educated Imagination and Other Writings on Critical Theory, 1933-1962
“The simple power of prayer can save us all kinds of time and trouble if we will ask God to give us wisdom and discernment in our relationships.”
Source: The Power of Simple Prayer: How to Talk to God about Everything
“The simple practice of hesitation helps you stop reacting blindly to everything that happens.”
Source: The 11 Karmic Spaces: Choosing Freedom From The Patterns That Bind You
“The simple process of eating and breathing weave all of us together into a vast four-dimensional array. No matter how isolated you may sometimes feel, no matter how lonely, you are never really cut off from the whole.”
“The simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.”
Source: Serious Creativity: Using the Power of Lateral Thinking to Create New Ideas
“The simple program of Christ for winning the whole world is to make each person he touches magnetic enough with love to draw others.”
Source: Man of Prayer: Selected Writings of a World Missionary
“The simple question 'What color do you want to paint that upstairs room?' might, if we follow things to their logical conclusions, be stated: 'How do I live, knowing that I will one day die and leave you?”
Source: The Verificationist: A Novel
“The simple questions are always the hardest ones.”
“The simple reason that most people fail financially is not because of the lack of a plan, it’s not because of good advice, it’s not even because of a lack of capital. It is for one reason—they attach more pain to the idea of having money, than NOT having it.”
“The simple recognition that everyone else wants to be happy and not to suffer, just as I do, serves as a constant reminder against selfishness and partiality. It reminds us there is little to be gained from being kind and generous while hoping to win something in return. Actions motivated by a desire to earn a good name for ourselves are still selfish, even if they appear to be acts of kindness.”
“The simple record of these three short years of active life has done more to regenerate and soften mankind than all the discourses of philosophers and all the exhortations of moralists.”
“The simple rely on a bolstering mass of maxim and precept, so do the timid, so do the mentally lazy – and so do all of us, more than we imagine.”
Source: The Day of the Triffids
“The simple rule about weapons is that if thery can be built, they will be built.”
“The simple rule: some get saved, but most don't. The choices are important before the years begin to go so very fast.”
Source: Life After Life
“The simple rule to abide by and become excellent is that “Don’t see what you have achieved yesterday with the same pleasure eyes you used to see it when it was done by you”. Look forward and do better than you did earlier!”
Source: The Great Hand Book of Quotes
“The simple secret is this: put your trust in the Lord, do your best, then leave the rest to Him.”
“The simple sense of wonder at the shapes of things, and at their exuberant independence of our intellectual standards and our trivial definitions, is the basis of spirituality.”
“The simple shepherds heard the voice of an angel and found their Lamb; the wise men saw the light of a star and found their Wisdom.”
“The simple solution for disappointment depression Get up and get moving. Physically move. Do. Act. Get going.”
Source: Do It!: Let's Get Off Our Buts
“The simple statement, 'God is for us', is in truth one of the richest and weightiest utterances that the Bible contains.”
Source: Knowing God Devotional Journal: A One-Year Guide
“The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. "One word of truth outweighs the world.”
“The simple tableau is so rich with meaning that whether represented on the mantelpiece or in the mind, it seems suspended, complete unto itself, somewhere in eternity.”
“The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.”
“The simple things in life ground me and keep me focused so Im able to do a good job with what is in front of me.”
“The simple trill of her laugh has not declined over the years; if anything it's been buffeted by her endless sorrows and disappointments.”
Source: Little Failure: A Memoir
“The simple truth is that balding African-American men look cool when they shave their heads, whereas balding white men look like giant thumbs.”
Source: Dave Barry Is from Mars and Venus
“The simple truth is that being a creative artist takes courage; it’s not a job for the faint of heart. It takes courage each and every time you put a book or poem or painting before the public, because it is, in fact, enormously revealing.”
“The simple truth is that everyone has an opinion, everyone has the right to voice it, and they should if they want to.”
“The simple truth is that happy people generally don't get sick”
“The simple truth is that interstellar distances will not fit into the human imagination.”
Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
“The simple truth is that love is a part of who we are, not something that others "give" to us if we're worthy of it. We're taught that if we just find that right person, and that person "falls in love" with us, everything will be fine. We're not taught about recognizing the love that is a part of our spirits, the love that we radiate when we recognize the beauty and need in all the people that surround us. Love is ours to share, at all moments and in all situations, but for some reason we fear doing so.”
“The simple truth is that our businessmen do not want a government that will let business alone. They want a government they can use.”
“The simple truth is that technology is still a poor substitute for human interaction.”
“The simple truth is that the truth does not exist; it all depends on a person's point of view.”
Source: Like Water For Chocolate
“The simple truth is that the Web the Internet, does one thing. It speeds up the retrieval and dissemination of information, partially eliminating such chores as going outdoors to the mailbox or the adult bookstore, or having to pick up the phone to get hold of your stockbroker or some buddies to shoot the breeze with. That one thing the Internet does, and only that. All the rest is Digibabble.”
Source: Hooking Up
“The simple truth is that there isn't a single civil right I would deny to an evangelical Christian. I've defended their freedom of religion, of association, of disassociation, and believe they should be treated with respect. I wouldn't dream of drumming them out of the military, firing them for their faith, tearing up their relationships, or taking their children away from them. The favor, alas, is not returned.”
“The simple truth is that you can understand the way you are. You can know and love and hate it. You can blame it, resent it, and nothing changes. In the end, you're just a part of it.”
“The simple truth is, the short-term solution is for the FDA to allow more importation of safe vaccines from other nations. But the long-term solution is to get more vaccine production within the U.S.”