T Quotes
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“The truth is ever best.”
Source: The Tragedies: In Two Volumes
“The truth is every problem can't be solved by government. Many are caused by the moral breakdown in our society. And the answers to those challenges lie primarily in our families and our faiths, not our politicians.”
“The truth is every single one of us possesses lights and shadows. And everything serves us on some level.
Other people have their freedom to choose how they think, feel, believe and act. We need not be offended by anything anyone else says or does. By law, some actions will bring natural consequences that are less-than-pleasant. These natural laws govern reality ... whether we understand, know about, or believe in them or not.
The core truth is that freedom comes when we stop worrying about what other people think, feel, or believe; and concern ourselves with our own integrity, our own personal responsibility and our own alignment with the natural laws that govern freedom.
As we move out of blame, shame and victimhood, we come to a place of true personal empowerment and freedom. We come to understand that we cannot personally be free until we respect the freedom of every other person on this planet. We cannot fully express our highest and best selves until we respect other people's law-abiding-right to express themselves.”
“The truth is, every time we face the urge to control, we are presented with a choice: Will we trust God or ourselves? This question is at the heart of our faith. If faith is believing in what we cannot see, control is the opposite. It is choosing to trust what we can see–namely, our own power, knowledge, and intentions.”
Source: The Cost of Control: Why We Crave It, the Anxiety It Gives Us, and the Real Power God Promises
“The truth is everybody does it from time to time. People dial telephone numbers and they get a wrong number only to find that they've read the last two digits backwards. Everybody does it, but dyslexics have this tendency to a higher degree.”
“The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.”
“The truth is, everyone likes to look down on someone. If your favorites are all avant-garde writers who throw in Sanskrit and German, you can look down on everyone. If your favorites are all Oprah Book Club books, you can at least look down on mystery readers. Mystery readers have sci-fi readers. Sci-fi can look down on fantasy. And yes, fantasy readers have their own snobbishness. I’ll bet this, though: in a hundred years, people will be writing a lot more dissertations on Harry Potter than on John Updike. Look, Charles Dickens wrote popular fiction. Shakespeare wrote popular fiction—until he wrote his sonnets, desperate to show the literati of his day that he was real artist. Edgar Allan Poe tied himself in knots because no one realized he was a genius. The core of the problem is how we want to define “literature”. The Latin root simply means “letters”. Those letters are either delivered—they connect with an audience—or they don’t. For some, that audience is a few thousand college professors and some critics. For others, its twenty million women desperate for romance in their lives. Those connections happen because the books successfully communicate something real about the human experience. Sure, there are trashy books that do really well, but that’s because there are trashy facets of humanity. What people value in their books—and thus what they count as literature—really tells you more about them than it does about the book.”
“The truth is,
Everyone was taken before,
What hurts is that, sometimes they are imprisoned with their past.”
“The truth is: Everyone will judge you. But this depends upon your intellectual capacity whether you are able to distinguish constructive criticism between an insult coming from other people's opinions about you.”
“The truth is, everything I ever wanted to know or needed to know could have been learned by simply listening.”
Source: ShiftPoints
“The truth is everything in the end. It is the greatest power in the world to make all people equal. If everyone knows what the truth is, no one can use lies to separate those people and turn them against one another.”
Source: The Quest for the Trilogy: A Rover Novel of Three Adventures
“The truth is far beyond what we can see. Therefore my art is an invitation to comprehend this fact.”
“The truth is far from you, so you know you got to lie. Then you're all the time defending what you can never justify.”
“The Truth is far more all-encompassing than the mind could ever comprehend. No thought can encapsulate the Truth. At best, it can point to it. For example, it can say: "All things are intrinsically one (The Pearl of Great Price)." That is a pointer, not an explanation. Understanding these words means feeling deep within you the truth to which they point.”
“The Truth is far more powerful than any weapon of mass destruction.”
“The truth is few people “think” big and even fewer “play” big. Why? Because “big” often means big responsibilitie s, big hassles and big problems. They look at that “bigness” and shrink. They’re smaller than their problems. They back away from challenges. Ironically, they back themselves into the biggest problem of all ... being broke, or close to it.”
“The truth is fluid, there is always another way to spin the story.”
Source: Yellowface
“The truth is for suckers, Johnny Boy!”
“The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe.”
Source: Aristophanous Ornithes: The Birds of Aristophanes
“The Truth is found when men (and Women) are free to pursue it.”
“The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.”
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1936, Volume 5
“The truth is France has been the chief Western advocate of normalizing relations with Iraq - one of its largest trading partners - for years, partly because France holds billions in IOUs from Iraq that wouldn't be redeemable by a new regime.”
“The truth is friendship is every bit as sacred and eternal as marriage.”
Source: The Collected Letters of Katherine Mansfield: Volume IV: 1920-1921
“The truth is funny. Honest discovery, observation, and reaction is better than contrived invention.”
Source: Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation
“The truth is generally seen, rarely heard.”
Source: The Art of Worldly Wisdom
“The truth is God created us to have relationship with us. He wants to love us and take care of us, and He wants us to love Him. That's where our walk with Christ has to start.”
“The truth is, God has redeems the world across cultures, countries, world powers, systems, religious orders, trends, movements, and human heart since the beginning of time. His ways are entirely outside of our understanding. Sure, I know and love God and my contacts, because it is the only one I know; and I am grateful he found me here. But he has rescued people in and out of church, in and out of religions, and in and out of traditions since the beginning. He operates and truly mysterious ways we won't know until heaven. And we will probably be shocked.”
“The truth is going to be utterly harsh, and then utterly joyful. Please trust me on this.”
“The truth is hard. It's complicated. It does not always follow a simple structure. It is not always convenient. That's why sometimes we do our best to leave it out of the story for as long as possible. We choose to let it linger in the corners, we don't spotlight it. But eventually, it catches up to us. Of course it does. You can run but you can't hide.”
Source: Expiration Dates
“The truth is harsh." Anubis said. "Spirits come to the Hall of Judgement all the time, and they cannot let go of their lies. They deny their faults, their true feelings, their mistakes.......right up until Ammit devours their souls for eternity. It takes strength and courage to admit the truth.”
“The truth is--" He swallowed. "- if I felt any less, maybe I could express myself better.”
“The truth is helpless when up against perception”
“The truth is hidden from us. Even if a mere piece of luck brings us straight to it, we shall have no grounded conviction of our success; there are so many similar objects, all claiming to be the real thing.”
Source: Works of Lucian of Samosata (Complete Four Volumes)
“The truth is, Homo sapiens sapiens is pretty much the same the world over, regardless of skin color or technological development. Racists and provincial types have problems with this fact, but it is a fact. All mortals have the same potential, and only chance determines who's playing a spinet or who's clubbing dinner to death with a big rock. And, you know what? Mortals adapt to the environment in which they're placed. Switch babies between savages and technologicals, and nobody notices! I know, because I've seen it done. I've seen the son of a club-carrying cave dweller fuming because his accounting software wan't quite adequate for his needs. All humans have the same brain package.”
Source: Sky Coyote
“The truth is how you say it, and to be 'one's self' is the most shocking custom of all.”
“The truth is humbling, terrifying, and often exhilarating. It blows the doors off the hinges and fills the world with fresh air.”
Source: Dry: A Memoir
“The truth is I always loved him. From the first time I saw him he was so great. But that time I was hurt. I might have been selfish but I was so hurt. I was afraid I would feel more pain. Now I remember every time I was with Shouji I felt better. You hugged me secretly with your heart, didn't you? Now I want you to embrace me with all that warmth, with all your strength.”
“The truth is, I always want to kiss you.”
Source: Tryst
“The truth is, I am in a state of being precarious. A smile doesn't mean I am happy. Sometimes it is the opposite.”
“The truth is I am inventing the maybe. I can only make the choices I make, so why torture myself with what I might have done, when all I can handle is what I have done? The Maybe Islands are hostile to human life.”
“The truth is I couldn’t care less about needing a supposed 'thigh gap.' It’s just another tool of manipulation that other people are trying to use to keep me from loving my body. Why would I want to starve and weaken my natural body size? I’m not saying women who have it naturally are unattractive. But I would have to change my entire frame just to achieve something that seems so trivial.”
“The truth is I’d rather march into Hell with you, than bask in Heaven without you.”
Source: Not A Book: Royal Love
“The truth is, I deserve to be here. I was as selfish as a woman could come, loving someone that did not love me. In the end, I cannot even say it was love.”
Source: The Mardi Gras Queen
“The truth is I didn’t need therapy; I just needed to feel loved and know that someone out there craved my attention.”
“The truth is, I do have a chance to fight for something in the place I came from. Something akin to what I continue to fight and hope for in America. Something bigger than myself. And yet, I stay. It's a decision I continue to make, one that continues to haunt me. And even if it is a choice, there's no weight in it. It's meaningless apart from selfish intent.”
Source: Socialist Realism
“The truth is I do love you. Admitting that means opening myself up to all that pain when you leave. After you realize this wasn’t love, but gratitude.”
Source: The Drake House
“The truth is I don’t know how to live without you.”
Source: Tadow - Vivid Echoes of Modern India
“The truth is I don't feel too bad for my age. I actually have a better shape now than I used to.”
“The truth is I don't regret it. It was the right decision [not run for president] for my family, and the right decision for me.”
“The truth is I don't see a lot of movies. I see the Oscar films. I see the films that are sent to me and a few films throughout the year.”