T Quotes
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“The deceitfulness of the heart of man appears in no one thing so much as this of spiritual pride and self-righteousness. The subtlety of Satan appears in its height, in his managing persons with respect to this sin. And perhaps one reason may be that here he has most experience; he knows the way of its coming in; he is acquainted with the secret springs of it: it was his own sin. Experience gives vast advantage in leading souls, either in good or evil.”
Source: A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections: In Three Parts ...
“The Deceiver can magnify a little sin for the purpose of causing one to worry, torture, and kill oneself with it. This is why a Christian should learn not to let anyone easily create an evil conscience in him. Rather let him say, "This error and this failing pass away with my other imperfections and sins, which I must include in the article of faith: I believe in the forgiveness of sins.”
“The deceiver loses when there is correct response from the deceived...”
“The December - January period is the strongest time of the year. It is an easy time to shift states of mind.”
“The decent docent doesn't doze; He teaches standing on his toes. His students dassn't doze and does, And that's what teaching is and was.”
“The decent man and the lover holds back even when he could obtain what he wishes. To win this silent consent is to make use of all the violence permitted in love. To read it in the eyes, to see it in the ways in spite of the mouth's denial, that is the art of he who knows how to love. If he then completes his happiness, he is not brutal, he is decent. He does not insult chasteness; he respects it; he serves it.”
Source: Œuvres complètes - 93 titres
“The decent method you follow is better than the perfect method you quit.”
“The decent moderation of today will be the least of human things tomorrow. At the time of the Spanish Inquisition, the opinion of good sense and of the good medium was certainly that people ought not to burn too large a number of heretics; extreme and unreasonable opinion obviously demanded that they should burn none at all.”
“The decent, strong person had to do decent, strong things like love unlovable people and keep peace even when it wasn't easy.”
Source: Doctor in Petticoats
“The decent thing to do is to get rid of some of this money.”
“The Decentralization of Finance is really good for humanity and it’s ultimately a win for each and every one of us. Because now that we can circumvent banks, exchanges and brokerage companies by using smart contracts on the blockchain… every person, every family, and every business will experience more liberty, more freedom, more opportunities, more abundance, more power, and more wealth. This makes way for more opportunities around financial wellness, permaculture investing, more effective crowdfunding, better ownership and equity arrangements, and more.”
“The Decentralization of Finance is really good for humanity and it’s ultimately a win for each and every one of us. Because now that we can circumvent banks, exchanges and brokerage companies by using smart contracts on the blockchain… every person, every family, and every business will experience more more liberty, more freedom, more opportunities, more abundance, more power, and more wealth.”
“The Decentralization of Finance is really good for humanity. Now that we circumvent can banks, exchanges and brokerages by using smart contracts on the blockchain… every person, every family, and every business will experience more freedom, more liberty, more opportunities, more power, more abundance, and more wealth. So DeFi is a win for humanity.”
“The decentralized nature of cryptocurrencies means they are often not subject to the same regulatory oversight as traditional financial systems. This can lead to fraud, scams, and market manipulation.”
“The decentralized nature of online conversations often makes it easier to manipulate public opinion, both domestically and globally. Regimes that once relied on centralized systems of media control can now deliver ideological messages more subtly, with the help of little-known intermediaries like anonymous commenters on websites.”
“The deception at the heart of the feminist movement is nowhere more apparent than in the silence with which self-professed feminists and feminist movements ignore the inhumane treatment of women who live under Islamic law.”
“The deception of others is almost always rooted in the deception of ourselves.”
Source: As Bill Sees It: The A.A. Way of Life...Selected Writings of A.A.'s Co-Founder
“The deceptive, glossy media images of faces, bodies and social lifestyles, make us hate ourselves so we will buy a solution to love ourselves once again.”
“The decide word is so powerful. It's amazing what you can do once you decide to do it.”
Source: Make It Happen, A Healthy, Competitive Approach to Achieving Personal Success
“The decided to go exploring, be Indiana Jones they don't have a light they don't have a map you're a screwed with a capital S.”
“The deciding differentiator in how you drive LOYALTY lies within your greatest asset....your people.”
“The deciding factor is what you do with TIME”
Source: No One Is Better Than You
“The decimation of Lebanon was showing up in Chicago as a series of restaurants and little shops, just as the destruction of Vietnam had been visible here a decade earlier. If you never read the news but ate out a lot you should be able to tell who was getting beaten up around the world.”
Source: Killing Orders
“The decision [to create a theme park called "EuroWorld"] was made by the EU countries in response to their collective realization that no one in Europe has had an innovative idea in well over a century.”
“The decision about what to do next was as difficult to grasp as the water swirling around my feet.”
Source: Don't Mean a Thing
“The decision as to when to photograph, the actual click of the shutter, is partly controlled from the outside, by the flow of life, but it also comes from the mind and the heart of the artist. The photograph is his vision of the world and expresses, however subtly, his values and convictions.”
“The decision as to whether to risk one’s actual life or to surrender the ideal self-conception is a decision about who one is.
(from The structure of desire and recognition)”
“The decision as to why a show makes it has to do with politics and money.”
“The decision by France to resume nuclear testing in the South Pacific has destroyed this hope and raised a storm of protest at home, in the South Pacific and thankfully around the world.”
“The decision can’t alone be mine,
While the chalice is still full of wine”
“The decision for me was whether to have 'The Father' be a book that told a story - from the point of view of this speaker, the daughter - without, as in the earlier books, then having a section on something else and a section on something else.”
“The decision he made with Usama bin Laden was a tactical decision. It wasn't a strategic decision. The strategic decision was made by President Bush to go after him. What President Obama has done on his watch, the issues that have come up while he's been president, he's gotten it wrong strategically every single time.”
“The Decision
...I wiped my hands on my pinafore
now sullied and stained
not crisp or pressed
as it had been before...”
Source: Enigmatic Evolution
“The decision is how you will answer this question. Will I take full personal responsibility for my mistakes and for not achieving my goals?”
Source: Above All Else
“The decision is I'm going to do everything I can to fight for the working class of this country, the low-income people against income and wealth inequality, do everything we can about climate change.”
“The decision is mine, and I choose happiness”
“The decision is rarely the point. The point is you becoming more fully yourself in the presence of God”
“The decision is the choice, an unknown outcome, the certainty of your position, the cause of pain and pleasure. It is to face your darkest fears, to uncover your limitless abilities, to make the impossible a real possibility. Make it or take it.”
“The decision is your own voice, an opinion is the echo of someone else's voice.”
Source: Wealth of Words
“The decision is yours to maximize your time or not. If you choose to maximize your time, know that it may not be easy, but it will be worth it eventually.”
Source: The Precious Gift of Time: Inspirational Quotes and Sayings
“The decision makers face each other. No safety screen stands between the issues and the highest authorities.”
“The decision-making power gives us the state of deep human and spiritual fulfillment. In business, as in every area of life, all the internal forces of an individual are given by consequences of a decision making. Studies show that the most productive people in the world are diligent in defining a good destination map because they have a clear view of where they want to go; and their hope is what generates the necessary fuel for the exceptional completion of the work.”
“The decision-making process is in constant conflict with our ability to think and resolve. We may reason, which can be faulty and contrived; we may feel passion which can distort and manipulate the ability to reflect; our conscience, however, can never be distorted to suit our desires.”
“The decision must be made between Judaism and Christianity, between business and culture, between male and female, between the race and the individual, between unworhtiness and worth, between the earthly and the higher life, between negation and God-like. Mankind has the choice to make. There are only two poles, and there is no middle way.”
“The decision of such judges as Claudius and his Senate is worth very little in the question of a man's innocence or guilt; but the sentence was that Seneca should be banished to the island of Corsica.”
Source: Seekers After God
“The decision on the right balance between competition and investment can no longer be solely a national issue.”
“The decision to attack the entire nation [of Yugoslavia] has been counterproductive, and our destruction of civilian life has now become senseless and excessively brutal. ... The United States' insistence on the use of cluster bombs, designed to kill or maim humans, is condemned almost universally and brings discredit on our nation (as does our refusal to support a ban on land mines). Even for the world's only superpower, the ends don't always justify the means.”
“The decision to be together should be unconditional. It should not be only if you love me, if you are sweet to me, if you are this and that to me – no. It is to be together whatsoever – sometimes sweet and sometimes very salty; sometimes very beautiful and sometimes a monster.
Once you understand that, you have come to a mature love, otherwise love is only baby love. Small school children fall in love. They think in poetry and romance, and write poems and beautiful letters, but that’s all childish.
They don’t know what life is going to be. It is a hard struggle.
Because love is one of the most precious jewels, the struggle is very very hard. Only very few people achieve it.”
Source: Beloved of my heart: A Darshan diary
“The decision to believe is the most important choice we ever make. It shapes all our other decisions.”
“The decision to change the name meant we were getting serious, because we couldn't make a record if some other band had the same name as us.
I told the boys I was in a record store, thumbing though 45s, and I'd seen a record with the name the Warlocks on it. I've often wondered whether I hallucinated it, because I never saw the record again and I never heard a word about any band called the Warlocks.”