“People think SEALs are cold-blooded, heartless, wound-up, brainwashed killers. They imagine you can just point a SEAL in a direction and say, 'Go kill.' The truth is you're talking about a bunch of kind-hearted, jovial guys. The only thing that separates them is mental toughness.” PeopleThinkingKindGuyTalkingImagineColdTruth IsWoundsBunchKillersHeartedSealsHeartlessToughnessBrainwashedMental ToughnessCold BloodedKind HeartedJovial Author:Howard E. Wasdin
“What a strange world it is where you can have as much sex as you like but love is taboo. I'm talking about the real thing, the grand passion, which may not allow affection or convenience or happiness. The truth is that love smashes into your life like an ice floe, and even if your heart is built like the Titanic you go down. That's the size of it, the immensity of it. It's not proper, it's not clean, it's not containable.” IfsWorldLoveHeartMayRealPassionSexLove IsTalkingStrangeTruth IsBuiltCleanSizeAffectionIceConvenienceTabooReal ThingsImmensityStrange World Author:Jeanette Winterson
“Stand up for what you believe. Follow your gut, which most of the time is your heart talking. This has been my hardest lesson. I have given this advice and not always followed it myself. The truth is, there is no other way.” WayBelieveHeartHas BeensGivenTalkingAdviceLessonsTruth IsHardestGuts Author:Faith Hill
“Talk without truth is the hollow brass; talk without love is like the tinkling cymbal, and when it does not tinkle it jingles, and when it does not jingle, it jars.” DoeLove IsTalkingTruth IsHollowWithout LoveJarsLove Is LikeBrassJinglesCymbals Author:Anna Brownell Jameson
“Speedwork is terribly overrated! I remember talking to runners after distance races and someone is sure to say they were able to run fast off base work with no speed work at all. The truth is speedwork doesn't work. Lots of miles, and then fast miles gets you there much quicker than speed work.” RunningAbleRememberRaceTalkingTruth IsDistanceSpeedMilesRunnersOverrated Author:Gerry Lindgren
“It's tough to make funny films. And the truth is, with this process, especially if you write your own movie, then you're giving three years of your life to it. And so, I just have to be sure that when I embark on it that I'm happy to think that in three years' time I'm going to be sitting in a room on the tenth floor of an odd office building at Ginsberg Libby talking about it. So I'm keen not to jump into it too quickly and just make sure it's something that I really want.” IfsThinkingWantGivingWritingYearsFilmThreeProcessRoomsTalkingBuildingTruth IsOfficeSittingToughOddThree YearsGinsbergWrite Your OwnOffice Buildings Author:Dan Mazer
“We delude ourselves if we believe that skilled behavior is easy, that it can come about without effort. We forget the years of tuning, of learning and practice it takes to be skilled at even the most fundamental of human activities: eating, walking, talking, reading, and writing. It is tempting to want instant gratification - immediate expert performance and experiential pleasure - but the truth is that this primarily occurs only after considerable amounts of accretion and tuning.” IfsWantWritingYearsBelieveHumansReadingEasyForgetPleasureEffortTalkingPracticeAmountWalkingTruth IsActivityBehaviorEatingPerformancesFundamentalsInstantExpertsGratificationTemptingHuman ActivityReading And WritingTuningInstant Gratification Author:Donald A. Norman
“This simple truth is the essence of my message to Muslims throughout the world: know who you are, who you want to be, and start talking and working with whom you are not. Find common values and build with fellow citizens a society based on diversity and equality.” KnowsWorldWantValuesSimpleCommonTalkingCitizensTruth IsDiversityMessagesEssenceFellowsWho You AreSimple Truths Author:Tariq Ramadan
“I've been talking to people all over the country, city council members, grassroots leaders, party leaders, members in Congress - and you know what? The truth is I'll have something to say real soon.” PeopleKnowsRealCountryPartyCitiesTalkingLeaderTruth IsMembersCongressCouncilGrassrootsCity Council Author:Keith Ellison
“The average American thinks billionaire investors are going to be right based on some talking head. They invest and they have no backup plan. Americans think these guys are giant risk-takers. The truth is they believe in taking as little risk as humanly possible, for the maximum amount of upside. They're looking for that spread of disproportionate risk-reward.” ThinkingBelieveLittlesGuyTalkingPlansRiskAmountTruth IsRewardsAverageSpreadGiantsInvestorsMaximumBillionaireBackupTalking HeadsBackup Plan Author:Tony Robbins
“The truth is, somebody is always talking about you, so you have to let it go... if it's not a part of your God-given destiny.” IfsGivenTalkingDestinyTruth IsLet It Go Author:Joel Osteen
“The truth is, the secular world isn't too enamored with Jesus. And they're not too enamored with someone who is leading people to Jesus. So if you're out there talking about people's sins, and you're talking about righteousness, you will get pushback. Jesus Himself did. The apostles did. I mean, there's persecution all up and down the line.” PeopleIfsWorldMeanJesusLinesSinTalkingTruth IsRighteousnessSecularPersecutionUp And DownApostlesEnamored Author:Pat Robertson
“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” MenGivingPersonsTruthFunnyDarkTalkingHuman NatureHonestyWise WordsHeroTruth IsComfortableOneselfWittySelf DiscoveryNovelistsBeing YourselfTelling The TruthMaskFinding YourselfAbout YourselfBe YouDiscoveringTrue SelfKnow YourselfLiedDiscomfortDishonestyPlaywrightCriminal MindBeing SingleHonest ManKnow ThyselfAnonymityAbsolute TruthTruth And LiesEssayistsHonest TruthTruth And HonestyTruth HonestyJust Being YouSelf KnowingLying MenTruth Be ToldSpiritual TruthDiscovering YourselfLies TruthTelling LiesBeing LiedDiscovering SelfSaying The TruthBusiness PlanningDiscovery In LifeTrue To OneselfDiscovering Your True SelfAlready TakenWearing A MaskBeing Your True SelfHiding The TruthDishonesty And LyingLying To YourselfUnderstanding YourselfDiscovering The TruthBe Your Own PersonTruth To YourselfTruth Revealed Author:Oscar Wilde
“I never had a brain until Freak came along and let me borrow his for awhile, and that's the truth, the whole truth. The unvanquished truth, is how Freak would say it, and for a long time it was him who did the talking.” LongWholeBrainTalkingTruth IsLong TimeLet MeFreakWhole Truth Book:Freak The Mighty Source: Freak The Mighty