The secret studies of an author are the sunken piers upon which is to rest the bridge of his fame, spanning the… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible and hence we can hold… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Human beings are drawn to cats because they are all we are not — self-contained, elegant in everything they do, relaxed, assured,… — Pam Brown Copy Share Image
The secret to happiness, at Thanksgiving or any time, is to reframe obligation as opportunity. You don't have to spend Thanksgiving with… — Mary Schmich Copy Share Image
Once I began following my own instincts, sales took off and I became a millionaire. And that, I think, is a key… — Larry Flynt Copy Share Image
The government of the German Democratic Republic rejects secret policies. It works for the people, and only the people, so it does… — Walter Ulbricht Copy Share Image
By the time the Egyptian civilization had begun to flourish, the earth's aura had already become so dense it was impossible to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I never get enough sleep, even when I travel. I wake up in the middle of the night, either with the help… — Summer Sanders Copy Share Image
“At any given time, I am not the whole me; I am but a partial version of myself and each version is… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
“When you keep a secret from those closest to you, even with the best of motives, there is a danger that you… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Sometimes she wished for someone she could tell about her problems, just to be able to say, ‘I’m in love with a… — Abigail Reynolds Copy Share Image
Problems tend to be put into their proper perspective the moment we get off SELF, and on PURPOSE. By choosing your purpose… — Hal Elrod Copy Share Image
Both abundance and lack exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we… — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
The old idea that the joke was not good enough for the company has been superseded by the new aristocratic idea that… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
In discovering books, you became free to explore the full range of human motives, desires, secrets, and lies. All my life, people… — Betsy Lerner Copy Share Image
It's a wonder that any mother ever called a daughter Dinah again. But some did. Maybe you guessed that there was more… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Here's an equation I want you to remember for the rest of your life: CZ = WZ. It means your "comfort zone"… — T. Harv Eker Copy Share Image
Often, the worst way to become prisoner of a system is to have a dream that things may turn better, there is… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
I always felt that acting was an escape, like having the secret key to every door and permission to go into any… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
In 'The Secret Agent,' it's basically a character that was admired by Theodore Kaczynski, which is some fan mail you don't really… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
“But I have a secret. You can build walls all the way to the sky and I will find a way to… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
Hours later the blank sheet still stared at me, and I beat my fist against the desk in fury and fustration, striking… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
The secret to so many artists living so long is that every painting is a new adventure. So, you see, they're always… — Norman Rockwell Copy Share Image
You cannot invent an algorithm that is as good at recommending books as a good bookseller, and that's the secret weapon of… — John Green Copy Share Image
This is, in part, why there is less magic in the world today. Magic is secret and secrets are magic, after all,… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
Unless you have a feeling for that secret knowledge that modest things can be more beautiful than anything expensive, you will never… — Andree Putman Copy Share Image
Begin now, as you read these words, as you sit in your chair, to offer your whole selves, utterly and in joyful… — Thomas Raymond Kelly Copy Share Image
My secret is I cannot go to bed, I cannot sleep, if my bed is not made before I go to bed.… — Kevin Jonas Copy Share Image
Sleep is the secret of life! I must have a comfortable bed, a room at exactly 60 degrees, and complete darkness like… — Demis Roussos Copy Share Image
I think I have the secret of a successful L.A. restaurant, especially now that so many Europeans live there. You have to… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
The greatest secret for eliminating the infirmity complex, which is another term for deep and profound self-doubt, is to fill your mind… — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
“ . . . the secret to 'doing it all' is not necessarily doing it all, but rather discovering which part of… — Jill Briscoe Copy Share Image
Success is transient, evanescent. The real passion lies in the poignant acquisition of knowledge about all the shading and subtleties of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Keep thy own secret, and do not reveal it to any one. He that maketh his secret known is no longer its… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The best kept secret in America today is that people would rather work hard for something they believe in than live a… — John W. Gardner Copy Share Image
What the learned world tends to offer is one second-hand scrap of information illustrating ideas derived from another second-hand scrap of information.… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
In writing about Harold and Maureen with their terrible unspoken secret, and all those people that Harold meets as he walks to… — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
The secret of sound education is to get each pupil to learn for himself, instead of instructing him by driving knowledge into… — Robert Baden-Powell Copy Share Image
It's no great secret, number one, in my view, and I think the view of most Americans, that Congress itself is pretty… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than the secret agent; of all rewards none… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image