Books have always a secret influence on the understanding; we cannot at pleasure obliterate ideas; he that reads books of science, thogh… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The secret principle of martial arts is not vanquishing the attacker, but resolving to avoid an encounter before its occurrence. To become… — Gichin Funakoshi Copy Share Image
Our secret thoughts are rarely heard except in secret. No man knows what conscience is until he understands what solitude can teach… — Joseph Cook Copy Share Image
I am as certain as I am standing here, that the secret of much mischief to our own souls, and to the… — Alexander Whyte Copy Share Image
Fig tree, how long it's been full meaning for me, the way you almost entirely omit to flower and into the seasonably-resolute… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Have I a secret about playing the piano? It's a very simple one. I sit down on the piano stool and make… — Artur Schnabel Copy Share Image
It is often easier to justify one's self to others than to respond to the secret doubts that arise in one's own… — Margaret Oliphant Copy Share Image
Who was I, really? I was the sole occupant of my mother's totalitarian state, my own personal history rewritten to fit the… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
I asked Michael Jackson once. I said to him, 'How were you able to go from the Jackson Five to the biggest… — Ricky Schroder Copy Share Image
It's not at all a secret that I was one of the co-founders of Brand New Congress, and we've never tried to… — Saikat Chakrabarti Copy Share Image
If the big banks expect to buy influence when they give money to favored think tanks, then the public has a right… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. .... There are no back doors, no free rides. There's… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
The fixed determination to have acquired the warrior soul, to either conquer or perish with honor, is the secret of victory. — George S. Patton Copy Share Image
The secret of successful retailing is to give your customers what they want. And really, if you think about it from the… — Sam Walton Copy Share Image
Each moment of every one of my relationships serves as the secret path to the summit of myself. — Guy Finley Copy Share Image
The terror of society, which is the basis of morals, the terror of God, which is the secret of religion-these are the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The secret is to keep adding voices, adding ideas, and moving things around as you put together your life. If you’re lucky,… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
The secret of life is not to have everything you want, but to want everything you have. — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
I'm not an Expressionist. I love to look at de Kooning, but I've got this kind of secret life, and that is… — Ellsworth Kelly Copy Share Image
I would rediscover the secret of great communications and great combustions. I would say storm. I would say river. I would say… — Aime Cesaire Copy Share Image
I loved him. I hated him. I wanted to kiss him. I wanted to strangle him. I was a walking, talking contradiction.… — A. Meredith Walters Copy Share Image
The right to personal privacy is precious. Without it, we are all potential victims for a prying secret police. — Lewis B. Smedes Copy Share Image
Tiny, the next time that you try to set me up with a girl with a secret boyfriend can you at least… — John Green Copy Share Image
I took his suggestion to heart and went from a "know-it-all" to a "learn-it-all." — T. Harv Eker Copy Share Image
“These bits of paper are covered with lies. They poison your minds. And so long as they exist, you cannot hope to… — Oliver Bowden Copy Share Image
Secret of life is to go through something harrowing that doesnt kill you...and to love one woman for the rest of your… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
I make really good pasta sauce. The secret to getting it right is just patience and love. — Banks Copy Share Image
No Temple made by mortal human hands can ever compare to the Temple made by the gods themselves. That building of wood… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
I have a secret sibling that I never knew existed and who was given up for adoption at birth by my parents,… — Dominique Moceanu Copy Share Image
All men are brothers, we like to say, half-wishing sometimes in secret it were not true. But perhaps it is true. And… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
If you disclose your alms, even then it is well done, but if you keep them secret, and give them to the… — Muhammad Copy Share Image
Miserable is the man who loves a woman and takes her for his wife, pouring at her feet the sweat of his… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
You can easily tell when someone has been hit by a spear. he turns a deep shade of bitter. David never got… — Gene Edwards Copy Share Image
It's no secret that I think that MLS is a top five, top six league in the world but they're not the… — DeAndre Yedlin Copy Share Image
