Telling Quotes

3439 Telling quotes by 2398 unique authors

You and I cannot be useful if we want to be sweet as honey in the mouths of men. God will never bless us if… — Charles Spurgeon
Why is everyone telling me to do it? I already did it. — John Lennon
I don't judge in my books. I don't have to have the antagonist get shot or the protagonist win. It's just how it comes out.… — Elmore Leonard
I remember telling a neurosurgeon, "Don't give me too much information, because at the moment my ignorance is my best asset." — Christopher Reeve
I'm already hot, you could say I'm pre-heated. If money talks, mine's telling your's to 'be seated — J. Cole
Whenever you think that your needs are not being met, you’re telling the story of a future — Byron Katie
Nothing makes me more determined to succeed than someone telling me something's impossible. — Jackie Chan
Not only is your story worth telling, but it can be told in words so painstakingly eloquent that it becomes a song. — Gloria Naylor
I say, as a singer grows older, his conception grows a little deeper, because he lives life and he understands what he is trying to… — Sam Cooke
We are so busy telling God where we would like to go. We wait with the idea of some great opportunity, something sensational, and when… — Oswald Chambers
Praying is not telling God what to do. It's trusting that God knows what to do. — Stormie Omartian
I can still remember the miraculous feeling of writing a sentence, then more sentences, telling a story. The first thing I wrote was a one-page… — Henning Mankell
Learn to follow the quiet voice within that speaks in feelings rather than words; follow what you 'hear' inside, rather than what others may be… — Bob Proctor
Telling the truth is the slow, mundane, difficult route to a meaningful life. Anything else is cheating. — Donald Miller
Telling is not selling; never make a statement if you can phrase it in the form of a question. — Brian Tracy
When you look in your mind you find it covered with a lot of rubbishy thoughts. You have to penetrate these and hear what your… — Agnes Martin
Depression is the flip side of creative inspiration but it can be useful. It's telling you to stop for a little bit. You can become… — Shaun Tan
It's dark already and I'm out here again, talking, telling the story to the quiet night. — Tim Winton
I want you to remember the guiding principles of my life. You can be what you want to be, if you believe in yourself and… — Kirby Puckett
The quieter the mind, the more powerful, the worthier, the deeper, the more telling and more perfect the prayer is. — Meister Eckhart
The older I get the more secrets I have, never to be revealed and this, I know, is a common condition of people my age.… — Doris Lessing
I think it's important that we all try to give something to this medium, instead of just thinking about what is the most efficient way… — Lars von Trier
The idea of telling a story in reverse destabilises your ordinary moral reactions. That's one of the points of art - to challenge your preconceptions. — Vincent Cassel
The resistance is the voice in your head telling you to use bullets in your PowerPoint slides...It’s the voice that tells you to leave controversial… — Seth Godin
Most of the pain we feel is nothing more than a story that needs telling. — Ashly Lorenzana

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