True Quotes

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Almost everything is double like that for adolescents; their lies are true and their truths are lies, and their hearts are broken by the world.… — Ursula K. Le Guin
The true way to render age vigorous is to prolong the youth of the mind. — Mortimer Collins
The joy of Being, which is the only true happiness, cannot come to you through any form, possession, achievement, person, or event - through anything… — Eckhart Tolle
I had a go at changing history - maybe not all by myself - I fought at the battle of Normandy, I slogged through the… — LeRoy Neiman
If you would serve your brother it is fit for you to serve him, do not take back your words when you find that prudent… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Real heroes are men who fall and fail and are flawed, but win out in the end because they've stayed true to their ideals and… — Kevin Costner
A true champion is someone who wants to make a difference, who never gives up, and who gives everything she has no matter what the… — Dot Richardson
The true peace of God begins at any spot a thousand miles from the nearest land. — Joseph Conrad
Notwithstanding all that has been discovered since Newton's time, his saying that we are little children picking up pretty pebbles on the beach while the… — Charles Sanders Peirce
When you look at that nature world it becomes an icon, it becomes a holy picture that speaks of the origins of the world. Almost… — Joseph Campbell
Religion has ever filled the mind of man with darkness, and kept him in ignorance of his real duties and true interests. It is by… — Baron d'Holbach
Beauty hath no true glass, except it be in the sweet privacy of loving eyes. — James Russell Lowell
An optimist expects his dreams to come true; a pessimist expects his nightmares to. — Laurence J. Peter
Character is tested by true sentiments more than by conduct. A man is seldom better than his word. — Lord Acton
The wise man, the true friend, the finished character, we seek everywhere, and only find in fragments. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Humility is the beginning of true intelligence. — John Calvin
I was born into no true class and it was my decision early in life to insinuate myself into the middle class like a spy… — John Cheever
The true policy of government is to make use of aristocracy, but under the forms and in the spirit of democracy. — Napoleon Bonaparte
True individualists tend to be quite unobservant; it is the snob, the would be sophisticate, the frightened conformist, who keeps a fascinated or worried eye… — Louis Kronenberger
Recalling the aftermath of her father's death from alcoholism at age 42, this memoirist reminisces: I couldn't deny that our life was so much better… — Sonia Sotomayor
I have met many, many farm workers and friends who love justice and who are willing to sacrifice for what is right. They have a… — Cesar Chavez
People who have lost their hunger for justice are not ultimately powerful. They are like sick people who have lost their appetite for what is… — Cesar Chavez
We are confident. We have ourselves. We know how to sacrifice. We know how to work. We know how to combat the forces that oppose… — Cesar Chavez
It appears that nature has hid at the bottom of our hearts talents and abilities unknown to us. It is only the passions that have… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It was the man's dream, and his inspiring attempt to make them come true that remain important. — Francis Ford Coppola

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