True Quotes
19480 True quotes by 8104 unique authors
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A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason.
— Harold Geneen
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When things are investigated, then true knowledge is achieved; when true knowledge is achieved, then the will becomes sincere; when the will is sincere, then…
— Confucius
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What a life! True life is elsewhere. We are not in the world.
— Arthur Rimbaud
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Every true man, sir, who is a little above the level of the beasts and plants does not live for the sake of living, without…
— Luigi Pirandello
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Error is a supposition that pleasure and pain, that intelligence, substance, life, are existent in matter. Error is neither Mind nor one of Mind's faculties.…
— Mary Baker Eddy
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It is true from early habit, one must make love mechanically as one swims; I was once very fond of both, but now as I…
— Lord Byron
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True lovers earn their genius in schools of blood, prophecy and dust.
— Aberjhani
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Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
— Seneca the Younger
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To know yourself you have only to set down a true statement of those that ever loved or hated you.
— Johann Kaspar Lavater
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If there is any country on earth where the course of true love may be expected to run smooth, it is America.
— Harriet Martineau
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I would love to spend all my time writing to you; I'd love to share with you all that goes through my mind, all that…
— Luigi Pirandello
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Though government has an important role to play in meeting the many challenges that remain before us, we are coming to understand that no organization,…
— William J. Clinton
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Citizen service is the very American idea that we meet our challenges not as isolated individuals but as members of a true community, with all…
— William J. Clinton
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If the Great Commission is true, our plans are not too big; they are too small.
— Unknown Author
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We're not always going to understand why something happens.True faith is trusting even when it doesn't make sense
— Joel Osteen
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It's not like I'm looking to describe something that's only true of my own circumstances. It's beyond. It's way inside, you know. It's reaching inside…
— Jackson Browne
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It's very helpful to start with something that's true. If you start with something that's false, you're always covering your tracks. Something simple and true,…
— Paul Simon
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[T]he true key for the construction of everything doubtful in a law is the intention of the law-makers. This is most safely gathered from the…
— Thomas Jefferson
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I like myself better when I'm writing regularly. ... I was influenced a lot by those around me-there was a lot of singing that went…
— Willie Nelson
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It is true that we aspire to our ancient land. But what we want in that ancient land is a new blossoming of the Jewish…
— Theodor Herzl
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If it be true that democracy is based upon the assumption that every man shall serve his fellow man, the organization of democracy should be…
— Herbert Croly
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No good book or good thing of any kind shows it best face at first. No the most common quality of in a true work…
— Thomas Carlyle
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I'll give anything for a good copy now, be it true or false, so it be news.
— Ben Jonson
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I am commonly opposed to those who modestly assume the rank of champions of liberty, and make a very patriotic noise about the people. It…
— Fisher Ames
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As for what is not true, you will always find abundance in the newspapers.
— Thomas Jefferson
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