Truism Quotes

47 Truism quotes by 43 unique authors

It is a truism that as long as man loves but himself and his art he can never attain to the full measure of manhood… — Percy Jewett Burrell
The triangle of truisms, of father, mother and child, cannot be destroyed; it can only destroy those civilizations which disregard it. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
It is a truism that children need more of Mother than of money. — Ezra Taft Benson
Everybody wants peace. That's a truism. There is no point in accomplishing through war what you can accomplish through peace. — Norman Finkelstein
Property, said Proudhon, is theft. This is the only perfect truism that has been uttered on the subject. — George Bernard Shaw
It is a truism that education is no longer a luxury. Education in this day and age is a necessity. — Lyndon B. Johnson
The interests of Oregon for today and in the future must be protected from the grasping wastrels of the land. We must respect another truism… — Tom McCall
It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do… — Robert A. Heinlein
Mr. Speaker, the fact of the matter is that the Ten Commandments are a historical document that contains moral, ethical, and legal truisms that any… — Cliff Stearns
It ain't over 'til it's over. — Yogi Berra
cliches are truisms and all truisms are true — Jack Kerouac
You know, it's a truism that writers for children must still be children themselves, deep down, must still feel childish feelings, and a child's surprise… — A. S. Byatt
She refused to accept the simple truism that the better you were, the bigger threat you were to those at the top.... — Michael Connelly
Excellence does not come easily or quickly-- an excellent education does not, a successful mission does not, a strong, loving marriage does not, rewarding personal… — Jeffrey R. Holland
You don't get to be a respected intellectual by uttering truisms in monosyllables. — Noam Chomsky
One's doing well if age improves even slightly one's capacity to hold on to that vital truism: "This too shall pass. — Alain de Botton
The notion of the perfect whole, the ultimate solution in which all good things coexist, seems to me not merely unobtainable--that is a truism--but conceptually… — Isaiah Berlin
Never forget this simple truism: Forecasting is marketing, plain and simple. — Barry Ritholtz
People and places are the source of my work, both in prose and verse-and this remark is not the truism it seems, for I do… — Leonard Alfred George Strong
The second truism that we must understand is that poverty does not create our social problems, our social problems create our poverty. — Marco Rubio
What does it mean to be the best? It means you have to be better than the number two guy. But what gratification is there… — Babloo
Whether you live to be 50 or 100 makes no difference, if you made no difference in the world. — Jarod Kintz

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