Lie Quotes

They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were; they all fused into a single stubbornness.

Louise Erdrich

There is danger in both belief and unbelief.

Phaedrus

The joy of discovery is certainly the liveliest that the mind of man can ever feel.

Claude Bernard (1813 - 78)

I do not come into this pulpit hoping that perhaps somebody will of his own free will return to Christ. My hope lies in another quarter. I hope that my Master will lay hold of some of them and say, You are mine, and you shall be mine. I claim you for myself. My hope arises from the freeness of grace, and not from the freedom of the will.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Morpheus You have to let it all go, Neo. Fear, doubt, and disbelief. Free your mind.

Matrix, The

Most of our so - Called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.

James Harvey Robinson

Every achiever I have ever met says, My life turned around when I began to believe in me.

Dr. Robert Schulle

It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true.

Bertrand Russell, Sceptical Essays (1928), "On the Value of Scepticism".

Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, To speak dishonorably is pardonable.

Sophocles, Creusa

The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings.

Okakura Kakuzo

There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it.

William James

Egotism is the anesthetic given by a kindly nature to relieve the pain of being a damned fool.

Bellamy Brooks

You are not made happy by the true things you believe from your faith, but by the goodness which comes from your faith.

Emanuel Swedenborg, From the book "Arcana Coelestia" #4984

I believe love is primarily a choice and only sometimes a feeling. If you want to feel love, choose to love and be patient.

Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher. com Weblog, December 16, 2002

Set priorities for your goals. A major part of successful living lies in the ability to put first things first. Indeed, the reason most major goals are not achieved is that we spend our time doing second things first.

Robert J. McKain

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see.

Henry David Thoreau

To believe in God or in a guiding force because someone tells you to is the height of stupidity. We are given senses to receive our information within. With our own eyes we see, and with our own skin we feel. With our intelligence, it is intended that we understand. But each person must puzzle it out for himself or herself.

Sophy Burnham

All of his saves have come in relief appearances.

Ralph Kine

Greatness is not in were we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We must sail sometimes with the wind, and somtimes agaisnt it - But sail we must. And not drift, nor lie at anchor.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

He who multiplies riches multiplies cares.

Benjamin Franklin

A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece.

Ludwig Erhard

With most people unbelief in one thing is founded upon blind belief in another.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.

Frank Lloyd Wright

A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his client to plant vines.

Frank Lloyd Wright

As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use.

William James

Homo sum humani nil a me alienum puto. I am a man I hold that nothing human is alien to me.

Terence

Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

We seem to believe it is possible to ward off death by following rules of good grooming.

Don Delillo

In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true either is true or becomes true.

John Lilly

Happy families are all alike every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Leo Tolstoy

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.

Martin Luther King Jr., Accepting Nobel Peace Prize, Dec. 10, 1964

The truth may be out there, but the lies are inside your head.

Terry Pratchett, A Discworld Novel

If you are near the enemy, make him believe you are far from him. If you are far from the enemy, make him believe you are near.

Sun - Tzu

For the sake of peace one may lie, but peace itself should never be a lie.

The Talmud

I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

Thomas Carlyle

The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none. Recognizing our limitations and imperfections is the first requisite of progress. Those who believe they have arrived believe they have nowhere to go. Some not only have closed their minds to new truth, but they sit on the lid.

Dr. Dale E. Turne

A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.

Vince Lombardi

After I asked him what he meant, he replied that freedom consisted of the unimpeded right to get rich, to use his ability, no matter what the cost to others, to win advancement.

Norman Thomas