Top 1200 True And False Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

We must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility.

A man may be a false prophet and yet speak the truth.

I was a pretty confident kid, even if it was all false bravado.

The false prophets of Communism predict a utopian society.

The false can never grow into truth by growing in power.

Most men find it difficult to remain true to a single woman, but relatively easy to be true to three or four at the same time.

I will always love the false image I had of you.

To say I removes a false impression of a Jovian aloofness.

Charm is always genuine; it may be superficial but it isn't false.

God (in His mercy) accepts false coin.

I felt bad for everybody I hurt with my false testimonies.

When You Are Old" WHEN you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true, But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face; And bending down beside the glowing bars, Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled And paced upon the mountains overhead And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.

False hopes are more dangerous than fears.

I've had my fill of media sensationalism and false promises.

But are not the dreams of poets and the tales of travellers notoriously false?

False equivalency is the lifeblood of American public debate.

The mists remain of the false glory that erupts from history.

I will not lie to you. These false attacks are absolutely hurtful.

For authority proceeds from true reason, but reason certainly does not proceed from authority. For every authority which is not upheld by true reason is seen to be weak, whereas true reason is kept firm and immutable by her own powers and does not require to be confirmed by the assent of any authority.

.. Fear is often described as False Evidence Appearing Real.

In a false person, sacraments do not produce any effect.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives: Be kind anyway. If you are successful you will win some false friends and true enemies: Succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank people will try to cheat you: Be honest anyway. What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight: Build anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous of you: Be happy anyway. The good you do today, will often be forgotten by tomorrow: Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough: Give your best anyway.

I've learned that you have to stay true to yourself from all the amazing people I've had the opportunity to work with thus far. You have to stay true to yourself and don't be afraid even though people may say what you're doing isn't cool or isn't right. I promise you, you will not regret it if you stay true to who you are and what you love to do because there is no other reason that I am up here today receiving this award.

Nothing is true in self-discovery unless it is true in your own experience. This is the only protection against the robot levels of the mind.

Once, in a spasm of sappiness, you asked Q-Jo if she thought your dreams would ever come true. 'You aren't talking about dreams,' she corrected you, 'you're referring to your pathetic bourgeoisie ambitions. Dreams don't come true. Dreams are true.

There are many true ladies, and they differ somewhat from society generally. So does a true gentleman, on the same principle of refinement and nobility of character.

Fatalism is a false premise. What will be is not necessarily what must be.

Many a false step was made by standing still.

I prefer to be hated than be false and fool people.

In the province of the mind what one believes to be true, either is true or becomes true within certain limits. These limits are to be found experimentally and experientially. When so found these limits turn out to be further beliefs to be transcended. In the province of the mind there are no limits.

False preachers are worse than deflowerers of virgins.

The illusion of selfhood, ego, a separate identity is false.

I don't wish to inhabit the human world under false pretences.

The real you is on the side of God against the false self

Rumor ... often is fathered and mothered by false reports.

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

Oh, do not read history, for that I know must be false.

What is not in the open street is false, derived, that is to say, literature.

Dances without purpose have false starts and stops.

That's the thing about leaks: sometimes they aren't misinterpreted or false.

The cross is almost a distraction and false advertisement for God.

There is no learned man but will confess be hath much profited by reading controversies,--his senses awakened, his judgment sharpened, and the truth which he holds firmly established. If then it be profitable for him to read, why should it not at least be tolerable and free for his adversary to write? In logic they teach that contraries laid together, more evidently appear; it follows then, that all controversy being permitted, falsehood will appear more false, and truth the more true; which must needs conduce much to the general confirmation of an implicit truth.

To carry a false persona is an extra burden. Who needs that?

The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person, is the most successful.

for true happiness, sane enjoyment, you must look to the country, not town. Only you want one true heart beside you with which to enjoy it!

I am a very curious person; I'll always ask: is this thing true, is it not true? And I use my own means to investigate and come to my conclusion.

It's dangerous that we can all paint a completely false picture of ourselves.

The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy.

Many a false step is made standing still.

All separation, every kind of estrangement and alienation is false. All is one.

Wowers never speede well, that have a false harte.

No one is served or benefitted by believing in false or faulty ideas.

The best apology against false accusers is silence.

OK, whatever, I was taking out false loans

He unwittingly takes a false step and plunges into the abyss.

This story is true. Of course, there are many lies therein and most of it did not happen, but it's all true. In that sense it is deeply religious, perhaps even biblical.

I was the shadow of the waxwing slain/By the false azure in the windowpane.

Spring is always cruel, with its false promise of resurrection.

At its core, government welfare is predicated on a false compassion.

Approval of what is approved of Is as false as a well-kept vow.