Best 3188 quotes in «secret quotes» category

A game of chess holds many secrets. Fortunately! That is why we cannot clearly state whether chess is science, art, or a sport.

A good friend who points out mistakes is to be respected, as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.

A good businessman sees where others don’t see. What I see, you may not see. You cannot see because that is the secret of the business… the entire world is a big market waiting for anybody who knows the rules of the game.

A good many men and women want to get possession of secrets just as spendthrifts want to get money-for circulation.

A good midfielder has eyes in the back of his head, that's the secret in a nutshell

A great writer is, so to speak, a secret government in his country

A guitar is something you can hold and love and it's never going to bug you. But here's the secret about the guitar - it's defiant. It will never let you conquer it. The more you get involved with it, the more you realize how little you know.

Ah! Do not judge the gods, young man, they have painful secrets.

Ah, the pretty whisperers! It was very well When the leaves were thick and green, awhile ago-- Leaves are secret-keepers; but since the last leaf fell There is nothing hidden from the eyes below.

Ah, the creative process is the same secret in science as it is in art. They are all the same absolutely.

Aikido is not an art to fight with enemies and defeat them. It is a way to lead all human beings to live in harmony with each other as though everyone were one family. The secret of aikido is to make yourself become one with the universe and to go along with its natural movements. One who has attained this secret holds the universe in him/herself and can say, 'I am the universe.'

Alchemy is really the secret tradition of the redemption of spirit from matter.

Alcohol, contrary to instinct, is not the secret to happiness.

Alek was right behind her now, his body pressing close as he adjusted her sword arm. She hadn't realized this fencing business would be so touchy. He grasped her waist, sending a crackle across her skin. If Alek moved his hands any higher, he might notice what was hidden beneath her careful tailoring. “Always keep sideways to your opponent,” he said, gently turning her. “That way, your chest presents the smallest possible target.” “Aye, the smallest possible target,” Deryn sighed. Her secret was safe, it seemed.

All Cabinet Ministers and other senior ministers are still sworn in as Privy Counsellors for life. The oath (which dates back to the thirteenth-century and has been described as Britain's oldest secrecy provision) commits them to keep all advice to the monarch secret.

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

All confidence placed in another is dangerous if it is not perfect, for on almost all occasions we ought to tell everything or to conceal everything. We have already told too much of our secret, if one single circumstance is to be kept back.

All decays begin in the closet; no heart thrives with out much secret converse with God, and nothing will make amends for the want of it.

All human language draws its nature and value from the fact that it both comes from the Word of God and is chosen by God to manifest himself. But this relationship is secret and incomprehensible, beyond the bounds of reason and analysis.

All human beings have magic in them. The secret is to know how to use this magic.

All human beings have three lives: public, private, and secret.

All it takes are a few simple outfits. And there's one secret - The Simpler The Better

All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveller is unaware.

All men are brothers, we like to say, half-wishing sometimes in secret it were not true. But perhaps it is true. And is the evolutionary line from protozoan to Spinoza any less certain? That also may be true. We are obliged, therefore, to spread the news, painful and bitter though it may be for some to hear, that all living things on earth are kindred.

All nature's creatures join to express nature's purpose. Somewhere in their mounting and mating, rutting and butting is the very secret of nature itself.

All of the secrets the vampires held dear have been exposed, and the humans can now fight back as equals in a way, which is scary.

All of us have a secret desire to be seen as saints, heroes, martyrs. We are afraid to be children, to be ourselves.

All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life's heart.

All registers which, it is acknowledged, ought to be kept secret, ought certainly never to exist.

All the secrets of the world worth knowing are hiding in plain site.

All tastes have the quality of being in some way artificial and invented. The secret of life is to have enough detachment from your tastes and your values to see that they are a little bit absurd.

All the vices lead to fortune when they are joined with the vilest of all--avarice. This is the secret of life.

All this I say that you may understand not only in the mind but rather in the spirit. The mind weighs and measures but it is the spirit that reaches the heart of life and embraces the secret; and the seed of the spirit is deathless.

Almost every person has something secret he likes to eat.

All your secret wishes could right now be coming true.

A long long time ago I took an oath to tell all secrets that came my way. Don't tell me a secret, I won't keep it. I'm against secrets, I'm against hierarchies, lineages, all assumption of special knowledge on the part of anyone in the presence of anyone else is abhorrent to me. I mean, I am a true anarchist first and foremost.

'Alms in secret extinguish the wrath of the Lord' means you are so immersed in sincerity and in preserving that sincerity that you have no pleasure in giving alms.

A lot of politics plays at the level of myth, and if you understand that, then you feel like you have access to the secret language of politics.

A lot of people in the middle of their lives have a secret yearning for more romance.

Alright, the secret of happiness is simple: find out what you truly love to do and then direct all of your energy towards doing it.

Also, I do not like the companionship of women. They are petty and personal. They hang on to their mysteries and secrets, they act and pretend. I like the character of men better.

A lot of young girls together is a romantic secret thing like the first sight of wild ducks at dawn.

ALPHA-60: Your name is written "Ivan Johnson," but it is pronounced "Lemmy Caution," Secret Agent Zero Zero Three of the Outlands. You are a threat to the security of Alphaville. CAUTION: I refuse to become what you call "normal." ... ALPHA-60: You cannot escape. The door is locked. CAUTION: Try to stop me, pal.

A menial task which must be mine, that shall I glorify and make an art of it.

A magical blending of mystery, romance, and deep and dangerous secrets. Kelly Parra’s Invisible Touch is an action-packed coming-of-age novel, sure to keep readers turning pages and begging for a sequel.

A man who drinks only water has a secret to hide from his fellow men.

A mind always employed is always happy. This is the true secret, the grand recipe, for felicity.

Americans have a healthy stupidity. That lack of sophistication is a secret superpower.

Americans' great and secret fear is that America may turn out to be a phenomenon rather than a civilization.

A mind is like a puzzle; you must unlock it to read its hidden secrets.