The Secret Quotes

Stupidity is better kept a secret than displayed.

The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way or to say a new thing in an old way.

I've always felt I carried a golden secret, a wonderful secret. Every time I thought about it, it made me feel warm inside and good.

Eating is the secret to good cooking.

He who is not sage and wise, humane and just, cannot use secret agent.s. And he who is not delicate and subtle cannot get the truth out of them.

He has taught me the meaning of devotion. With him, I know a secret comfort and a private peace. He has brought me understanding where before I was ignorant.

Solitude, as I understand it, does not signify an unhappy state, but rather secret royalty, profound incommunicability yet a more or less obscure knowledge of an invulnerable singularity.

The secret of joy is the mastery of pain.

If the Muslims keep their heads cool and accept progress as a means and not an end in itself, they may pass on to Western man the lost secret of life's sweetness.

The secret of following God's will, I discovered, usually is wrapped up in rejecting the good for God's best.

The secret to doing anything is believing you can do it.

The Flower of My Secret is definitely more based in true emotions. I also wanted to make something more realistic, but not naturalistic or simple.

The secret to success: find out where people are going and get there first

You attract the predominant thoughts that you're holding in your awareness.

Whatever you love opens its secrets to you.

Life doesn't just happen to you; you receive everything in your life based on what you've given.

Things every person should have: •A nemesis. •An evil twin. •A secret headquarters. •An escape hatch. •A partner in crime. •A secret identity.

In any situation that calls for you to persuade, convince or manage someone or a group of people to do something, the ability to tell a purposeful story will be your secret sauce.

The whole secret of mysticism is this: that man can understand everything by the help of something he cannot understand.

Sweet babe, in thy face Soft desires I can trace, Secret joys and secret smiles, Little pretty infant wiles.

The secret to finding your passion is to bring it to everything you do. --Marie Forleo (Yes, even doing the laundry!)

The secret to success in business, and in life, is to serve others. Put others first in all you do.

I think, a secret love is something none of your friends would understand. And it's like a fairy tale, but more serious.

Asking the proper questions is the central action of transformation. Questions are the key that causes the secret doors of the psyche to swing open.

The body is a marvelous machine...a chemical laboratory, a power-house. Every movement, voluntary or involuntary, full of secrets and marvels

The secret to life is to enjoy the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.

The secret of unleashing your true power is setting goals that are exciting enough that they truly inspire your creativity and ignite yourpassion.

Perhaps it is one secret of their power that, having studied the fluctuations of prices, the [bankers] know that history is inflationary.

Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions....there was never a country where the majority of the people were in their secret hearts loyal to any of these institutions.

I don't want to find the secret. I'm afraid all the joy will go out of it if I find the secret.

The secret of making progress is to get started.

The whole secret of abundant living can be summed up on this sentence: 'Not your responsibility but your response to God's ability'.

The secret of successful people lies in their ability to discover their strengths and to organize their life so that these strengths can be applied.

The secret motive of the absent-minded is to be innocent while guilty. Absent-mindedness is spurious innocence.

A secret, if it's kept, can be sweet and comforting, but once it leaks out it can turn on you with a vengeance.

A conspiracy is nothing but a secret agreement of a number of men for the pursuance of policies which they dare not admit in public

We've got to be of service first before we can expect money.

Secret griefs are more cruel than public calamities.

The secret of living a life of excellence is merely a matter of thinking thoughts of excellence. Really, it's a matter of programming our minds with the kind of information that will set us free.

There is no secret of the heart which our actions do not disclose.

How could I say that I wished to penetrate the secrets of the mountains in search of something still unknown that, like the yeti, might well be missed for the very fact of searching?

I am not very good at keeping secrets at all! If you want your secret kept do not tell me!

I acquired long-lived parents. My mother died at 94. Father died at 90, holding a glass of whisky. I think that's the secret of longevity - to have long-lived parents. The rest is discipline.

Then I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is through love and in love.

The secret to film is that it's an illusion.

I feel like my imagination was crafted by Tolkien. He seemed to tap into that childhood intrigue of secret doors and hidden worlds.

I never want to stop painting. I'm 94 now. What's my secret? I just keep thinking about the painting I'm going to do tomorrow.

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

Everyone has secrets and everyone tells lies.

The secret of all those who make discoveries is that they regard nothing as impossible.