Secret Quotes

The real secret of success is enthusiasm.

For me an object is something living. This cigarette or this box of matches contains a secret life much more intense than that of certain human beings.

Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than the secret agent; of all rewards none more liberal than those given to secret agents; of all matters none is more confidential than those relating to secret operations.

I think that life has a secret, and children they hold that secret. Maybe it's not given to everybody to discover this thing.

I was appalled at the amount of study necessary in order to qualify in medicine, and gradually my desire was blunted by a keener - and secret - wish to become an actor.

There's no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn't tell you about it?

To follow, without halt, one aim: that's the secret of success.

The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret.

My interest in secret societies is the product of many experiences, some I can discuss, others I cannot.

Anyone who knows how difficult it is to keep a secret among three men - particularly if they are married - knows how absurd is the idea of a worldwide secret conspiracy consciously controlling all mankind by its financial power; in real, clear analysis.

The main secret for a horse that is heavy upon the hand, is for the rider to have a very light one; for when he finds nothing to bear upon with his mouth, he infallibly throws himself upon the haunches for his own security.

Desire! That's the one secret of every man's career. Not education. Not being born with hidden talents. Desire.

Those who won our independence... valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.

I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone.

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.

You either create something and you keep it a secret and you die with it, or you can benefit the craft.

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

The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.

But there are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret.

The secret of it is to read what you've got in front of you. Don't, if you suspect that something has a double meaning, don't pause. Don't put on a leery vocal expression if you know what I mean on radio. Don't sort of do anything other than read it.

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

The first internal relation that is essential to a secret society is the reciprocal confidence of its members.

Life is supposed to be a series of peaks and valleys. The secret is to keep the valleys from becoming Grand Canyons.

The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time.

The big secret in acting is listening to people.

Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority.

When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.

I find, in being black, a thing of beauty: a joy; a strength; a secret cup of gladness.

The secret to humor is surprise.