Secret Quotes

Woodrow Wilson called for leaders who, by boldly interpreting the nation's conscience, could lift a people out of their everyday selves. That people can be lifted into their better selves is the secret of transforming leadership.

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.

I recall feeling an almost delicious terror when one day I found myself alone in the midst of tall June grasses that grew high as my head. But here the secret working of self consciousness is almost too entangled with the things of the past for me to explain it.

Torture is banned but in two-thirds of the world's countries it is still being committed in secret. Too many governments still allow wrongful imprisonment, murder or "disappearance" to be carried out by their officials with impunity.

Governments are moved by numbers, and the greater the number of people who admit that they believe, the greater the likelihood that the secret - if there is one being kept - will be revealed.

The number one secret of being a successful writer is this: marry an English major.

The great secret of doctors, known only to their wives, but still hidden from the public, is that most things get better by themselves; most things, in fact, are better in the morning.

Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind is written large in his works.

We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows.

Each song has its own secret that's different from another song, and each has its own life. Sometimes it has to be teased out, whereas other times it might come fast. There are no laws about songwriting or producing. It depends on what you're doing, not just who you're doing.

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

There are three secrets to managing. The first secret is have patience. The second is be patient. And the third most important secret is patience.

Think about the photo before and after, never during. The secret is to take your time. You mustn't go too fast. The subject must forget about you. Then, however, you must be very quick.

There is a secret hippie within me.

The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away from the four guys who haven't made up their minds.

I have been married for 58 years to the same woman. Our secret? Separate bathrooms.

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.

There is no winning or losing, but rather the value is in the experience of imagining yourself as a character in whatever genre you're involved in, whether it's a fantasy game, the Wild West, secret agenst or whatever else. You get to sort of vicariously experience those things.

If you have a great business, if you're great at your craft people should be coming in there. It shouldn't be this secret.

The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.

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.

The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.

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.