Simple Quotes

All truth is simple... is that not doubly a lie?
Friedrich Nietzsche

Truth, Lie, Doubly

And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Heart, Here, Secret

A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.
Niccolo Machiavelli

Life, Good, Men

Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time.
Arnold H. Glasow

But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful.
Elizabeth Edwards

Hope, Positive, Daily

Whatever we are waiting for - peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of simple abundance - it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart.
Sarah Ban Breathnach

Peace, Waiting, Mind

Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.
Jim Rohn

Success, Nothing, Few

Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
Bertrand Russell

Life, Love, Knowledge

Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.
Niccolo Machiavelli

Men, Needs, Lack

An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.
Charles Bukowski

Hard, Artist, Says

Deficits mean future tax increases, pure and simple. Deficit spending should be viewed as a tax on future generations, and politicians who create deficits should be exposed as tax hikers.
Ron Paul

Future, Mean, Create

I want to reform the tax code so that it's simple, fair, and asks the wealthiest households to pay higher taxes on incomes over $250,000 - the same rate we had when Bill Clinton was president; the same rate we had when our economy created nearly 23 million new jobs, the biggest surplus in history, and a lot of millionaires to boot.
Barack Obama

History, Same, Fair

Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone. This simple goodness shines straight from their hearts and only asks to be loved.
Michael Jackson

Children, Everyone, Show

Moving on, is a simple thing, what it leaves behind is hard.
Dave Mustaine

Moving, Hard, Behind

Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago.
Barack Obama

Power, Made, Two

Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues.
Barack Obama

Proud, Hear, Issues

It's simple, if it jiggles, it's fat.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

The Gateway to Christianity is not through an intricate labyrinth of dogma, but by a simple belief in the person of Christ.
Norman Vincent Peale

Person, Through, Belief

One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered to look at. This simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.
Edward de Bono

Powerful, Important, Creativity

Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.
Lou Holtz

Motivation, Motivated, Eliminate

The quality of life is so different in France. There is the possibility of living a simple life. I would never contemplate raising my daughter in LA. I would never raise any child there.
Johnny Depp

Life, Different, Living

Since when has the world of computer software design been about what people want? This is a simple question of evolution. The day is quickly coming when every knee will bow down to a silicon fist, and you will all beg your binary gods for mercy.
Bill Gates

Design, Down, Question

Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love.
H. L. Mencken

Love, Women, Men

It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite.
Sam Levenson

Wise, Stupid, Opposite

The truth is I love being alive. And I love feeling free. So if I can't have those things then I feel like a caged animal and I'd rather not be in a cage. I'd rather be dead. And it's real simple. And I think it's not that uncommon.
Angelina Jolie

Love, Truth, Feeling

My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.
Stephen Hawking

Goal, Why, Universe

The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective.
Warren Buffett

Business, Difficult, Behavior

I don't argue when people say that my message is simple, but I believe Jesus' message was simple.
Joel Osteen

Jesus, Message, Argue

Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked.
Niccolo Machiavelli

Men, Find, Moment

Guys are simple... women are not simple and they always assume that men must be just as complicated as they are, only way more mysterious. The whole point is guys are not thinking much. They are just what they appear to be. Tragically.
Dave Barry

Women, Men, Thinking

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