Lies Quotes

The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.

My only true harmony lies deep within my soul, wherever that is. I know that somehow I am in tune with the universe.

Judgements prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances.

Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.

The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief, which is at the heart of all popular religion, that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart.

No man can reveal to you nothing but that which already lies half-asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.

The hope for our nation and our world lies within our ability to innovate and move forward technologically.

We can hope that men will understand that the interest of all are the same, that hope lies in cooperation. We can then perhaps keep PEACE.

The lies we live will always be confessed in the stories that we tell.

To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies.

Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.

This contradiction lies here: they wish God, and they wish humanity. They persist in connecting two terms which, once separated, can come together again only to destroy each other.

Sad and sweet and wise Here a child reposes; Dust is on his eyes, Quietly he lies - Satan, strew Roses.

Proceeding further, to inquire whether the facts related by the Four Evangelists are proved by competent and satisfactory evidence, we are led, first, to consider on which side lies the burden of establishing the credibility of the witnesses.

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

It's part of the general global hypnotism to accept lies as the new truth.

Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.

Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar, where are you now? Who lies beneath your spell?

There is no lie that a man will not believe; and there is no man who does not believe many lies; and there is no man who believes only lies.

I am, you know, a Democrat through and through. I've always voted Democratic. You know, that is where my heart lies.

The unique and supreme voluptuousness of love lies in the certainty of committing evil. And men and women know from birth that in evil is found all sensual delight.

The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.

Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.

Time will inevitably uncover dishonesty and lies; history has no place for them.

I really don't have any secrets. I've never met a photographer whose work I respected that had a secret because the secret lies within each and every one of us.

The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behavior lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behavior.

It's hard to determine where lies culpability.

How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.

It's absolutely not acceptable for people to argue that, if we are going to do anything about climate change at all, well, the responsibility lies solely with the individual.

I'm a country singer. I love all kinds of music, but country is where my loyalty lies. That's just me and what I do, and I'm not going to change it.