True Quotes

Here, we’ve compiled a list of the best True Quotes from famous persons: Marilyn Monroe, Justin Timberlake, Walt Disney, Marielle Heller, George Washington. The wide variety of quotes available makes it possible to find a quote to suit your needs. You’ve likely heard some of the True Quotes before, but that’s because they truly are great.

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It's not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.

It’s not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on.
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True love, to me, is when she‘s the first thought that goes through your head when you wake up and the last thought that goes through your head before you go to sleep.
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All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
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With all of the bad things that are happening in the world right now, I think we need a message of togetherness and true unity. I believe that starts with personal reflection and then we can find kindness toward each other.
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True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.
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It’s so easy to be insecure about your looks or if you’re wearing the right clothes, or your hair and makeup. And I think it’s just so important to stay true to who you are.
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If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
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I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.
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Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.
Nicholas M. Butler
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Time and memory are true artists; they remould reality nearer to the heart‘s desire.
John Dewey
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A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live.
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If you have one true friend you have more than your share.
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We have to stand up for what we believe in, even when we might not be popular for it. Honesty starts with being ourselves, authentic and true to who we are and what we believe in, and that may not always be popular, but it will always let you follow your dreams and your heart.
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Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife.
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There is no such thing as paranoia. Your worst fears can come true at any moment.
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There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.
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True beauty is born through our actions and aspirations and in the kindness we offer to others.
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True love is not a strong, fiery, impetuous passion. It is, on the contrary, an element calm and deep. It looks beyond mere externals, and is attracted by qualities alone. It is wise and discriminating, and its devotion is real and abiding.
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The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode but the true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives the passion that she shows. The beauty of a woman grows with the passing years.
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People just love rumors. They’re always saying things that aren’t true.
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A true man hates no one.
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Genuine and true love is so rare that when you encounter it in any form, it’s a wonderful thing, to be utterly cherished in whatever form it takes.
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For good ideas and true innovation, you need human interaction, conflict, argument, debate.
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To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one’s family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one’s own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
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True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what’s right.
Brigham Young
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There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you.
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Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
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A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.
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To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.
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Stay true to yourself, yet always be open to learn. Work hard, and never give up on your dreams, even when nobody else believes they can come true but you. These are not cliches but real tools you need no matter what you do in life to stay focused on your path.
Phillip Sweet
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True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.
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The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds.
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The course of true love never did run smooth.
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For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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Before you speak ask yourself if what you are going to say is true, is kind, is necessary, is helpful. If the answer is no, maybe what you are about to say should be left unsaid.
Bernard Meltzer
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Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization and to this we must look as our guide in the future.
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True love is selfless. It is prepared to sacrifice.
Sadhu Vaswani
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Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.
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A true community is not just about being geographically close to someone or part of the same social web network. It’s about feeling connected and responsible for what happens. Humanity is our ultimate community, and everyone plays a crucial role.
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Nature is the source of all true knowledge. She has her own logic, her own laws, she has no effect without cause nor invention without necessity.
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We’re taught Lord Acton’s axiom: all power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. I believed that when I started these books, but I don’t believe it’s always true any more. Power doesn’t always corrupt. Power can cleanse. What I believe is always true about power is that power always reveals.
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You’re not looking for perfection in your partner. Perfection is all about the ego. With soulmate love, you know that true love is what happens when disappointment sets in – and you’re willing to deal maturely with these disappointments.
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True life is lived when tiny changes occur.
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True courage is being afraid, and going ahead and doing your job anyhow, that’s what courage is.
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Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret.
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When you’re true to who you are, amazing things happen.
Deborah Norville
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If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
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The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
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One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.
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The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.
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True love doesn’t come to you it has to be inside you.
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There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the true glory.
Francis Drake
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The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.
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History teaches us that unity is strength, and cautions us to submerge and overcome our differences in the quest for common goals, to strive, with all our combined strength, for the path to true African brotherhood and unity.
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True leaders don’t invest in buildings. Jesus never built a building. They invest in people. Why? Because success without a successor is failure. So your legacy should not be in buildings, programs, or projects; your legacy must be in people.
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True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.
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To find a man’s true character, play golf with him.
P. G. Wodehouse
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Real estate investing, even on a very small scale, remains a tried and true means of building an individual’s cash flow and wealth.
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Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life’s deepest joy: true fulfillment.
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The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.
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It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
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If you’re a true warrior, competition doesn’t scare you. It makes you better.
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You have to dream before your dreams can come true.
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The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.
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What a terrible thing to have lost one’s mind. Or not to have a mind at all. How true that is.
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We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.
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The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.
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When a team takes ownership of its problems, the problem gets solved. It is true on the battlefield, it is true in business, and it is true in life.
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The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.
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A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding.
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True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
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You gotta have a dream. If you don’t have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?
Oscar Hammerstein II
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Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.
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Go big or go home. Because it’s true. What do you have to lose?
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True friends stab you in the front.
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Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!
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One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
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Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.
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You just have to be true to yourself and do what you love to do.
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Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough, You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.
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People are like stainedglass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
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I do believe in God. But you won’t find me visiting temples every now and then. I believe in self-realization. Peace of mind matters a lot to me. What’s the point in doing something just for the sake of it? I’d rather do something I like doing as long as I’m being true to myself.
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To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill.
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The best route is to stay humble and stay true to yourself.
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Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
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In tough times, that’s when you see true colours and personality.
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True navigation begins in the human heart. It’s the most important map of all.
Elizabeth Kapu’uwailani Lindsey
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It isn’t true that you live only once. You only die once. You live lots of times, if you know how.
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Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
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Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut you. If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you. That’s truly about the game, and in some ways that’s about life too.
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I believe in true love, and I believe in happy endings. And I believe.
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It’s true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?
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Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.
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True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
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The beauty is that through disappointment you can gain clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true originality.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Our true nationality is mankind.
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I don’t usually lose my temper, but if I get angry, it’s true – I’m scary.
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Ah, great it is to believe the dream as we stand in youth by the starry stream; but a greater thing is to fight life through and say at the end, the dream is true!
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Be true to yourself and surround yourself with positive, supportive people.
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Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself – and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That’s what real love amounts to – letting a person be what he really is.
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To become a great player, you’ve got to show real dedication and commitment to football, and you’ve got to be very humble and hard-working. And, above all, you’ve got to fight to make your dreams come true.
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Change is the end result of all true learning.
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The bond with a true dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth will ever be.
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Life is a game and true love is a trophy.
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In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.
Madame de Stael
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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
Arthur Ashe
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True love cannot be found where it does not exist, nor can it be denied where it does.
Torquato Tasso
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A true friend encourages us, comforts us, supports us like a big easy chair, offering us a safe refuge from the world.
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The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against some higher nature that will show you what the real smallness of your greatness is.
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Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on.
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The true mark of professionalism is the ability to respect everyone else for their styles and always find something positive in every dining experience and highlight it in your thoughts and words.
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In my life I’ve learned that true happiness comes from giving. Helping others along the way makes you evaluate who you are. I think that love is what we’re all searching for. I haven‘t come across anyone who didn’t become a better person through love.
Marla Gibbs
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If religion were true, its followers would not try to bludgeon their young into an artificial conformity; but would merely insist on their unbending quest for truth, irrespective of artificial backgrounds or practical consequences.
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Your entire life only happens in this moment. The present moment is life itself. Yet, people live as if the opposite were true and treat the present moment as a stepping stone to the next moment – a means to an end.
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If it’s true that our species is alone in the universe, then I’d have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.
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The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.
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Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.