John Tillotson Quotes

Sincerity is to speak as we think, to do as we pretend and profess, to perform and make good what we promise, and really to be what we would seem and appear to be.

John Tillotson

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• I have to be realistic about what I can and can't do. So whatever I do has to really be worth it. I like to master the things I do.

  

  Queen Latifah
  • Things
  • I Can
  • Worth

• That's the way I work and one day I won't have the energy to do it, so I think it's always good to make the most of your life and living as much as possible.

  

  Marc Almond Soft Cell
  • Life
  • Good
  • Work

• The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

  

  Jacob Bronowski
  • Mind
  • Hand
  • Cutting

• Too often, we think that, when we have a problem with our lives or our country, that the way to fix it is to take an eye for an eye. That doesn't help anything or anyone.

  

  Mandy Patinkin
  • Country
  • Help
  • Problem

• I feel like you are doing better for the world if you're honoring you because everything is getting the authentic you.

  

  Taylour Paige
  • World
  • Better
  • Doing

• Forgiveness is a very personal and intimate thing. Forgiveness is not something that you can speak for others because it includes not only your desire and will, your reflection and intellect, but also your emotions.

  

  Ingrid Betancourt
  • Desire
  • Reflection
  • Forgiveness

• Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more like you wait for the piece.

  

  Ian Frazier
  • Writing
  • Funny
  • Humor

• No one really knows who I am or where I came from in America, and there's something quite nice about that.

  

  Kate Beckinsale
  • America
  • Quite

• When our ancestors crouched about the camp fire at night, they told each other tales of gods and heroes, monsters and marvels, to hold back the terrors of the night. Such tales comforted and entertained, diverted and educated those who listened, and helped shape their sense of the world and their place in it.

  

  Kate Forsyth
  • World
  • Night
  • Fire

• I want to be different and have a good story. If it's a good story, then everybody is trying to tell it, everybody is better for it, and it's just more fun.

  

  Garrett Dillahunt
  • Good
  • Different
  • Trying

• Hard power makes sense under some circumstances. But there's not a universal solution to global problems.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • Power
  • Problems
  • Solution

• Part of the reason why Kobe Bryant is such a big inspiration to me is because he was shipped off to the Lakers right out of high school. He went from English class to the Great Western Forum.

  

  T. J. Perkins
  • School
  • English
  • Inspiration

• Fitness has always been one of the top priorities in my life because that's the way I grew up, with soccer being the sport of choice.

  

  Ziggy Marley
  • Life
  • Up
  • My Life

• I need to have proper equipment when I work out, and the Nike Frees are light, comfortable, and great for training. I also usually bring a short-sleeve or long-sleeve compression shirt and a pair of shorts.

  

  Sam Bradford
  • Work
  • Great
  • Long

• All of the charities we're involved with have touched me in one way or another on a personal level. There are about eight or nine charities that I support.

  

  Ferguson Jenkins
  • Way
  • Support
  • Personal

• Hold everybody accountable? Ridiculous!

  

  W. Edwards Deming
  • Everybody
  • Ridiculous
  • Hold

• I don't think anyone really is interested in reading about my emotional state. It's not even interesting to me.

  

  Larry David
  • Think
  • Interesting
  • Reading

• I was never a Boy Scout, but oh, I wanted to be one when I was a kid about ten or eleven years old. But there wasn't anyplace where I could ever join the Boy Scouts.

  

  Carl Barks
  • Never
  • Boy
  • Old

• If he does he's a fool," said Hazael. "The message is clear. Please enjoy this lovely fruit while contemplating all the ways we might kill you in your sleep.

  

  Laini Taylor
  • Sleep
  • Fool
  • Doe

• I used to sit, think, think, thinking, till I felt as lonesome as a kitten in a wash–house copper with the lid on.

  

  Charles Dickens
  • Thinking

• A beautiful question is an ambitious yet actionable question that can begin to shift the way we perceive or think about something - and that might serve as a catalyst to bring about change.

  

  Warren Berger
  • Thinking
  • Ambitious
  • Perceive

• Women are individuals in parenting, and why not?

  

  Erica Jong
  • Women
  • Individuals
  • Parenting

• In India even the most mundane inquiries have a habit of ending this way. There may be two answers, there may be five, a dozen or a hundred; the only thing that is certain is that all will be different.

  

  Eric Newby
  • Different
  • Habit
  • Answers

• Sincerity is to speak as we think, to do as we pretend and profess, to perform and make good what we promise, and really to be what we would seem and appear to be.

  

  John Tillotson
  • Thinking
  • Speak
  • Promise