Quotes starting with T
Below you will find our collection of inspirational quotes and sayings starting with the letter T, collected over the years from a variety of sources.
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The more the merrier. -- John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
The more things change, the more they stay the same. -- Alphonse Karr (1808-1890)
The more you ask how much longer it will take, the longer the journey seems. -- Maori (on journeys; Ed. Note: Parents everywhere can certainly relate to this saying!)
The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom spun too fine. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
The mouse that hath but one hole is taken quickly. -- George Herbert (1593-1633)
The mouth prays to Buddha but the heart is full of evil. -- Vietnamese (on hypocrisy)
The new boat will find the old stones. -- Estonian (on perversity)
The old law about an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind. -- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)
The old one who is loved, is winter with flowers. -- German (on youth and age)
The one being carried does not realize how far away the town is. -- Nigerian (on gratitude)
The one who teaches is the giver of eyes. -- Tamil (Asian Indian) (on education)
The one who understands does not speak; the one who speaks does not understand. -- Chinese (on paradox)
The only real test in life is to conquer your fears. -- unknown
The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it. -- Dale Carnegie (1888-1955)
The palest ink is brighter than the best memorys -- Chinese saying. Thanks to Martin C Wojtkiewicz
The pen is mightier than the sword. -- unknown
The person afraid of bad luck will never know good. -- Russian (on luck)
The person sins, then blames Satan for it. -- Afghan (on the human comedy)
The person who gets stuck on petty happiness, will not attain great happiness. -- Tibetan (on joy and sorrow)
The person with burnt fingers asks for tongs. -- Samoan (on experience)
The pleasure of doing good is the only one that will not wear out. -- Chinese (on good and evil)
The poor lack much but the greedy more. -- Swiss (on greed)
The pot calling the kettle black. -- unknown
The price of your hat is not always the measure of your brain. -- African American (on appearance and reality)
The proof is in the pudding. -- Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
The prudent embark when the sea is calm -- e rash when the sea is stormy. - Maori (on prudence)
The rain falls on every roof. -- African Proverb
The rattan basket criticizes the palm -- ed bag, yet both are full of holes. - Filipino (on criticism)
The real art of conversation is not only saying the right thing at the right moment but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the most tempting moment. -- unknown (thanks to fullmoonsis)
The remedy against bad times is to have patience with them. -- Arabic (on patience)
The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
The right place at the wrong time. -- unknown
The road to a friend's house is never long. -- Danish Proverb
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. -- Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
The salt of patience seasons everything. -- Italian (on patience)
The sap rises in the spring. -- unknown
The second word makes the quarrel. -- Japanese Proverb
The shoe knows if the stocking has a hole. -- Bahamian (on knowledge and justice)
The shoemaker's children have no shoes. -- unknown
The sight of books removes sorrows from the heart. -- Moroccan (on books and writers)
The sky's the limit. -- Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
The spider and the fly can't make a bargain. -- Jamaican (on buying and selling)
The squeaky wheel gets the grease. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
The stargazer's toe is often stubbed. -- Russian (on the human comedy)
The sting of a reproach is the truth of it. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
The strength of the heart comes from the soundness of the faith. -- Arabic (on faith)
The strong should help the weak so that the lives of both shall be made easier. -- Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
The teeth that laugh are also those that bite. -- Hausa tribe of West Africa (on appearance and reality)
The tongue has no bones, yet it breaks bones. -- Greek (on discretion)
The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have. -- Yiddish (on conscience)
The wheel turns slow but it turns sure. -- unknown
The winds of heaven change suddenly; so do human fortunes. -- Chinese (on permanence and change)
The wise and the brave dares own that he was wrong. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
The wise do as much as they should, not as much as they can. -- French (on wisdom)
The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends. -- Ben Franklin, thanks to Carl McFarland
The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
The wise understand by themselves; fools follow the reports of others. -- Tibetan (on wisdom)
The wolf and the dog agree, at the expense of the goat which together they eat. -- Basque (on friends and foes)
The work will teach you. -- Estonian (on work)
The world is the traveler's inn. -- Afghan (on journeys)
The worst enemy you have is right in your head. -- unknown
The worst prison is a closed heart. -- Pope John Paul II
The years teach much which the days never know. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)