The value of an idea lies in the using of it.
Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization.
Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.
I'm just experimenting with every different type of music you can imagine and seeing where my voice lies and what sounds best. I think when I do finally do the album it will be very eclectic - just loads of different stuff on it. That's what I am hoping.
The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness and human responsibility.
You can't raise the standard of women's morals by raising their pay envelope. It lies deeper than that.
On my gravestone, I want 'Here lies the singer,' not 'Here lies the T.V. presenter'.
When people write lies about you, and you know that they are lies, that means that they don't know the truth.
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 real exertion in the case of an opera singer lies not so much in her singing as in her acting of a role, for nearly every modern opera makes great dramatic and physical demands.
You look at how Barack Obama has had to conduct himself as President. It reminds me of Jackie Robinson, how he had to be very careful to reassure people that this was all right. And you still have people trying to tear him down. They make up all sorts of lies, with the goal of making him seem illegitimate.
The mind is a funny thing in how it works. Sometimes you have to tell yourself what's really true. If you don't, your mind starts trying to tell you lies.
Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it.
The decision, therefore, lies here in the East; here must the Russian enemy, this people numbering two hundred million Russians, be destroyed on the battle field and person by person, and made to bleed to death .
Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.
History is a set of lies agreed upon.
Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.
Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance.
The future of publishing lies with the small and medium-sized presses, because the big publishers in New York are all part of huge conglomerates.
Yet, much of what lies beneath the ocean's surface remains a mystery, and our nation continues to rely on a confused, antiquated system of ocean governance.
Polite strangers often tell soothing lies about our physical appearance that prevent many of us from facing, discussing and solving our real problems.
My career is one of people involvement. I'm a promoter of the people, by the people, for the people. My magic lies, my people ties, this is what I want to do. I'm in it to win, I cant give in, I can't give up and I cant quit. Victory is mine. Working together works.
My actual personality probably lies someplace between the two.
The sky hides the night behind it, and shelters the people beneath from the horror that lies above.
If you think advantage lies in resources, then you think the best educational system is the one that spends the most money.
It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us.
It's part of the general global hypnotism to accept lies as the new truth.
If there be a love pure and free from the admixture of our other passions, it is that which lies hidden in the bottom of our heart, and which we know not ourselves.
Innocence: I am only stepping on your face because it lies in my path.
Let's use our stories to encourage listening to one another and to hear not just the good news, but also the pain that lies at the back of a lot of people's stories and histories.
Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.
I am amazed about how everyone wants to know about my love life. They whisper to me, 'Tell me the truth? Is it true?' Who cares? Because we have this job, we are to say to everybody what we do, or with whom we sleep? It's a bit absurd, but that's why everybody lies so much.
The present is the ever moving shadow that divides yesterday from tomorrow. In that lies hope.
You can't take a character anywhere they don't expect the character to go. But within those confines is where creativity lies.
The key to victory lies more in manipulation and cooperation than in exceptional personal skills.
