Reality Quotes

• Change the changeable, accept the unchangeable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable.

  Denis Waitley

  Motivational, Change, Stay Strong

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  Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.

  Earl Nightingale

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Dr. Robert C. Worstell, Dorothea Brande, Claude M. Bristol, Earl Nightingale, Napoleon Hill (2017). “Mindset StackingTM Inspirational Journal VolumeSS01”, p.60, Lulu.com

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  Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

  Philip K. Dick

  Atheist, Real, Believe

  Valis ch. 5 (1981). Originally appeared in a 1978 lecture by Dick entitled "How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart in Two Days." See Paktor 1

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  A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

  Colin Powell

  Motivational, Dream, Determination

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• Reality is what we take to be true. What we take to be true is what we believe. What we believe is based upon our perceptions. What we perceive depends upon what we look for. What we look for depends upon what we think. What we think depends upon what we perceive. What we perceive determines what we believe. What we believe determines what we take to be true. What we take to be true is our reality.

  Gary Zukav

  Believe, Thinking, Perception

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• Life is one big road with lots of signs,
  So when you riding through the ruts,
  Don't you complicate your mind
  Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy
  Don't bury your thoughts; put your vision to reality.

  Bob Marley

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Song: 'Wake Up and Live!'". 1979.

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• Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Love, Life, Happiness

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• Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.

  Ralph Marston

  Confidence, Doing Your Best

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• Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.

  Jessamyn West

  Happiness, Truth, Attitude

  Jessamyn West (1957). “To see the dream”

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• Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you.

  Alex Haley

  Success, Alex, Abundance

  "My Soul Looks Back, 'Less I Forget : A Collection of Quotations". Book by Dorothy Winbush Riley, 1993.

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• Reality isn't the way you wish things to be nor the way they appear to be but the way they actually are.

  Robert Ringer

  Wish, Way, Realism

  robert j. ringer (1974). “winning through intimidation”

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  Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

  Laozi

  Life, Change, Spiritual

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• Few people have the imagination for reality.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Inspiration, People, Imagination

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• Reality is a question of perspective.

  Salman Rushdie

  Perspective

  Salman Rushdie (2010). “Midnight's Children”, p.229, Random House

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• Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

  Democritus

  Motivational, Philosophy, Science

  Diogenes Laertius, vol.9.

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• When I disagree with a rational man, I let reality be our final arbiter; if I am right, he will learn; if I am wrong, I will; one of us will win, but both will profit.

  Ayn Rand

  Learning, Winning, Men

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.781, Hamilton Books

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• How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Dog, Honesty, Humor

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• Let us live for the beauty of our own reality.

  Charles Lamb

  Beauty

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• Faith is not logical. But it isn't illogical either. Faith is theological. It does not ignore reality; it just adds God into the equation.

  Mark Batterson

  Doe, Add, Logical

  Mark Batterson (2009). “Wild Goose Chase: Reclaim the Adventure of Pursuing God”, p.79, Multnomah

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• The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.

  Tom Clancy

  Life, Witty, Truth

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If you've never eaten while crying you don t know what life tastes like.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Life, Inspire, Taste

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• Our intention creates our reality.

  Wayne Dyer

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Yoga

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• Reality, as usual, beats fiction out of sight.

  Joseph Conrad

  Sight, Usual, Fiction

  Letter, 11 Aug. 1915

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• Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.

  Nikos Kazantzakis

  Change, Eye, Opportunity

  Nikos Kazantzakis (2012). “Report to Greco”, p.60, Simon and Schuster

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• People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are.

  Aldous Huxley

  Work, People, Literature

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