Reality Check Quotes

Dreams fulfilled are imperfect.

The "paradox" is only a conflict between reality and your feeling of what reality "ought to be."

In my youth I, too, entertained some illusions; but I soon recovered from them.

The world doesn't owe you anything. It was here first.

Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.

I only believe in what I see and hear with my own eyes and ears.

All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act out their dream with open eyes, to make it possible.

Sometimes failure isn't an opportunity in disguise, it's just you.

… you go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.

The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Nothing in life is as important as you think it is while you are thinking about it.

Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.

Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many.

To understand the actual world as it is, not as we should wish it to be, is the beginning of wisdom.

Man knows that the world is not made on a human scale; and he wishes that it were.

We always try to interpret things in accordance with what we want and not as they are.

Seeing my parents makes me realise that life is not a fairy tale.

Eighty percent of my job is to ask the question, 'If this were real, what would it look like?'

Closing your eyes isn't going to change anything. Nothing's going to disappear just because you can't see what's going on. In fact, things will even be worse the next time you open your eyes. That's the kind of world we live in. Keep your eyes wide open. Only a coward closes his eyes. Closing your eyes and plugging up your ears won't make time stand still.

You're never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you're never as bad as they say when you lose.

Don't Take Anything Personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering.

It does no harm just once in a while to acknowledge that the whole country isn't in flames, that there are people in the country besides politicians, entertainers, and criminals.

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are, not as they are said to be.

Politics becomes a part of your life once you realize it has been all along.