B Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with B. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Being human, we would expel from our lives physical pain and mental anguish and assure ourselves of continual ease and comfort, but if we were to close the doors upon sorrow and distress, we might be excluding our greatest friends and benefactors. Suffering can make saints of people as they learn patience, long-suffering, and self-mastery.”
“Being humble and sweet is the hardest thing you can do.”
“Being humble does not mean being weak, reticent, or self-effacing. It means recognizing principle and putting it ahead of self. It means standing firmly for principle, even in the fact of opposition.”
Source: The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything
“Being humble doesn't mean allowing yourself to get stepped on like a doormat. Being humble means taking every negativity coming up against you positively with grace and poised so that you can allow the spirit to be seen.”
“Being humble doesn't mean you lose; it means you have won. Give the victory to others.”
“Being humble enough to do our bit and dedicating ourselves to living purposefully can make miracles and a positive difference beyond our lifetime.”
Source: Cartography of Inner Worlds: A Journey to Deepen the Meaning of our Lives
“Being humble is cooler than being famous.”
“Being humble is not about having little and being proud of it, but having plenty and not being ashamed of it, or making the decisions that aren't popular while being comfortable with one's own path.”
“Being humble is not about showing people how popular and arrogant you are, it's about your modesty and how you show yourself to others. It's not about being better than anyone else”
“Being humble matters.”
“Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others”
“Being humbled is always good for us, even if it doesn't feel good to us.”
“Being hungover is like winning the lottery, only they pay you in regret.”
“Being hungry and staying hungry is something that I really try to take pride in. No matter what level of success I've achieved, I always love being able to talk about the craft and continue to talk about my art.”
“Being hungry is just being food horny.”
Source: 94,000 Wasps in a Trench Coat
“Being hungry is like being in love: if you don't know, you're probably not.”
Source: Breaking Free from Compulsive Eating
“Being hungry is the hardest thing, & to this day I have prayers of gratitude for the Black Panthers, who made Breakfast for Children a thing that schools should do. We qualified for free lunch & breakfast, & without them I am almost sure we wouldn't have made it out of childhood alive despite my hardworking parents.”
Source: When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
“Being hungry is the most natural thing in the world”
“Being hunted, paparazzi-style , doesn't appeal to me.”
“Being hurried sacrifices the journey for the sake of the goal. But have I stopped to think that achieving the goal is but a moment in time while the journey is made up of a million moments?”
“Being hurt by someone you really cared about, it makes me want to make them regret ever hurting my heart. Best way of doing that? Success. Get ready for it.”
“Being hurt by someone you truly care about leaves a hole in you heart that only love can fill.”
“Being hurt inevitably breeds feelings of hatred towards your attacker. But when we hurt others, we have to deal with their hatred for us, and our own feelings of guilt. But knowing what it feels like to be hurt is exactly why we try to be kind to others. That's what makes us human.”
“Being hurt is a pesky part of being human. You are bound to meet people who will hurt you again and again. Instead of asking them why again and again, ask yourself why you let them again and again. As Mahatma Gandhi once said, "Nobody can hurt you without your permission."”
“Being hurt personally triggered a curiosity about how such beliefs are formed.”
“Being idealistic really helps you overcome some of the many obstacles put in your path.”
“Being identified as a poet in France or Denmark or India one is greeted with gracious respect.”
“Being idolized and being torn down felt oddly similar. They both made me feel alone.
Friendship and trust should be earned, and when you're famous, people seem to want to give them to you whether you've earned them or not, and it felt dishonest to me. Fame was not real. It was all a projection—fame made me a blank canvas that people projected their love, lust, troubles, self-worth, and desire upon.
Fame and power do not change us, they amplify us.”
Source: Never Broken: Songs Are Only Half the Story
“Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.”
Source: Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack
“Being ill makes you feel what well people call sentimental, but what you feel is nonetheless genuine whatever they call it.”
Source: The Scent of Water
“Being ill when you are a child or growing up is such an enchanted interlude! The outside world, the world of free time in the yard or the garden or on the street, is only a distant murmmur in the sickroom. Inside, a whole world of characters and stories proliferate out of the books you read. The fever that weakens your perception as it sharpens your imagination turns the sickroom into something new, both familiar and strange; monsters come grinning out of the patterns on the curtains and the carpet, and chairs, tables, bookcases and wardrobes burst out of their normal shapes and become mountains and buildings and ships you can almost touch although they're far away. Through the long hours of the night you have the Church clock for company and the rumble of the occasional passing car that throws it's headlights across the walls and ceilings. These are hours without sleep, which is not to say they're sleepless, because on the contrary, they're not about lack of anything, they are rich and full. Desires, memories, fears, passions form labryinths in which we lose and find then lose ourselves again. They are hours where anything is possible, good or bad.”
Source: The Reader
“Being illegitimate is a technicality. It does not mean that there is anything wrong with you. Men use "bastard" as a curse. But to use the term thus is to show that they themselves are less than a proper human being.”
Source: The Medici Seal
“Being immersed in the fashion world is very addicting. I have to admit, at first, it was really overwhelming and I would get stressed about putting things together. Now, it's like trying to figure out a puzzle piece, and I love that.”
“Being immortal must have a lot of attractions. You can travel all over the world, see everything, do everything. But what happens if you are immortal and your friends and family are not? You are then destined to watch them age and die.”
“Being impatient is rocket fuel for success. I have seen very few patient successful people. Most are impatient and always ready to move!”
“Being impeccable with your word is not using the word against yourself.”
“Being impeccable with your word is the correct use of your energy; it means to use your energy in the direction of truth and love for yourself.”
“Being imperturbable in a world of chaos is like being unflappable in a pigeon loft, it is not impossible, but it will require cunning”
Source: Moondog and the Dark Arches
“Being imposes some kind of obligation to find out what's going on.”
Source: True Hallucinations: And, the Archaic Revival
“Being impressive, perhaps, isn't all that impressive>”
Source: The Evening Tide
“Being in 'Us Weekly' does not make you famous.”
“Being in a bad marriage is like fucking a gorilla, you keep at it until the gorilla wants to stop”
“being in a bad mood with your friends beats being in a bad mood without them.”
“Being in a band didn't buy me my beans on toast!”
“Being in a band is about making the band the priority.”
“Being in a band is always a compromise. Provided that the balance is good, what you lose in compromise, you gain by collaboration.”
“Being in a band is like polygamy without the sex.”
“Being in a band turns you into a child and keeps you there.”
“Being in a band you can wear whatever you want - it’s like an excuse for Halloween everyday.”
“Being in a band, a lot of times people think of what you're doing in terms of a competition. They talk about where you are professionally in your career, and all this other stuff. And if you're a lifer, you know it's going to be ups and downs. It's not like anybody is always just steady on.”