B Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with B. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Being on your own would be sad, sick and weird. I don't trust myself. I need that balance.”
“Being one of the angels is one of the few jobs that can totally change someone's life. For example, clients and designers who would have never given you a second look, now sit up and take notice.”
“Being one point ahead at the end - that's all that matters.”
“Being one’s true and honest self can often be dangerous; and poetry should always be a place where, if only between the pages, that danger and energy and fear and excitement and love can fizz and spark without ever threatening to burn something down.”
“Being one step ahead makes you a leader Being fifty steps ahead could make you a martyr.”
Source: The Leadership Handbook: 26 Critical Lessons Every Leader Needs
“Being one step ahead of a fashion trend is not so important to me. What matters is to always forge ahead.”
“Being one with life is being one with Now. You then realize that you don't live your life, but life lives you. Life is the dancer, and you are the dance.”
“Being oneself is completely beyond all motivation. You cannot be yourself for some reason. You are yourself, and no reason is needed.”
“Being online controls so much of our day that we often neglect to invest time with meaningful relationships offline.”
“Being onstage and performing, the high of that, and people coming to see you, and getting to make them laugh - that's what gets me hyped up. It's a nervous excitement.”
“Being onstage is a way of harnessing your vulnerability and using the adrenaline to be creative. It's a very vulnerable place to be - technically, emotionally, and physically - but I love it.”
“Being onstage is everything thats good about life.”
“Being onstage is just a feeling that you cannot duplicate anywhere else because the energy that the audience is giving you forces you to give more energy. It's such an output and exchange of energy. You can't do that anywhere else.”
“Being onstage is like being rock star. Whereas if you're doing a movie, it's such a confined space. You know, you do a comedy, it's so hard, too, 'cause with a comedy, there's no vocal reaction, there's no energy that you get back that spurs you on to be funnier because everyone has to be quiet.”
“Being open about who you are can be a little scary, but I think that after you’ve explored your first dungeon, or been hounded through a forest by an unknown threat, you begin to worry less about the approval of others and more about whether you remembered to bring a torch.”
Source: Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
“Being open and observant of people and the world around you is really important. People have the same desires and needs online as they do offline. The way that people are stays constant. You can change the format, make it easier for them to communicate or use photos instead of words but human necessities never change.”
“Being open-hearted is a prerequisite for being a full, kind, and wise human being.”
Source: How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
“Being open is happiness and being closed is sadness. So free your mind from the prison of binding ideas and thoughts.”
“being open isn't the same as being weak.”
“Being open-minded dramatically reduces one’s chances of getting a permanent tattoo.”
“Being open source meant that I could work on the technical side (along with lots of other people), and others who had the interest and inclination could start up companies around it.”
“Being open to conversion is much like writing a book. We start with a goal and a thesis we want to develop. There is much tedious work in the details, and the daily pages may wear down our spirits. The sheer length of it overwhelms us. It tempts us to goof off at times, knowing that the deadline is very distant. But our spiritual conversion is the book of a lifetime! It has our sweat and blood in it. How can we settle for something second rate? The days and weeks and months go by, and the distractions keep coming. We need passion and intensity to resist them. A great book, like a truly spiritual life, does not come about without constant and diligent effort.”
Source: Running with God: Spiritual Fitness for All Seasons
“Being open to correction means making ourselves vulnerable, and many people are not willing to do that.”
Source: Waiting and Dating: A Sensible Guide to a Fulfilling Love Relationship
“Being open to the concept that globalisation is only 10-20% complete leaves room for some expectation that there might be more gains to be achieved from further integration.”
“Being Open to the Guidance of your Own True Nature will Free Others to Do the Same”
“Being openhearted is a prerequisite for being a full, kind, and wise human being. But it is not enough. People need social skills. We talk about the importance of “relationships,” “community,” “friendship,” “social connection,” but these words are too abstract. The real act of, say, building a friendship or creating a community involves performing a series of small, concrete social actions well: disagreeing without poisoning the relationship; revealing vulnerability at the appropriate pace; being a good listener; knowing how to end a conversation gracefully; knowing how to ask for and offer forgiveness; knowing how to let someone down without breaking their heart; knowing how to sit with someone who is suffering; knowing how to host a gathering where everyone feels embraced; knowing how to see things from another’s point of view.”
Source: How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
“Being openly queer can feel intimidating. But every day just by being yourself you inspire the people around you. You don't have to be an influencer to influence!”
Source: Homebody: A Graphic Memoir of Gender Identity Exploration
“Being opposed to progress has always been the wrong side of history.”
Source: Inside The Mind of an Introvert
“Being oppressed means the absence of choices”
Source: Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center
“Being optimistic has become for me... simple... a new way of life.”
“Being optimistic is like a muscle that gets stronger with use. Makes it easier when the tough times arrive. You have to change the way you think in order to change the way you feel.”
Source: Everybody's Got Something
“Being optimistic is the view looking for the best, it comes with the “never give up” attitude.”
Source: 100 Creativity Ingredients: Everyone’s Playbook to Unlock Creativity
“Being or nothing, that is the question. Ascending, descending, coming, going, a man does so much that in the end he disappears.”
Source: Zazie in the metro
“Being organized will give you more free time, contribute to a cheerful nature, and add to the peace and security of your home.”
Source: Confessions of an Organized Homemaker: The Secrets of Uncluttering Your Home and Taking Control of Your Life
“Being other than normal is a perilous advantage.”
Source: A Perilous Advantage: The Best of Natalie Clifford Barney
“Being others-focused instead of self-focused changes your worldview. Living in a selfless manner and seeking to help others enriches our very existence on a daily basis. Get your hands dirty once in a while by serving in a capacity that is lower than your position or station in life. This keeps you tethered to the real world and grounded to reality, which should make it harder to be prideful and forget where you came from.”
Source: Why Leadership Sucks™ Volume 1: Fundamentals of Level 5 Leadership and Servant Leadership
“Being our best involves walking away from every situation with less than what we had when we encountered it because we left something behind in the exchange.”
“Being our Self is the wisest philosophy, the bravest action, the kindest consideration and the greatest act of healing imaginable.”
“Being ourselves was the easiest path to choose, although not the easiest to see through til the end.”
Source: LA on LSD
“Being out here in the country and having acres of land, you can go outside naked if you want.”
“Being out here, me and Neotnia, under those stars, I realize that even though we’re so small, our differences are as vast as the spaces between them.”
Source: Beautiful Shining People
“Being out in nature inspires me as a writer.”
“Being out in the heat for two weeks can definitely drain your energy.”
“Being out in the sun, we are starting to understand, can lower blood pressure, calm our immune system and even alter our mood. Even without such knowledge, most of us are instinctively drawn to sunlight because sitting in it just feels so great, and there may be a reason for that: when the sunlight hits our skin, our bodies release endorphins, the same 'feel good' hormones that produce a runner's high.”
Source: Chasing the Sun: The New Science of Sunlight and How it Shapes Our Bodies and Minds
“Being out of a job can erode people's confidence and their sense of possibility; and employers, often unfairly, tend to take long-term unemployment as a signal that something is wrong.”
“Being “out of sync” can be exasperating. Seek to synchronize to increase your chances for success and positive outcomes. Just because your timing is good for you does not mean it is a good time for another person.”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“Being “out of sync” happens all the time . . .
• Have you ever begun a discussion when the timing was not right and your message was subsequently rejected?
• Have you ever said the right thing at the wrong time and ended up looking stupid or inappropriate?
• Or perhaps rather than having a positive or a negative effect, your message fell on deaf ears and had no effect at all?
• Has your poor timing ever resulted in social awkwardness, humiliating rejection, or alienation?
• Has anyone ever attempted a serious discussion with you in the middle of your day when you were overwhelmed by phone calls, emails, and appointments?”
Source: The Art of Communication: 8 Ways to Confirm Clarity & Understanding for Positive Impact
“Being out of the mainstream is entirely consistent with the way Donald Trump is approaching his presidency.”
“Being out of the ordinary is AWESOME.”
“Being out of work for 13 to 15 years is no walk in the park.”