D Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with D. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Don't be like me. Be better than me. That's the goal.”
“Don't be like me. Look at me: monogamous, in shape, no debt, sober... I'm dead inside.”
“Don't be like the preacher who thought about praying while making love with his life and thought about love while praying.”
“Don't be like those people who believe in "positive thinking" and tell themselves that they're loved and strong and capable. You don't need to do that because you know it already.”
“Don't be limited by the expectations of others. You can always be better and do more.”
“Don't be limited by what has been. Be inspired knowing that what could be is far greater than your wildest dreams.”
“Don't be limited by your job description.”
“Don't be limited in your views with regard to your neighbor's virtue...You must enlarge your soul towards each other.”
“Don't be logical. You know I hate that.”
“Don't be mad cuz I'm doing me better than you doing you.”
“Don't be made useless or idle with despair. Gather yourself around your strength for light does the darkness most fear.”
“Don't be married to a line or verse if it can't rhyme, fit the meter, or doesn't fit the outline.”
“Don't be misled by History, or any other unreliable source.”
Source: Will Rogers' World: America's Foremost Political Humorist Comments on the Twenties and Thirties--and Eighties and Nineties
“Don't be misled into believing that somehow the world owes you a living. The boy who believes that his parents, or the government, or any one else owes him his livelihood and that he can collect it without labor will wake up one day and find himself working for another boy who did not have that belief and, therefore, earned the right to have others work for him.”
“Don't be more serious than God. God invented dog farts.”
“Don't be more serious than God. God invented dog farts. God designed your body's plumbing system. God designed an ostrich. If He didn't do it, He permitted a drunken angel to do it. Empirical facts can add significantly to the meaning of "being godlike".”
“Don't be mysterious; there isn't the time.”
Source: Where Angels Fear to Tread: England Literature
“Don't be negative. It shows on your face.”
“Don't be normal. Be an example.”
“Don't be obsessed with tactics but with purpose. Tactics have a half life.”
“Don't be offended by your lack of purity. Purity is a seed that will grow and develop.”
“Don't be on the side of the angels, it's too lowering.”
Source: The Letters of D. H. Lawrence
“Don't be on your deathbed someday, having squandered your one chance at life, full of regret because you pursued little distractions instead of big dreams.”
Source: Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur
“Don't be outraged, be outrageous.”
Source: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
“Don't be over complacent or too feverish, take a middle path.”
“Don't be overly concerned about your heirs. Usually, unearned funds do them more harm than good.”
“Don't be overwhelmed by a man's fancy car, fancy house or fancy clothes. It's really the person inside the care, house and clothes that matters. By the same token, don't be underwhelmed by a less-than-fancy car, house or clohtes. Women can earn the car and house themselves, and you can always buy your man nice clothes, too.”
“Don't be pessimistic
Because, today, the sun hasn't shone
It probably won't next year
And you'll then be 61”
“Don't be polite.
Bite in.
Pick it up with your fingers and lick the juice that may run down your chin.
It is ready and ripe now, whenever you are.
You do not need a knife or fork or spoon.
For there is no core
or stem
or rind
or pit
or seed
or skin
to throw away.”
“Don't be precious about anything-much less a certain guitar sound. There is always another interesting sound or effect just waiting to be discovered.”
“Don't be pretentious is my first advice to young writers. This is the big problem - just because you're getting an MFA doesn't mean you have to write for the Academy. Be true to your personality. Don't temper your personality down with words. Don't build defensive fortresses around yourself with words - words are your friends.”
“Don't be prideful with any excellence that is not your own”
Source: The Enchiridion of Epictetus
“Don't be proud of what you know, and don't be self-confident if you are learned. Be open to advice from the unlearned as well as from the learned. Art knows no limit, and the artists will never achieve perfection.”
“Don't be pushed by your problems, be led by your dreams. Govern your life by priorities not your pressures.”
“Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.”
“Don't be put off by people who know what is not possible. Do what needs to be done, and check to see if it was impossible only after you are done.”
“Don't be put off by someone telling you that your image looks too digital; maybe that's the way it's supposed to look.”
“Don't be reckless with other peoples hearts. And don't put up with people that are reckless with yours.”
“Don't be reluctant about putting on overalls!”
Source: Succeeding With What You Have
“Don't be reluctant to give of yourself generously, it's the mark of caring and compassion and personal greatness.”
Source: Success is a Journey: Make Your Life a Grand Adventure
“Don't be ridiculous, Charlie, people love the parents who beat their kids in department stores. It's the ones who just let their kids wreak havoc that everybody hates.”
“Don't be ridiculous, please.' The most insulting words in the world!”
Source: The Collected Works of Lucy Maud Montgomery: 20 Novels & 170+ Short Stories, Poems, Letters and Memoirs (Including The Complete Anne Shirley Series, Chronicles of Avonlea & Emily Starr Trilogy): Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of Windy Poplars, Rainbow Valley, Rilla of Ingleside, Emily of New Moon, The Story Girl, The Golden Road, Pat of Silver Bush, The Blue Castle & many more
“Don't be rushed, be sure.”
“Don't be sad about the goodbyes! Because in many farewells, better unions are hidden!”
“Don't be sad and don't give up on your dreams. Dreams will come true one day. There's no person as beautiful as a person who dreams”
“Don't be sad cause your sun is down, the night doesn't need your sorrow. Don't be sad cause the light is gone, just keep your mind on tomorrow.”
“Don't be sad that roses have thorns. Be glad that thorns have Roses. Today's the day I worried about yesterday and it didn't happen.”
“Don't be sad! Because God sends hope in the most desperate moments. Don't forget, the heaviest rain comes out of the darkest clouds.”
“Don't be sad, don't be angry, if life deceives you! Submit to your grief - your time for joy will come, believe me.”
“Don't be sad. Even if the world won't forgive you, I'll forgive you. Don't be sad. Even if you don't forgive the world, I'll forgive you. So please tell me. How do I make you forgive me?”