D Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with D. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Don't live to be unhappy, live to be happy. If you live to be happy you'll find the things that make you happy. And as you do that you find that sharing with others makes you much happier than taking from them.”
“Don't live to fight, fight to live.”
“Don't live to please others. Don't think everyone else knows what's right or true. Listen to yourself, and be true to yourself. That way, no matter what else happens in life, you will always have your self-respect.”
“Don't live up to your stereotypes.”
“Don't live vicariously through your kids or try to shape them into who you wanted to be, like the popular kid or an athlete. Children should be given the opportunity to be themselves.”
“Don't live with writers. Writers are bastards.”
“Don't live worried, frustrated or upset because of what somebody did or what didn't work out. Come back to a place of peace. It's not going to work against you; it's going to work for you.”
“Don't live your life as though you were measuring it with a ruler.”
“Don't live your life to please other people.”
Source: Oprah Winfrey speaks: insight from the world's most influential voice
“Don't loaf and invite inspiration; light out after it with a club, and if you don't get it you will nonetheless get something that looks remarkably like it.”
Source: No Mentor But Myself: Jack London on Writers and Writing
“Don't long for the unripe grape.”
“Don't look at all at what other people are doing. Think of what you're doing as completely fresh because if you imitate you're dead.”
“Don't look at me in that tone of voice.”
“Don't look at me like I've gotten old or something like that.”
“Don't look at me like that, Michael Cole.”
“Don't look at me so sorrowfully and so disapprovingly, dearest. I can't be sober and serious - everything looks so rosy and rainbowy to me.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of L. M. Montgomery (Illustrated)
“Don't look at people like they're fools. I don't want to be misunderstand...and I don't want to be a fool again.”
“Don't look at prayer as me asking God to give me something, like some type of cosmic bell captain, look at prayer as my communication with the quantum intelligence, the divine intelligence that we have out there and that is how things are manifested.”
“Don't look at someone else and want to be them. Search within yourself and find out who you are and be someone positive.”
“Don't look at the big picture as the only achievement. Start with set, smart goals and work up to something bigger.”
“Don't look at the downside of everything that comes along. It helps life move along so much smoother and nicer.”
“Don't look at the hole in the doughnut. Look at the whole doughnut.”
“Don't look at the poster on your wall and think 'I could never do that.' Look at the poster on your wall and think 'I'm gonna do that!'”
“Don't look at the superficial success, at the short-term success. Look at the deep spiritual questions that architecture has to answer. Who do you build for? Where? What should you build?”
“Don't look at the world with your hands in your pockets. To write about it you have to reach out and touch it.”
“Don't look at your feet to see if you are doing it right. Just dance.”
Source: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
“Don't look back and ask, Why? Look ahead and ask, Why not?”
“Don't look back unless it's a good view.”
“Don't look back until you've written an entire draft, just begin each day from the last sentence you wrote the preceeding day. This prevents those cringing feelings, and means that you have a substantial body of work before you get down to the real work which is all in . . . The edit.”
“Don't look back until you've written an entire draft.”
“Don't look back! For a bright future is ahead of you.”
“Don't look back!" "Why not?" "Because I just did! Run faster!”
Source: Nation
“Don't look back, because someone might be gaining on you.”
“Don't look back, because that's the sign of failure.”
“Don't look back, never look back. How often do people tell themselves that after an experience that is exceptionally good (or exceptionally bad?)? Often, I suppose. And the advice usually goes unheeded. Humans were built to look back; that's why we have tat swivel joint in our necks.”
Source: 11/22/63: A Novel
“Don't look back, over your shoulder! Keep your eye on freedom shore! Because you know the brave man with you, also pays for the wages of war.”
“Don't look back, you can never look back”
“Don't look back. Just go ahead. Give ideas away. Under every idea there's a new idea waiting to be born.”
“Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you.”
“Don't look back—forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience—then alone can great deeds be accomplished.”
Source: Living at the Source: Yoga Teachings of Vivekananda
“Don't look down on them for looking down on us. Look at them, instead, as friends we don't know yet and who don't yet know what they are missing in not knowing us.”
Source: Beyond Words: Daily Readings in the ABC's of Faith
“Don't look down, it's an impossible view; Fly like an eagle whatever you do.”
“Don't Look Down” is her official debut as Skylar Grey, the singer, born Holly Brook Hafermann and raised in Mazomanie, Wis., has been making albums since she was a tween. Grey and her mother sang as a folk duo under the name Generations; they released three indie discs. “I learned a lot about professionalism, how the show must go on even though I feel like [expletive] sometimes,” Grey remembers. “I have a lot of experience in the studio, performing onstage, talking to an audience. I learned most of that stuff when I was performing with my mom.”
“Don't look for "depth" but instead search for subject aspects which prove the presence of depth.”
Source: Total photography
“Don't look for a life virtually free from discomfort, pain, pressure, challenge, or grief, for those are the tools a loving Father uses to stimulate our personal growth and understanding.”
“Don't look for an unshakable rock to stand on; there ain't any! Rather, learn how to stand still on a shaking rock!”
“Don't look for any other state than the one you are in now; otherwise, you will set up inner conflict and unconscious resistance. Forgive yourself for not being at peace. The moment you completely accept your non-peace, your non-peace becomes transmuted into peace. Anything you accept fully will get you there, will take you into peace. This is the miracle of surrender.”
Source: The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
“Don't look for big things, just do small things with great love...the smaller the thing, the greater must be our love.”
Source: Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light: The revealing private writings of the Nobel Peace Prize winner
“Don't look for excuses to lose. Look for excuses to win.”
“Don't look for flaws as you go through life and even when you find them it is wise and kind to be somewhat blind, and look for the virtue behind them.”
Source: Complete Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Delphi Classics)