D Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with D. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Don’t go beyond, no matter how much you feel you need to, Doctor. The barrier was not made to be broken. Remember this: there is more power here than you know. It is old and always restless. Remember.”
Source: Pet Sematary
“Don’t go looking for trouble; it’s already looking for you.”
Source: Sookie Stackhouse 8-copy Boxed Set
“Don’t go searching for a subject, let your subject find you. You can’t rush inspiration. … Once your subject finds you, it’s like falling in love. It will be your constant companion. Shadowing you, peeping in your windows, calling you at all hours to leave messages like, Only you understand me.”
“Don’t go to a museum with a destination. Museums are wormholes to other worlds. There are ecstasy machines. Follow your eyes to wherever they lead you, stop, get very quiet, and the world should begin to change for you. And if you see me, say something! We can talk about it together.”
“Don’t go where it is all fine music and grand talk and beautiful architecture; those things will neither fill anybody’s stomach, nor feed his soul. Go where the gospel is preached, the gospel that really feeds your soul, and go often.”
“Don’t have a fall back, because if you do, you’ll fall back.”
“Don’t have work-life balance - at least in the sense of trying to escape from work so you can have a life. Work should be fun - so make work enjoyable and satisfying for everyone - among other reasons because it pays off.”
“Don’t hide love. If you feel it, express it-not to demand that others love you back, but simply to live outwardly the best of what you feel inwardly. The worst that can happen to your heart is not rejection by another person but failure to act on the love you feel.”
“Don’t hide your scars. They make you who you are”
“Don’t hold on to the old when you're being led somewhere new. Come out of your comfort zone.”
“Don’t I have a choice in this?” But when she looks behind her, the answer is clear. There are two guards waiting to make sure that she has no choice at all. And as they lead her away, she thinks of Mr. Durkin. With a bitter laugh, Risa realizes that he may get his wish after all. Someday he may see her hands playing in Carnegie Hall. Unfortunately, the rest of Risa won’t be there.”
“Don’t indulge in any unnecessary, sophisticated moves”
“Don’t initiate! Follow the initiator! Follow the follower.”
Source: Theater Games for Rehearsal: A Director's Handbook, Updated Edition
“Don’t interrupt,’ one of the boys said. ‘He’ll lose his life.’ Seeing it was a matter of life and death, Sophie and Michael backed toward the door. But Howl, quite unperturbed at killing his nephew, strode over to the wall and pulled the boxes up by the roots.”
Source: Wizard's Castle
“Don’t join an easy crowd; you won’t grow. Go where the expectations and the demands to perform are high.”
“Don’t judge people on who they used to be. Allow them to be who they are now.”
“Don’t judge someone until you’ve stood at his forge and worked with his hammer, eh?”
“Don’t judge yourself by others’ standards…have your own. And don’t get caught up into the trap of changing yourself to fit the world. The world has to change to fit you. And if you stick to your principles, values and morals long enough, it will.”
“Don’t just accept whatever comes your way in life. You were born to win; you were born for greatness; you were created to be a champion in life.”
“Don’t just be yourself. Be all of yourselves. Don’t just live. Be that other thing connected to death. Be life. Live all of your life. Understand it, see it, appreciate it. And have fun.”
“Don’t just climb the ladder of success - a ladder that leads, after all, to higher and higher levels of stress and burnout - but chart a new path to success, remaking it in a way that includes not just the conventional metrics of money and power, but a third metric that includes well-being, wisdom, wonder and giving, so that the goal is not just to succeed but to thrive.”
“Don’t just create content to get credit for being clever — create content that will be helpful, insightful, or interesting for your target audience.”
“Don’t just follow the trend. You may have heard me say that it’s good to think in terms of the physics approach of first principles. Which is, rather than reasoning by analogy, you boil things down to the most fundamental truths you can imagine and you reason up from there.”
“Don’t just look for your miracle. Become someone else's miracle.”
“Don’t just play the game – change it for good.”
“Don’t just read the Bible. Start circling the promises. Don’t just make a wish. Write down a list of God-glorifying life goals. Don’t just pray. Keep a prayer journal. Define your dream. Claim your promise. Spell your miracle.”
Source: The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears
“Don’t just stand there, let’s get to it, Strike a pose, there’s nothing to it...”
“Don’t just stand there; make something happen.”
Source: Iacocca: An Autobiography
“Don’t just teach your children to read… Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything.”
“Don’t just think about the technology available today, but the technology that would be 10 times better in the future.”
“Don’t just think it, ink it.”
“Don’t just try to find great opportunities. Find an opportunity and make it great.”
“Don’t keep fighting battles that are already lost.”
“Don’t keep your head turned backwards. Look ahead and move on. You are trying to walk forward with your head turned backward. This is why you feel miserable. Just let go!”
“Don’t kill me,” he sobbed as he lay there. “Oh God, please don’t kill me.” “If you had let me finish,” Skulduggery said, slightly annoyed, “you would have heard me say, ‘Come out, we’re not going to hurt you’. Idiot.” “He probably wouldn’t have said idiot,” Valkyrie told the sobbing man. “We’re trying our best to be nice.” The man blinked through his tears, and looked up. “You’re... You’re not going to kill me?” “No, we’re not,” Valkyrie said gently, “so long as you wipe your nose right now.”
Source: Mortal Coil (Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 5)
“Don’t kiss me,” she said warningly. “I don’t intend to,” he replied, smiling a little. “I don’t have my whip and chair with me.”
Source: Mr. Perfect
“Don’t knock on any random door like a beggar. Reach your long hand out to another door, beyond where you go on the street, the street where everyone says, "How are you?" and no one says How aren’t you?”
Source: The Rumi Collection: An Anthology of Translations of Mevlâna Jalâluddin Rumi
“Don’t know where he’s going but sees where he’s been.”
“Don’t let a day go by without asking who you are…each time you let a new ingredient to enter your awareness.”
“Don’t let a first-set victory lead into a second-set slump”
“Don’t let any emotional thought concerning success or failure, fame or gain, overtake you, and don’t dwell upon them. Give up your personal shortcomings, such as foolish talk, distracting activities, and absentmindedness. Train in being totally gentle in all physical, verbal, or mental activities. Don’t ponder the flaws of others; think instead of their good sides.”
“Don’t let anybody ever tell you life’s fair. Not as long as I’m in it.”
“Don’t let anyone say you can’t do it. To be successful, you need to fail. The more failures you have, the more successes you will have. People just don’t get that.”
“Don’t let anyone steal your milk.”
“Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something. Make your own victories. Make your own mistakes.”
“Don’t let anyone tell you you can’t do something, because you can!”
“Don’t let haters get me off my grind. Keep my head up, I know I’ll be fine. Keep fighting until I get there. When I’m down and I feel like giving up I whip my hair back and forth.”
“Don’t let less-than-perfect circumstances keep you from trusting God.”
Source: The Basic Bible Pocket Guide: *Helpful Summaries *Key Verses *Life Applications
“Don’t let Negative and Toxic people rent space in your head.
Raise the rent and kick them out.”
“Don’t let people interfere with you. Boot ’em out, turn off the phone, hide away, get it done. If you carry a short story over to the next day you may overnight intellectualize something about it and try to make it too fancy, try to please someone.”