I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I have learned not to confuse power patterns with the personalities of the individuals involved; in other words, to hate conditions, not individuals.”
Source: Reveille for Radicals
“I have learned not to do predictions. It's not helpful, psychologically. I don't sit and fret about things.”
“I have learned not to overlook the advantages of being me. From when I was a softball player, and I held the stolen bases record. I would slide into second with my prostheses, and the girl on the base could either step aside or meet two wooden sticks.”
“I have learned not to read reviews. Period. And I hate reviewers. All of them, or at least all but two or three. Life is much simpler ignoring reviews and the nasty people who write them. Critics should find meaningful work.”
“I have learned not to take too much notice of those who disapprove of my lifestyle choices, because I know that I was not designed to be part of the crowd. If I am different, I make no apology, and I hope that others will have the courage to be themselves and stand up for what they believe in, fight for those who need protection, love who they want to love, and be proud of it.”
“I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all my heart.”
Source: The Cushion in the Road: Meditation and Wandering as the Whole World Awakens to Being in Harm's Way
“I have learned nothing in twenty years that would suggest that evil people can be rapidly influenced by any means other than raw power. They do not respond, at least in the short run, to either gentle kindness or any form of spiritual persuasion with which I am familiar.”
Source: People of the Lie
“I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.”
“I have learned of this great force and will never test the boundless energy of what is karma.”
“I have learned one thing in my 26 years is that people change when they are hurt not when they’re inspired.”
“I have learned over a period of time to be almost unconsciously grateful--as a child is--for a sunny day, blue water, flowers in a vase, a tree turning red. I have learned to be glad at dawn and when the sky is dark. Only children and a few spiritually evolved people are born to feel gratitude as naturally as they breathe, without even thinking. Most of us come to it step by painful step, to discover that gratitude is a form of acceptance.”
“I have learned over the course of my many years that it is a bad idea, usually, to investigate piteous weeping but always a fine thing to look into a giggle.”
Source: The Willoughbys
“I have learned over the years that the nicest thing I can do is to just say to myself, "Good Morning Darling, I love you; we're going to have a really great day today."”
“I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.”
Source: Quiet Strength: The Faith, the Hope, and the Heart of a Woman who Changed a Nation
“I have learned over the years that you should never save for two meetings what you can accomplish in one.”
Source: The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life
“I have learned, painfully, over the years that the things I regret in my life are not errors of judgement but failures of feeling.”
Source: Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days
“I have learned patience, for sure. Pre-publication is a long waiting game, especially for authors of picture books. We write the manuscript, sign the contract, and wait. It takes a while for the art director to find an illustrator and then the illustrator works on the sketches, and depending on those first round of sketches, it could be a few more months before you see a final illustration. I was surprised at how long it takes for all the pieces to come together.”
“I have learned silence from the talkative,
tolerance from the intolerant
and kindness from the unkind.
I should not be ungrateful to those teachers.
~Kahlil Gibran~”
Source: A Pirate's Wife
“I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.”
Source: The New Frontier and Sand and Foam
“I have learned since that sometimes the things we want most are impossible for us. You may long to come home, yet wander forever.”
Source: The Lying Days
“I have learned so much about myself. I have re-discovered that little boy who had the hunger to create, which I think I had lost.”
“I Have Learned so much from God That I can no longer call myself A Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, A Buddhist, a Jew.”
“I have learned so much from God that I can no longer call myself a Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jew. The Truth has shared so much of Itself with me that I can no longer call myself a man, a woman, an angel, or even a pure Soul. Love has befriended me so completely it has turned to ash and freed me of every concept and image my mind has ever known.”
“I have learned so much from my dad. Perhaps the biggest thing I've learned from my dad is how to be prepared at all times... whether it's for a big court case or a hostile media interview. My dad always says "Stick to your points, focus on what you are there to get across, and try not to get sidetracked."We are often trying to communicate complicated legal cases or explain laws, and it's important to keep going back to the 3 core points you want people to take away - from interviews, from our radio shows, from meetings, and from court.”
“I have learned so much making first collection that I am excited to use all of it towards making the next one even better! It's been an amazing learning curve and experience.”
“I have learned so much more about Islam in conversation with Jews and Christians and Hindus. I feel like that is part of the beauty of life on Earth - that we discover and develop what it means to be Muslim or Christian or Jewish not in isolation from others, but precisely in relationship with others.”
“I have learned some things. Modern life is warfare without end: take no prisoners, leave no wounded, eat the dead--that's environmentally sound.”
“I have learned something about the job of being the President's wife. She is not chosen by anyone except her husband and she really has no obligations except to him.”
“I have learned that a bitter experience can make you stronger.”
“I have learned that a bitter experience can make you stronger. I now boastfully say that I have a hide like a rhinoceros... and I'm smiling. It's an interesting thing.”
“I have learned that a man has the right and obligation to look down at another man, only when that man needs help to get up from the ground.”
“I have learned that a woman can be a fighter, a freedom fighter, a political activist, and that she can fall in love, and be loved, she can be married, have children, be a mother... Revolution must mean life also; every aspect of life.”
“I have learned that acting is not about beauty.”
“I have learned that all these people are more newsworthy than we have been told all along. Do you know why? Because these people are us. I am all of these people. You are all of these people. But the media seldom represents our worthiness fairly in the news. The media may only decide we are newsworthy when using us as bait stories to go to wars, to put the show of a fake democracy as part of the big lie called “voting” and “electing” the next liar to commit more crimes in our names, by killing more innocent people in the next selected ‘evil’ country in the world.”
“I have learned that all you give is all you get, so give it all you got.”
“I have learned that chances don’t always come to you; sometimes you have to create your own.”
“I have learned that collaboration are everything to me. Music is a social thing. If there are no ears to hear it, it has no value. I have really loved getting input from other great musicians- like recording strings with my family or making weird synth sounds with tore nissen.”
“I have learned that deep kisses can make time stand still; a touch can soothe your soul, and a smile, can warm your heart.”
“I have learned that delivering the best possible palliative care to children is vital, providing children and their families with a place of support, care and enhancement at a time of great need is simply life-changing.”
“I have learned that each and every piece of cloth embodies the spirit, skill, and personal history of an individual weaver. . . . It ties together with an endless thread the emotional life of my people.”
“I have learned that everything is an opportunity for spiritual enrichment.”
“I have learned that failure is a part of success; it's part of the learning curve. Sometimes you have to walk that road to achieve big things.”
“I have learned that faith means trusting in advance what will make sense only in reverse.”
“I have learned that feeling empty sometimes is okay. I’ve got to refill myself with something at some point. Art, love, solitude, random acts of kindness. I really don’t know, but that’s what makes being whole again so exciting.”
Source: I Am The Architect of My Own Destruction
“I have learned that frustration is allowed and talking it through is necessary.”
“I have learned that God’s silence to my questions is not a door slammed in my face. I may not have the answers—but I do have him.”
“I have learned that having a cause to fight for is a noble and rare thing to have. So be fearless and fight.”
“I have learned that human beings are not searching for philosophies, even though it may seem that way sometimes. We are searching for something we can trust. And when we find ourselves in the midst of change, the philosophies are like a broken crutch. They do not hold us up. What supports us is a force, an energy, a vortex of love that expresses through us as warmth, creativity, service, and compassion.”
“I have learned that human existence is essentially tragic. It is only the love of God, disclosed and enacted in Christ, that redeems the human tragedy and makes it tolerable. No, more than tolerable. Wonderful.”
“I have learned that I am a better everything because I wanted and loved those babies so much. I am also a better everything because I lost them. Sure, the losses left my heart and soul shattered at first, but now with daily work in recovery I have a scarred but healing heart and soul”
Source: Ever Upward: Overcoming the Lifelong Losses of Infertility to Define Your Own Happy Ending