I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself.”
“I believe the choice to become a mother is the choice to become one of the greatest spiritual teachers there is.”
“I believe the cinema is one of our principal forms of art. It is an incredibly powerful way to tell uplifitng stories that can move people to cry with joy and inspire them to reach for the stars.”
“I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.”
“I believe the common denominator of the Universe is not harmony, but chaos, hostility and murder.”
“I believe the connection is growing stronger. Just to think that 40-plus years ago, service members would return from combat to get spit on by so many civilians. Regardless of what we think about a conflict, we must always honor and be grateful for those men and women who serve.”
“I believe the consequences of a war are so harsh that it should be always the last resort.”
“I believe the cost of life is Death and we will all pay that in full. Everything else should be a gift.”
Source: Love All the People (New Edition)
“I believe the Creator gave nature all known and unknown powers.”
Source: Destiny of Liberty
“I believe the day Einstein feared the most is when people circulate pictures of dead bodies of relatives on WhatsApp and get Thumbs Down and Crying smileys as response.”
“I believe the day is done. Whether it's been the best day or the worst, it's over; let it go.”
“I believe the death of Bobby Kennedy was in many ways the death of decency in America. I think it was the death of manners and formality, the death of poetry and the death of a dream.”
“I believe the declaration that ‘all men are created equal’ is the great fundamental principle upon which our free institutions rest.”
Source: The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)
“I believe the deeply rooted semantic confusion between 'man' as a male and 'man' as a species has been fed back into and vitiated a great deal of the speculation that goes on about the origins, development, and nature of the human race.”
Source: The Descent of Woman
“I believe the default position in life is liberalism. You have to work at being a Conservative.”
“I believe the defining moment was when certain persons, who shall remain nameless, objected to my fuchsia silk striped waistcoat. I loved that waistcoat. I put my foot down, right then and there; I do not mind telling you!" To punctuate his deeply offended feelings, he stamped one silver-and-pearl-decorated high heel firmly. "No one tells me what I can and cannot wear!" He snapped up a lace fan from where it lay on a hall table and fanned himself vigorously with it for emphasis.”
“I believe the Democratic Party has got to be firmly on the side of working families, taking on the big money interests, who today, to a very significant degree, control our economic and political life.”
“I believe the democratic transformation in Iraq will lead to change in Middle East.”
“I believe the destiny of your generation - and your nation - is a rendezvous with excellence.”
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963-1964
“I believe the difference between great people and everyone else is that great people create their lives actively, while everyone else is created by their lives, passively waiting to see where life takes them next.”
“I believe the divine is part of the world, not in a pantheistic way but by way of the movement of the Spirit.”
“I believe the doctor of the future will be a teacher as well as a physician. His real job will be to teach people how to be healthy.”
Source: Folk Medicine
“I believe the doctrine of election, because I am quite sure that if God had not chosen me I should never have chosen him; and I am sure he chose me before I was born, or else he never would have chosen me afterwards; and he must have elected me for reasons unknown to me, for I never could find any reason in myself why he should have looked upon me with special love.”
Source: Lectures to My Students
“I believe the earth gets warmer, and I also believe the earth gets cooler, and I think history points out that it does that and that the idea that man through the production of CO2 which is a trace gas in the atmosphere and the manmade part of that trace gas is itself a trace gas is somehow responsible for climate change is, I think, just patently absurd when you consider all of the other factors.”
“I believe the enemy has numerous tactics to keep us from praying because he knows that it is the greatest way for the kingdom of God to expand.”
“I believe the entertainment industry cannot portray on film people gunned down in cold blood, in living color, and not have it affect the attitudes and thoughts of some of the people who see it... I believe that the desensitizing effect of such media abuses on the hearts and souls of those who are exposed to them results in a partial fulfillment of the Savior's statement that 'because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold'.”
“I believe the equal rights amendment is a necessity of life for all citizens. The cabinet sometimes felt that I shouldn't be so outspoken.”
“I believe the era of the militant lady is back.”
“I believe the essence of the Independence Day is missing. We celebrate it like any other holiday, which is wrong. We must celebrate our independence everyday, not just on one day of the year.”
“I believe the evidence strongly supports common descent. But the root question remains unanswered: What has caused complex systems to form?”
“I believe the example of the Zapatistas is a very relevant historical example. I would say it is one of the forms at the idea level, and through the work they have achieved, one of the most dignified historical examples that has happened in the history of the world.”
“I believe the experiences of life are more important than any film you make.”
“I believe the failure stems back to our poverty in prayer. To offer different brands of politics as a cure-all for this sick age is like handing out aspirins to incurable cancer patients.”
Source: Revival Praying: An Urgent and Powerful Message for the Family of Christ
“I believe the family is the foundation of America - and that we must fight to protect and strengthen it. I believe in the sanctity of human life. I believe that people and their elected representatives should make our laws, not unelected judges.”
“I believe the final prize should go to the authors, not the actors. Considering how many great authors die poor in our societies.”
“I believe the first draft of a book — even a long one — should take no more than three months…Any longer and — for me, at least — the story begins to take on an odd foreign feel, like a dispatch from the Romanian Department of Public Affairs, or something broadcast on high-band shortwave duiring a period of severe sunspot activity.”
Source: On Writing
“I believe the first story I ever wrote was about a young girl who was terribly mistreated by her very cruel parents, and one day the girl fled to the woods to live amongst a pack of wolves. Hey, I was eleven, loved wolves, and had been grounded for what I felt was a minor infraction. Can you blame me?”
“I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.”
Source: Selections from the Writings of John Ruskin
“I believe the free enterprise system is not an economic alternative. It's a moral imperative.”
Source: Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics
“I believe the future is only the past again, entered through another gate.”
Source: The Second Mrs. Tanqueray
“I believe the future will reflect different body types, ethnicities, cultures and sexual orientations. I've been working with a lot of young artists who really project an androgynous and inclusive approach to the world. I'm very inspired by that.”
“I believe the game is designed to reward the ones who hit the hardest - If you can't take it, you shouldn't play!”
“I believe the gay community is a good group of people but with groups like NAMBLA [a pedophile group] riding on their coattails.”
“I believe the general consensus is the bigger it is, the more women flock to you. I guess its a good thing mine is HUGE!”
“I believe the geometric proportion served the creator as an idea when He introduced the continuous generation of similar objects from similar objects.”
“I believe the government has the right to recover from the heirs to the fortunes of its most successful citizens some portion of those fortunes.”
“I believe the government of the United States should re-examine its policies in the Middle East and adopt a more balanced stance toward the Palestinian cause.”
“I believe the government should ensure all children are provided with a good education.”
“I believe the greater the handicap, the greater the triumph.”
“I believe the greatest ability to possess is the ability to find, develop, and promote abilities in other people.”