I Quotes
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“If a warrior is to succeed at anything, the success must come gently, with a great deal of effort but with no stress or obsession.”
Source: The Wheel Of Time: The Shamans Of Mexico Their Thoughts About Life De
“If a warrior lacked wisdom, courage alone would not keep him alive for long.”
“If a warrior needs solace he simply chooses anyone and expresses to that person every detail of his turmoil. After all, the warrior is not seeking to be understood or helped; by talking he's merely relieving himself of his pressure.”
Source: Tales of Power
“If a warrior wants to pay back for all the favors he has received, and he has no one in particular to address his payment to, he can address it to the spirit of man, That's always a very small account, and whatever one puts in it is more than enough.”
Source: The Wheel Of Time: The Shamans Of Mexico Their Thoughts About Life De
“If a wave of service sweeps over the land, catching everyone in its enthusiasm, it will be able to wipe off the mounds of hatred, malice and greed that infest the World. Attune your hearts so that it will vibrate in sympathy with the woes and joys of your fellow-men. Fill the World with Love. Love will warn you against advising another to do something which you yourself are unwilling to do; your conscience will tell you that you are living in a lie!”
“If a wave of veganism washed over the land, in six months there would be Broccoli Kings, Taco Bell Peppers, and McTofu Drive-Thrus.”
Source: Slim by Design: Mindless Eating Solutions for Everyday Life
“If a weaker baboon be attacked by a stronger baboon the weaker baboon will either (a) present his hrump fanny I believe is the word, gentlemen, heh heh for passive intercourse or (b) if he is a different type baboon more extrovert and well-adjusted, lead an attack on an even weaker baboon if he can find one.”
Source: Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
“If a weakly mortal is to do anything in the world besides eat the bread thereof, there must be a determined subordination of the whole nature to the one aim no trifling with time, which is passing, with strength which is only too limited.”
Source: The Diary of Beatrice Webb: Glitter Around and Darkness Within, 1873-1892
“If a well-known and trustworthy person were to go to a public square and tell all the idlers loitering there that on a certain hill they would find a gold mine and could take all they wanted, do you think anyone would shrug his shoulders and say he did not care? They’d be dashing there as fast as they could!
Well, now, doesn’t the tabernacle hold the most precious treasure ever to be found on earth or in heaven? Unfortunately, there are many who cannot see it because they are blind. Yet our faith unerringly tells us that endless riches are to be found there. People sweat and toil to make money, and yet, in the tabernacle dwells the Lord of the universe. He will grant you what you ask, if you really need it.
Isn’t Our Lord Jesus Christ Lord and Master of all? Go to Him then. Ask and it shall be given you; knock and it shall be opened to you! Jesus longs to grant you favors, especially those you need for your soul.”
“If a well-constituted individual refrains from blazoning aught amiss or calamitous in his family, a nation in the like circumstance may without reproach be equally discreet.”
Source: Billy Budd, Bartleby, and Other Stories
“If A were not allowed his better position, B would be even worse off than he is.”
Source: A Theory of Justice
“If a Western country were to introduce streaming or school selection at such a young age, for example, they may not find that it incentivised all children to work harder and raise their game, as it seems to in Singapore. This is because more people in Western countries believe intelligence is fixed, and would therefore be more likely to assume that failure in tests and allocation to bottom sets was something they had little control over, rather than something they could change through putting in more effort.”
Source: Cleverlands: The secrets behind the success of the world's education superpowers
“If a western is a good western, it gives you a sense of that world and some of the qualities those men had - their comradeship, loyalty, and physical courage.”
“If a white cloth is stained even with a small spot, the stain appears very ugly indeed. So the smallest fault of a holy man becomes painfully prominent.”
“If a white man falls off a chair drunk, it's just a drunk.
If a Negro does, it's the whole damn Negro race.”
“If a white man had land, and some one should swindle him, that man would try to get it back, and you would not blame him.”
“If a white man puts his arm around me voluntarily, that's brotherhood.”
“If a white man puts his arm around me voluntarily, that's brotherhood. But if you - if you hold a gun on him and make him embrace me and pretend to be friendly or brotherly toward me, then that's not brotherhood, that's hypocrisy. And what America is trying to do is pass laws to force whites to pretend that they want Negroes into their schools or into - in their places of employment.”
“If a white man wants to lynch me, that’s his problem. If he’s got the power to lynch me, that’s my problem. Racism is not a question of attitude; it’s a question of power.”
“If a whole man complains that life is unfair, what is left of a disabled man?”
“If a wicked man seems to have peace at death, it is not from the knowledge of his happiness, but from the ignorance of his danger.”
Source: Discourses on Important and Interesting Subjects: Being the Select Works of Thomas Watson
“If a wicked rake doesn’t kiss a young lady when they’re alone in a moonlit rose garden, might it mean he doesn’t intend to? There were rules about such things. Weren’t they written down somewhere? If not, then they should be. A Treatise on Rakes, written for Susceptible Young Ladies, by a Lady of Distinction.”
Source: A Wicked Way to Win an Earl
“If a wife truly demands that her emotional needs be met, she may indeed put her marriage on the line. On the other hand, few women who back away from their needs manage to bury their resentment. Their unspoken anger spills out as occasional rage and everyday coolness. Feeling uncherished, many wives unwittingly shut down their own sense of pleasure, as well as their willingness to please their partners. And even if women try to accept and forgive, eventually passion drains away from the marriage along with their authenticity. It is impossible to maintain real connection and overaccommodate at the same time.”
Source: How Can I Get Through to You?: Closing the Intimacy Gap Between Men and Women
“If a window is broken and left unrepaired, people walking by will conclude that no one cares and no one is in charge. Soon, more windows will be broken, and the sense of anarchy will spread from the building to the street on which it faces, sending a signal that anything goes.”
“If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.”
Source: The Pursuit of Wow!: Every Person's Guide to Topsy-Turvy Times
“If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right action, can overcome a host of foes.”
“If a witch needs something, another witch will give it to her. If there is war to be fought, we don't consider cost one of the factors in deciding whether or not it is right to fight. Nor do we have any notion of honor. An insult to a bear is a deadly thing. To us...inconceivable. How could you insult a witch? What would it matter if you did?”
Source: Northern lights
“If a wizard should take up residence in your garden and requests food, you are obliged to feed him.”
Source: Shadow of the Badger
“If a wolf attacks his sheep, the shepard kills the wolf, but he eats the sheep when he's hungry.”
“If a woman abandoned by her husband, or a widow, of her own accord contracts a second marriage and bears ,a son , he is called the son of a re married woman .”
“If a woman and a man who have an argument keep talking they keep fighting.”
“If a woman be herself pure and noble-hearted, she will come into every circle as a person does into a heated room, who carries with him the freshness of the woods where he has been walking.”
Source: The Duties of Women: A Course of Lectures
“If a woman behaves like a child, then she is happy.”
“If a woman can earn money to buy lovely things while she’s young, she should have the privilege. I know a woman who said once, 'I’ve worked all my life. And now that I can afford to buy myself diamonds, my hands are too old.'
This woman was only forty-eight or fifty but she had work hands, ugly hands, that were no fit background for the beautiful big diamond she had just bought. The same thing goes for lovely clothes. A woman should have them, if she can earn them, while she’s young, straight, graceful, slim, and can show them off like an angel.”
Source: My Way of Life
“If a woman can go to the beach and wear nothing, then why can't she also wear everything?”
“If a Woman can neither Love nor Honour, she does ill in promising to Obey.”
Source: Astell: Political Writings
“If a woman can plan when to have her family and how to support a family, huge issue for our economy and our country's well being.”
“If a woman cannot make her mistakes charming, she is only a female.”
Source: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories
“If a woman chooses to support her husband and become First Lady, I believe she must do so with the understanding that the public expects the full-meal deal.”
“If a woman conceals her affection with the same skill from the object of it, she may lose the opportunity of fixing him; and it will then be but poor consolation to believe the world equally in the dark. There is so much of gratitude or vanity in almost any attachment, that it is not safe to leave any to itself. We can all begin ‘freely’- as light preference is natural enough; but there are very few of us who have a heart enough to be really in love without encouragement.”
“If a woman could take care of herself, would she still need a man? Would she even want one? And if she didn't want a man, what kind of woman would she be? Would she even be a woman? Because it seemed if you were a woman, the only thing you were really supposed to want was a man.”
“If a woman cries, it’s bad luck that could ruin a family.”
Source: Wendo Musaly History
“If a woman decides she likes me, it would behoove her to take into consideration that my art has had a strong influence on the type of person I am.”
“If a woman defined herself solely by the man she was with—and vice versa—the world would be a very shallow and insipid place, indeed.”
Source: Touched with Sight
“If a woman did not work and have the opportunity to save and invest on her own throughout her lifetime, she is often totally reliant on her family and Social Security for her retirement years.”
“If a woman does need a hero, she needs him today, not tomorrow.”
Source: The Wheel of Time: Books 1–4
“If a woman doesn't chase a man a little, she doesn't love him.”
“If a woman doesn't look like a Goddess during labor, then someone isn't treating her right.”
“if a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him. If she can hesitate as to `Yes,' she ought to say `No' directly. It is not a state to be safely entered into with doubtful feelings, with half a heart.”
Source: Emma (Illustrated Edition)
“If a woman earned a dollar by scrubbing, her husband had a right to take the dollar and go and get drunk with it and beat her afterwards. It was his dollar.”