I Quotes
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“If the whole church goes off into deception, that will in no way excuse us for not following Christ.”
“If the whole country had to have the same conversation that was safe for everybody, it would be a pretty awful place to live. There wouldn't be a conversation.”
“If the whole human race lay in one grave, the epitaph on its headstone might well be: 'It seemed like a good idea at the time.'”
“If the whole is to be Art, the parts must not try to be.”
“If the whole of history is in one man, it is all to be explained from individual experience.”
Source: Essays and Lectures
“If the whole process of learning from failure means discarding stuff that's not working, but in fact, our natural reaction is to keep going, to throw more money behind it, to throw more emotional energy behind it... that's a real problem.”
“If the whole responsibility is thrown upon our own shoulders, we shall be at our highest and best; when we have nobody to grope towards, no devil to lay our blame upon, no Personal God to carry our burdens, when we are alone responsible, then we shall rise to our highest and best. I am responsible for my fate, I am the bringer of good unto myself, I am the bringer of evil.”
Source: The Complete Works of the Swami Vivekananda, Comprising All His Lectures, Addresses and Discourses Delivered in Europe, America and India: All His Writings in Prose and Poetry, Together with Translations of Those Written in Bengali and Sanskrit; Reports of His Interviews and His Replies to the Various Addresses of Welcome; His Sayings and Epistles,--private and Public--original and Translated; with an Index; Carefully Revised & Edited
“If the whole team is not winning, then you are not winning.”
“If the whole things goes to shit, just remember to throw yourself down the damn waterfall."
"I'll cover your back, the sharp and bloody way.”
Source: The Lies of Locke Lamora
“If the whole universe can be found in our own body and mind, this is where we need to make our inquires. We all have the answers within ourselves, we just have not got in touch with them yet. The potential of finding the truth within requires faith in ourselves.”
“If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning.”
Source: A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis
“If the whole world depends on today's youth, I can't see the world lasting another 100 years.”
“If the whole world followed you,
Followed to the letter,
Tell me if it followed you,
Would the world be better?”
“If the whole world followed you, would you be pleased with where you took it?”
Source: The Complete Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue
“If the whole world I once could see On free soil stand, with the people free Then to the moment might I say, Linger awhile. . .so fair thou art.”
“If the whole world is a battlefield, then the United States is also a battlefield.”
“If the whole world is evil, then the tragedy that befell you is justified," she went on. "That would make it easier for you to accept the deaths of your wife and daughters. But if good people do exist, then, however much you deny it, your life will be unbearable; because fate set a trap for you, and you know you didn't deserve it. It isn't the light you want to recover, it's the certainty that there is only darkness.”
“If the whole world is in a rush and people are out of step with themselves, they fail to catch that quirky aura and that special quality of life that feeds our soul-searching frame of mind and that builds a coveted haven, giving recognition and self-reliance. ("The unbearable heaviness of being”)”
“If the whole world should agree to speak nothing but truth, what an abridgment it would make of speech! And what an unravelling there would be of the invisible webs which men, like so many spiders, now weave about each other!”
Source: .) (1850).
“If the whole world should have a heart of stone, dare to be the only remnant left with a heart of gold.”
Source: Song of a Nature Lover
“If the whole world was blind, how many people would you impress?”
“If the whole world was covered in green and people were lost in this endless greenery, wouldn't one of the most perfect dreams in the history of the world and humanity come true?”
“If the whole world went vegan, there would be less war. How you eat determines your mood and your outlook on life.”
“If the wicked flourish and the fittest survive, Nature must be the god of rascals.”
Source: George Bernard Shaw: Collected Articles, Lectures, Essays and Letters: Thoughts and Studies from the Renowned Dramaturge and Author of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Pygmalion, Arms and The Man, Saint Joan, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion
“If the widow of a man who died without leaving issue, raises up to him a son by a member of the family , she shall deliver to that ,son the whole property which belonged to the ,deceased .”
“If the Wild North were a living place, as the local tribes often claimed, then these were the embodiment of its dark subconscious. The spirits of men could haunt you, so why would the spirits of machines be any different?”
Source: Rustkiller
“If the will did not exist, neither would there be that centre of the world, which we call the I.”
Source: Notebooks, 1914-1916
“if the will is their servant then it is not sovereign, and if the will is not sovereign, we certainly cannot predicate 'freedom' of it.”
Source: Sovereignty of God
“If the will materializes as an idea, this distinction becomes less distinct. Almost the same scenarios, as in metaphysics, can be applied here within the realm of the physical world. What serves the role of the noumenon in Plato’s sense (even Kantian) is replaced here not by a metaphysical (transcendental) idea but by an always-present “idea,” carried by will and manifested through the world (matter).”
Source: ABSOLUTE
“If the will remains in protest, it stays dependent on that which it is protesting against.”
“If the will, which in the law of our nature, were withdrawn from our memory, fancy, understanding, and reason, no other hell could equal, for a spiritual being, what we should then feel from the anarchy of our powers. It would be conscious madness,--a horrid thought!”
“If the willingness is there, you can graciously fulfill your dream.”
Source: Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
“If the wind and rain could play guitar, they would sound a lot like Doc Watson”
“If the wind brushes against you, do not complain; it brushes against everyone.”
“If the wind drops you'll be left in a fall. - The Malwatch”
“If the wind is blowing like stink and everything is working right, a twelve-meter sailboat can go eleven and a half or twelve miles an hour, the same speed at which a bond lawyer runs around the Cental Park Reservoir.”
Source: Thrown Under the Omnibus
“If the wind rises it can push us against the flood when it comes.”
Source: Islands in the Stream: A Novel
“If the windmill should prove too formidable, I may see what can be done with the wind.”
Source: Scaramouche
“If the windows of your spirit are dirty, and streaked, covered with matter foreign to them, then the world as you look out of them will be dirty and streaked and out of order. Go wash your windows.”
“If the winds of fortune are temporarily blowing against you, remember that you can harness them and make them carry you toward your definite purpose, through the use of your imagination.”
Source: The Law of Success: The Master Wealth-Builder's Complete and Original Lesson Plan forAchieving Your Dreams
“If the wine drinker has a deep gentleness in him, he will show that when drunk. But if he has hidden anger and arrogance, those appear.”
“If the wine is not good, then throw it out!”
“If the wireless radiation industry is not shut down, they will do more damage to society than what Hitler did to the Jews.”
“If the Wise be the happy man... he must be virtuous too; for, without virtue, happiness cannot be. This then is the true scope of all academical emulation.”
Source: The writings of Thomas Jefferson
“If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.
[If the wise erred not, it would go hard with fools.]”
“If the witches wanted a beast, she’d give them teeth and claws.
She just hoped that they were ready to bleed for it.”
Source: Dragon Queen
“If the Wizard of Oz were real he would be in Hollywood.”
“If the wolf had ever come to our back door, he'd have had to bring a picnic lunch.”
“If the wolf is to survive, the wolf haters must be outnumbered. They must be outshouted, out financed, and out voted. Their narrow and biased attitude must be outweighed by an attitude based on an understanding of natural processes.”
“If the woman has the physical fitness and the meritorious luck to bear his children, the family was a fortunate one. Villagers always looked at sterility with a squinted eye, and its fault and the misfortune lay solely on the woman's part. As such, a childless woman often became culprit for her entire life.”
Source: The Master's Daughter