I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If we can sympathise only with the utterly blameless, then we can sympathise with no one, for all of us have contributed to our own misfortunes - it is a consequence of the human condition that we should. But it does nobody any favours to disguise from him the origins of his misfortunes, and pretend that they are all external to him in circumstances in which they are not.”
“If we can't be a doormat to the people we love,
We don't deserve to have them.
Choose one with heart over all else,
And you won't have to regret meeting them.”
Source: Amor Apocalypse: Canım Sana İhtiyacım
“If we can't be the best, are we just wasting our time?”
Source: Bitter Melon
“If we can't debate the polemic argument, we don't know both sides of a topic, to discuss it unbiasedly.”
“If we can’t even properly count what we possess, how will we be able to use it?”
“If we can’t f*ck our bodies, our souls and hearts to God, it ain’t sensual enough for me.”
“If we can’t feel into the heart of grief, we can’t truly move on to experience hope and joy. We can’t be present to what is now, and what is next, because we are bound by the loss and sorrow that holds us to the past. Grief has to flow. It has to be carried, not just by you, but by the others with you, by your community, until it transforms to the next rightful calling of your heart to action.”
Source: ChangeAbility: How artists activists and awakeners navigate change
“If we can't have world peace, I'll settle for a quiet room.”
“If we can't light up the forgotten corners, what's the point in discovering photoelectric effect!”
Source: Himalayan Sonneteer: 100 Sonnets of Unsubmission
“If we can't love ourselves correctly, we won't be able to love others correctly. How can we genuinely receive love from others if we have spent a lifetime denying ourselves that love and tenderness?”
“If we can't overcome the kind of despair that you're talking about, but remember now what Goethe said, that 'he or she who has never despaired has never lived', nothing wrong with wrestling with despair. The question is not allowing it to have the last word."
Anderson Cooper, "What gives you hope?",
"We do have a cloud of witnesses of all colors, all social orientations, all national identities against forms of evil. Hope is a verb as much as a virtue. We have to stay in motion and always know that we've got some memories of love and justice. We've got some joy tied to our witness that the world can never take away and if we have a collective effort than we can hold up this blood-stained banner just a little longer.”
“If we can't prevent nuclear disaster that will be not just a political failure, but be the highest spiritual failure of mankind. Whether we are Hindu, Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Sikh, Jewish or others we must work to prevent that failure.”
Source: Nuclear Weapons Free World - Peace on the Earth
“If we can’t repair things with the Romans—well, the two sets of demigods have never gotten along. That’s why the gods kept us separate. I don’t know if we could ever belong there.”
Percy didn’t want to argue, but he couldn’t let go of the hope. It felt important—not just for him, but for all the other demigods. It had to be possible to belong in two different worlds at once. After all, that’s what being a demigod was all about—not quite belonging in the mortal world or on Mount Olympus, but trying to make peace with both sides of their nature.”
Source: The Mark of Athena
“If we can’t see it, we can’t heal it.”
“If we can’t see it, we cannot change it.”
Source: The Inner Journey: Discover Your True Self
“If we can’t seem to solve a problem, it may be that we refused to acknowledge that it was problem in the first place.”
“If we can't start by seeing an autistic child as inherently capable, interesting, and valuable, no amount of education or therapy we layer on top is going to matter.”
Source: Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew
“If we can't trust ourselves, we'll have a hard time trusting others.”
Source: The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything
“If we can't write the script: Work out the key subtitles that need including, then it's easier to fill in the gaps.”
“If we can take the time to mute the noise we've build around ourselves the rhythm of the heartbeats and the purpose may be clear.”
“If we can take young people who excel at the highest levels, put them on the same kind of pedestal as the all-state basketball player and the all-state football player, and begin to get the same kind of recognition, it will have a profound effect, and we are finding that it does.”
“If we can tame or restrain our addiction to the blinding overabundance of technical widgets, we can “tool down” our mental frame. It’s, by opening our mind to the infinite potential of the world around, that we can take time for the others and learn to listen and interpret their captivating stories. ("Should I shave first?")”
“If we can teach a teacher we can reach more people.”
“If we can teach everyone how to calm their minds, this world will see peace.”
“If we can teach people about wildlife, they will be touched. Share my wildlife with me. Because humans want to save things that they love.”
“If we can think, feel, and move, we can dance.”
“If we can trust each other and leave everything-all our hearts-out on the field, I think we're going to have something to come home to and cheer about.”
“If we can trust the sufferings of Christ for our sake then we can trust Christ when we suffer for His sake.”
“If we can understand that all thought is based on memory, that it is conditioned by the past, then we can see that it is of no use in helping us understand the true reality of the present moment, for every thought we have about reality will only distort reality according to our conditioned way of thinking.”
Source: Awake to What Is: Discovering Peace in the Present Moment
“If we can understand that death is not the end but is really a transition into the next life, the great part of life, that frees us up into receiving God's courage and his help.”
“If we can unify the apparent duality between the great uncontrollable energy and the natural wisdom of our monkey mind, if we moderate its impulsive tendencies and incorporate its intuitive wisdom, we can express our being in all its capacity and transform into calm and enlightened individuals.”
Source: The Zen Wisdom and the Monkey Mind: Zen Teachings to Unify Your Inner Self, Calm Your Mind, Overcome Anxiety, and Live with Wisdom and Fulfillment
“If we can use an H-bomb--and as you said it's no checker game; it's real, it's war and nobody is fooling around--isn't it sort of ridiculous to go crawling around in the weeds, throwing knives and maybe getting yourself killed . . . and even losing the war . . . when you've got a real weapon you can use to win? What's the point in a whole lot of men risking their lives with obsolete weapons when one professor type can do so much more just by pushing a button?'
Zim didn't answer at once, which wasn't like him at all. Then he said softly, 'Are you happy in the Infantry, Hendrick? You can resign, you know.'
Hendrick muttered something; Zim said, 'Speak up!'
I'm not itching to resign, sir. I'm going to sweat out my term.'
I see. Well, the question you asked is one that a sergeant isn't really qualified to answer . . . and one that you shouldn't ask me. You're supposed to know the answer before you join up. Or you should. Did your school have a course in History and Moral Philosophy?'
What? Sure--yes, sir.'
Then you've heard the answer. But I'll give you my own--unofficial--views on it. If you wanted to teach a baby a lesson, would you cuts its head off?'
Why . . . no, sir!'
Of course not. You'd paddle it. There can be circumstances when it's just as foolish to hit an enemy with an H-Bomb as it would be to spank a baby with an ax. War is not violence and killing, pure and simple; war is controlled violence, for a purpose. The purpose of war is to support your government's decisions by force. The purpose is never to kill the enemy just to be killing him . . . but to make him do what you want him to do. Not killing . . . but controlled and purposeful violence. But it's not your business or mine to decide the purpose of the control. It's never a soldier's business to decide when or where or how--or why--he fights; that belongs to the statesmen and the generals. The statesmen decide why and how much; the generals take it from there and tell us where and when and how. We supply the violence; other people--"older and wiser heads," as they say--supply the control. Which is as it should be. That's the best answer I can give you. If it doesn't satisfy you, I'll get you a chit to go talk to the regimental commander. If he can't convince you--then go home and be a civilian! Because in that case you will certainly never make a soldier.”
Source: Starship Troopers
“If we can use our problems and illnesses as opportunities to think about how we can change our lives, we have power.”
Source: The Power Is Within You
“If we can use technology to shorten the path between intention and action, that excites me.”
“If we can write or sing or create in some way, even when we are dealing with difficulties or pain, then it becomes something bigger than ourselves — and often beautiful.”
“If we can't "love the sinner; hate the sin" then how can we relate to ourselves? Love who we are in Christ but still hate the sin remaining.”
“If we can't accept what we don't know, there really is no hope.”
Source: The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry
“If we can't alter the tide of events, at least we can be nearby with towels to mop up.”
“If we can't be cordial to these creatures' fleece, I think that we deserve to freeze.”
Source: Complete Poems
“If we can't be free at least we can be cheap.”
“If we can't be true to ourselves, what can we be true to?”
“If we can't begin to agree on fundamentals, such as the elimination of the most abusive forms of child labor, then we really are not ready to march forward into the future.”
“If we can't come together, and have conversations and understand our biases and understand that hate, none of us are really the good guys here.”
“If we can't even spend a short amount of time each day with God in solitude, our spiritual formation will be seriously stunted.”
“If we can't export the scenery, we'll import the tourists.”
“If we can't express what we know in the form of numbers, we really don't know much about it.”
“If we can't face death, we'll never overcome it. You have to look it straight in the eye. Then you can turn around and walk back out into the light.”
“If we can't face it, God can't fix it.”
“If we can't find cuts in the defense budget, we're not looking carefully enough.”
“If we can't get back to principles and integrity and it's reduced just the interest of calculation and Machiavellian manipulation, we are in deep trouble.”