I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If we do destroy most life on this planet, science says it won't be the first time.”
“If we do discover a complete theory, it should be in time understandable in broad principle by everyone. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and just ordinary people be able to take part in the discussion of why we and the universe exist.”
Source: A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes
“If we do discover more than one type of life on Earth, we can be fairly certain that the universe is teeming with it, for it would be inconceivable that life started twice here but never on all the other earth-like planets.”
“If we do even one extra knot on our prayer rope, our guardian angel will record it; a few prayers or good thoughts will be stored up for later. Christ saves up all these things, and when the time comes for us to depart for the next life, we will take them and go to Christ.”
Source: Words of the Heart
“If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, there's still a 30% chance we're going to get it wrong.”
“If we do everything that’s comfortable, then what we come up with is just kind of a boring, comfortable result.”
“If we do have any iPhone users out there, I have incredibly great news for you. I've developed after about six months and finally perfected and it'll be out on the market soon, an app that you'll all want. It allows you to make a phone call.”
“If we do have realistic confidence in our mind and value, if we feel secure within ourselves, we tend to experience the world as open to us and to respond appropriately to challenges and opportunities.”
“If we do it we do it together. You and me against the world Princes”
Source: Twisted Games
“If we do it, if we work to achieve all this [cultural exchange with Japan], we can and should talk about joint efforts toward ensuring international security, and not only in the Far East.”
“If we do more with less, our response will be adequate to take care of everybody.”
“If we do not abide in prayer, we will abide in temptation.”
Source: Overcoming Temptation and Sin
“If we do not abide in prayer, we will abide in temptation. Let this be one aspect of our daily intercession: "God, preserve my soul, and keep my heart and all its ways so that I will not be entangled." When this is true in our lives, a passing temptation will not overcome us. We will remain free while others lie in bondage.”
Source: Triumph Over Temptation: Pursuing a Life of Purity
“If we do not act now to strengthen Social Security, the system that so many depend upon today will be unable to meet its promises to tomorrow's retirees, and it will burden our children and grandchildren with exhaustive taxes.”
“If we do not act to curb climate change immediately, we will leave our children and grandchildren an unrecognizable planetIt is the poor, those least responsible for climate change and least able to afford adaptation, who would suffer the most.”
“If we do not act together, we will surely perish.”
“If we do not allow for a rhythm of rest in our overly busy lives, illness becomes our Sabbath— our pneumonia, our cancer, our heart attack, our accidents create Sabbath for us.”
Source: Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal, and Delight in Our Busy Lives
“If we do not allow free thinking in chemistry or biology, why should we allow it in morals or politics?”
“If we do not allow ourselves to fall short of our goals from time to time, it may cause us to avoid our goals altogether.”
“If we do not alter with the times, the times yet alter us. We may stand perfectly still, but our surroundings shift round and we are not in the same relationship to them for long; just as a chameleon, matching perfectly the greenness of a leaf, should know that the leaf will one day fade.”
Source: A Game of Hide and Seek
“If we do not appreciate the sensitivity and subtlety of the human heart, how can we appreciate the sensitivity and subtlety of the natural world?”
Source: The Shambhala Principle: Discovering Humanity's Hidden Treasure
“If we do not bear the cross of the Master, we will have to bear the cross of the world, with all its earthly goods. Which cross have you taken up? Pause and consider.”
“If we do not become changed from the inside-out - if we don't morph - we will be tempted to find external methods to satisfy our need to feel that we're different from those outside the faith. If we cannot be transformed, we will settle for being informed or conformed.”
Source: The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People
“If we do not begin to practice the muscles of having a possessive investment in each other's oppressions, then we are in some serious trouble.”
“If we do not believe in ourselves- neither in our efficacy nor in our goodness- the universe is a frightening place.”
Source: Power of Self Esteem
“If we do not believe within ourselves this deeply rooted feeling that there is something higher than ourselves, we shall never find the strength to evolve into something higher.”
“If we do not catch men, we are in great danger of losing even the desire to catch them. Our purposed activity is in peril of becoming a dream.”
“If we do not change our negative habits toward climate change, we can count on worldwide disruptions in food production, resulting in mass migration, refugee crises and increased conflict over scarce natural resources like water and farm land. This is a recipe for major security problems.”
“If we do not cling to riches, selfishness or greed - then I believe we are getting closer to God.”
“If we do not commend the Gospel to people by our holy walk and conversation, we shall not win them to Christ. Some little act of kindness will perhaps do more to influence them than any number of long sermons.”
“If we do not control our minds with our Buddha nature, do not practice seriously, are not honest to ourselves and do not examine our behaviors strictly, we will definitely be possessed by Maya. Being possessed does not necessary mean that we become delirious or our faces become horribly distorted. When we do not walk on the right path, we will be walking on Maya's path.”
“If we do not create inner peace, outer peace is not possible.”
“If we do not defend ourselves none will defend us; if we yield we will be more and more pressed as we recede; and if we submit we will be trampled under foot. I hold concession or compromise to be fatal. If we concede an inch, concession would follow compromise, until our ranks would be so broken that effectual resistance would be impossible.”
“If we do not design policies to halt, and then reverse population growth, Nature by default will soon exact a most punishing solution”
“If we do not desire to work in order to receive these things, God will be powerless to help us”
“If we do not die for liberty, we shall soon have nothing left to do but weep for her.”
“If we do not die to ourselves, we cannot live to God, andhe that does not live to God, is dead.”
Source: The Complete Works of George MacDonald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Theological Writings & Essays (Illustrated): The Princess and the Goblin, Phantastes, At the Back of the North Wind, Lilith, England’s Antiphon, David Elginbrod, Malcolm, The Light Princess, The Golden Key and many more
“If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.”
“If we do not do something to help these creatures, we make a mockery of the whole concept of justice.”
“If we do not do something to prevent it, Africa's animals, and the places in which they live, will be lost to our world, and her children, forever. Before it is too late, we need your help to lay the foundation that will preserve this precious legacy long after we are gone.”
“If we do not do the impossible, we shall be faced with the unthinkable.”
“If we do not do this our churches will lighthouses without light, wells without water, dumb witnesses, sleeping watchmen, silent trumpets, messengers without tidings, a comfort for infidels, jubilant joys to the devil, and an offense to God.”
“If we do not embrace an enchanted cosmos - the weird stuff - we miss the fullness of reality, the fullness of God, and we will never be able to embrace the mystery of our own lives, our tangled questions that will not find answers. To endure mystery, we have to learn to surf the teeming waves of wonder.”
Source: Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
“If we do not end war - war will end us. Everybody says that, millions of people believe it, and nobody does anything.”
“If we do not exert the right of eating our neighbor, it is because we have other means of making good cheer”
Source: The Portable Voltaire
“If we do not feel grateful for what we already have, what makes us think we'd be happy with more.”
“If we do not feel like praying, then we should pray until we do feel like praying.”
Source: The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson
“If we do not fill our mind with prayer, it will fill itself with anxieties, worries, temptations, resentments, and unwelcome memories.”
Source: Signs of Life: 40 Catholic Customs and Their Biblical Roots
“If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.”
“If we do not find happiness in the present moment, in what shall we find it?”
Source: The miscellaneous works of Oliver Goldsmith