I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If we exchange bombs for bread there will be less reason for wanting to kill us. I just want to have the conversation.”
“If we exchange one dollar, we both have one dollar each. But if we exchange one good thought, we both have two good thoughts”
“If we execute murderers and there is in fact no deterrent effect, we have killed a bunch of murderers. If we fail to execute murderers, and doing so would in fact have deterred other murders, we have allowed the killing of a bunch of innocent victims. I would much rather risk the former. This, to me, is not a tough call.”
“If we expect kids to be losers they will be losers; if we expect them to be winners they will be winners. They rise, or fall, to the level of the expectations of those around them, especially their parents and their teachers.”
“If we expect others to rely on our fairness and justice we must show that we rely on their fairness and justice.”
“If we expect our children to thrive at our colleges and universities, and succeed in our economy once they graduate - first we must make quality, affordable early childhood education accessible to all.”
“If we expect students to be winners and expect them to do well, they will rise to the occasion.”
“If we expect to identify ourselves in a second other but don’t recognize ourselves in our choice, living can turn into bitterness because the wheel of time has set another compass. When we understand that the chosen one is merely a fabrication of our imagination, the ivory tower of our expectations patently crumbles down. Only by revisiting and resetting our emotional construction do we ingrain its substance and viability. ( "Alpha and Omega")”
“If we expect to inherit the blessings of our Fathers, we should return a little more to their primitive Simplicity of Manners.”
Source: The Book of Abigail and John: Selected Letters of the Adams Family, 1762-1784
“If we expect to “know” the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, we may have a hard time seeing the whole picture, since the truth is a willful construction that allows us often merely to “guess”. ("Hinter der Mattscheibe")”
“If we expected self-reliance of family groups, if we expected hardiness and resilience and initiative on the part of individuals, and if we rewarded initiative instead of dependence on government, we would not only ameliorate many of the family-related social problems we see at present, but we would also reduce our vulnerability to terrorism. People who are hardy, resilient, and self reliant are a lot harder to terrorize.”
“If we experience any failures or setbacks, we do not forget them because they offend our self-esteem. Instead we reflect on them deeply, trying to figure out what went wrong and discern whether there are any patterns to our mistakes.”
Source: The Concise Mastery
“If we experienced life through the eyes of a child, everything would be magical and extraordinary. Let our curiosity, adventure and wonder of life never end.”
“If we expose kids to books and art, nothing but good can come from it.”
“If we extend our senses, we will consequently extend our knowledge.”
“If we face our unpleasant feelings with care, affection, and nonviolence, we can transform them into a kind of energy that is healthy and has the capacity to nourish us. By the work of mindful observation, our unpleasant feelings can illuminate so much for us, offering us insight and understanding into ourselves and society.”
Source: Wisdom from Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
“If we face recession, we should not lay off employees; the company should sacrifice a profit. It's management's risk and management's responsibility. Employees are not guilty; why should they suffer?”
“If we face the fact, for it is a fact, that there is no arm to cling to, but that we go alone and that our relation is to the world of reality and not only to the world of men and women.”
Source: A Room of One's Own: And, Three Guineas
“If we fail doing the right thing, it's not failure.”
Source: Cyber Shogun Revolution
“If we fail in this country, it is because we are too timid. If we lose our way in America, it is because we are too complacent. We must become conscious to the real threats before us and act creatively, imaginatively, now. We can no longer look to leadership beyond ourselves.”
“If we fail, let us fail greatly, for we know we've fought well.”
“If we fail now, we shall have forgotten in abundance what we learned in hardship: that democracy rests on faith, that freedom asks more than it gives, and that the judgment of God is harshest on those who are most favored.”
Source: U.S. Presidential Inaugural Addresses
“If we fail now, then we will have forgotten in abundance what we learned in hardship: that democracy rests on faith; freedom asks more than it gives; and the judgment of God is harshest on those who are most favored.”
“If we fail, then freedom fails.”
“If we fail to achieve our goals in Iraq - which the administration defines as a 'unified, stable, democratic and secure nation' - it won't be the fault of the ink-stained wretches or even their blow-dried TV counterparts. To argue otherwise deflects blame from those who deserve it, in the upper echelons of the administration and the armed forces. Perhaps that's the point.”
“If we fail to act, we will end up with a different planet.”
“If we fail to adapt, we fail to move forward.”
Source: Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success (Large Print 16pt)
“If we fail to appreciate the soul that Easternism gives us, then what we have is a disconnected, Greco-Roman, Western, egocentric, compartmentalized, reductionist, fragmented, linear thought process that counts on cleverness.”
“If we fail to do something, the people following us will have nothing to build upon”
“If we fail to encourage physical development and prowess, we will undermine our capcity for thought, for work, and for use of those skills vital to an expanding and complex America.”
“If we fail to feed the needy, we do not have God's love, no matter what we say. Regardless of what we do or say at 11am in a Sunday morn, affluent people who neglect the poor are not the people of God.”
“If we fail to forgive, we’re rejecting our own faith.”
“If we fail to give our time with those we love, one day we will live to regret it.”
“If we fail to instill a fixed sense of confidence in our children, we will raise handicapped children who have no handicap other than the conviction that they believe they do.”
“If we fail to interest, whether because we are dull and heavy, or because our hearers are so, we teach in vain.”
Source: Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion
“If we fail to learn from our trials and errors then we truly fail.”
“If we fail to look after others when they need help, who will look after us?”
“If we fail to lubricate our mental clockwork with new insights and perspectives, our cognitive texture becomes obsolete, and our ability to interpret and understand the world will be compromised. ("Drunken sailor")”
“If we fail to meet our problems here, no one else in the world will do so. If we fail, the heart goes out of progressives throughout the world.”
“If we fail to nourish our souls, they wither, and without soul, life ceases to have meaning.... The creative process shrivels in the absence of continual dialogue with the soul. And creativity is what makes life worth living.”
“If we fail to pray, we will have no power to prevail.”
“If we fail to provide boys with pro-social models of the transition to adulthood, they may construct their own. In some cases, gang initiation rituals, street racing, and random violence may be the result.”
Source: Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men
“If we fail to realize our full potential as human beings, we live more on an animalistic level. This is fine for dogs, cats, and chimpanzees but doesn't work quite so well for women and men. Without the capacity to freely shape our own lives, much as a sculptor might carve stone, we inevitably slip into negativity and depression.”
“If we fail to recognize there is a unified whole to Scripture, we will have only a pile of pieces. Simplistic slogans, formulas and catchphrases will not suffice in conveying the richness of the Scriptures.”
“if we fail to root ourselves in Scripture, our souls will be starved for Christ.”
Source: The Worship Kenbook
“If we fail to see that there are powers that cause people to be bowed down in bondage, we are going to fight the wrong battle.”
“If we fail to solve this moral and spiritual crisis we may be doomed like the great nations of the past.”
“If we fail to understand the biblical story of Jesus, we will compromise our prophetic interpretations of the end-times. And that's exactly what we've done.”
Source: The Little Book of Revelation: The First Coming of Jesus at the End of Days
“If we fail today, we might as well throw in the towel.
My ears hammer against the roarin’ crowd. We must stop the rallying call for a Nazi Party in America. The last thing we need in the middle of the Depression is a fascist party here to support the one the Nazis are building in Germany. Everyone’s still nursin’ their wounds from the Great War.”
Source: Newark Minutemen
“If we fail, let us try again and again until we succeed.”
Source: Speeches of the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, M. P.: With a Sketch of His Life