I Quotes
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“If we were to start today on an organized and well-supported space program I believe a practical passenger rocket can be built and tested within ten years.”
“If we were to suppose that mankind never can or will be in a better condition, it seems impossible to justify by any kind of theodicy the mere fact that such a race of corrupt beings could have been created on earth at all.”
Source: An Answer to the Question: What Is Enlightenment?
“If we were to talk about a list of betrayals of humanity, reactionary counter-revolutions against progressive-revolutions would be quite high on the list!”
“If we were to tally all of the potential that was never unleashed throughout the history of mankind, and if that tally was somehow held up in front of us, I would hope against all hope that it would horrify us to a point of such despair that we would be driven to insure that such a tragedy would never be given any shred of space anywhere in our own lives nor in the lives of any life that we might touch for the rest of our lives.”
“If we were to tell you to deliberately spend ten minutes every day envisaging yourself being very ill, you'd quite rightly refuse to do it. Most people know that's a bad idea - yet those same people may spend time every day worrying about their health.”
“If we were to trace the arc of this resplendent moment to its uncertain trajectory, we might arrive at a time 10,000 years hence in which our story is likely to be told, albeit in the past tense, with the requisite degree of speculation and inconsistency and according to the values, perceptions and prevailing paradigms swirling about its storyteller—who, most certainly, would be just as alien and unseemly to us as we, in our primitive ways, would seem to him... Of course, we can suppose there to be some level of idealization in the storytelling—even if he...were to examine fastidiously all records of our associations, contracts, interactions, transactions and endeavors, he would still come away with his own set of presumptions, in a manner, no different than the sort to be drawn away through the course of taking epistemological preference. Certain facts, agreements and events will unduly be assigned a preponderance of emphasis whilst others, though critical in their own time and to its chief actors, will be glossed over for their lack of sexiness to the keen observer of historical fact. Certain moments will be lost and others manufactured in their place, and these conscripted fabrications will define future idealizations of this moment of time—this, as you are sure to find, deeply critical moment in the history of our species.”
Source: Inward and Toward
“If we were to understand how important it is to say something and say it well, maybe we wouldn’t write a single word, but that would be tragic.”
Source: The Sun Watches the Sun
“If we were to use the success of 'Need You Now' as the barometer for every other song, then we'll probably be highly disappointed. That song will probably undoubtedly be the biggest song of our career. We can hopefully have success for 20 years, but we may not ever have the success of that one particular song again.”
“If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we would find some other causes for prejudice by noon.”
“If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land. Within a few months.”
“If we were truly created by God, why do we occasionally bite the insides of our mouths?”
“If we were united and strong, we'd elect our own emir (leader) and give allegiance to him... Take my word, if 6-8 million Muslims unite in America, the country will come to us.”
“If we weren't down near Hell, then the biggest demons wouldn't be running the show.”
“If we weren’t running late already, I’d pull this truck onto a dirt road and show her just what she does to me.”
Source: Fighting Fire
“If we weren't all crazy, we'd just go insane.”
“If we weren't born with anti-social passions - narcissism, envy, lust, meanness, greed, hunger for power, just to name the more obvious - why the need for so many laws, whether religious or secular, that govern behavior?”
Source: A Dark Time in America
“If we weren't doing remakes, nobody would know who Shakespeare was. I'm not saying that RoboCop is Shakespeare, but it's a way we're retelling. That's what we do as human beings. We retell our favorite stories.”
“If we weren't so dirt-conscious, we would obtain adequate vitamin B12 from soil, air, water, and bacteria, but we meticulously wash and peel our vegetables now - and with good reason, as we can't be sure our soil is not contaminated with pesticides and herbicides.”
“If we who have the Holy Spirit living and working within us falter and fail, what hope is there for the rest of the world?”
Source: Billy Graham in Quotes
“If we who self-designate ourselves with terms like "Catholic," "Orthodox," "Protestant," "Evangelical," "Charismatic," "Pentecostal" and others would fully surrender ourselves to The Holy Spirit, we could stop focusing on the secondary words we use to describe the primary experience of The Holy Spirit.”
Source: Beyond Beliefs
“If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.”
Source: I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau
“If we will be true and faithful to our principles, committed to a life of honesty and integrity, then no king or contest or fiery furnace will be able to compromise us. For the success of the kingdom of God on earth, may we stand as witnesses for Him "at all times and in all things, and in all places that we may be in, even until death."”
“If we will build righteous traditions in our families, the light of the gospel can grow ever brighter in the lives of our children from generation to generation. We can look forward to that glorious day when we will all be united together as eternal family units to reap the everlasting joy promised by our Eternal Father for His righteous children.”
“If we will but let our God and Father work His will with us, there can be no limit to His enlargement of our existence”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated)
“If we will concentrate on the best, that element will grow until it sparkles.”
“If we will disbelieve everything, because we cannot certainly know all things, we shall do much what as wisely as he who would not use his legs, but sit still and perish, because he had no wings to fly.”
Source: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
“If we will do our part and take a strong stand for our families, God will do His part. He'll help us to have great marriages and great relationships with our parents and children.”
Source: It's Your Time and Become a Better You Boxed Set
“If we will eat the egg, little need to debate whether the shell must go.”
Source: The worm Ouroboros
“If we will have the kindness of others, we must endure their follies.”
Source: The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752
“If we will imagine the thing we want and do our part to “be in the right place at the right time,” there isn’t anything we can’t do, be, or attain.”
“If we will maintain our hope and confidence in the genius of our people, they will work out this problem, and their ability and industry will bring us back to normal conditions.”
“If we will make use of prayer to call down upon ourselves and others those things which will glorify the name of God, then we shall see the strongest and boldest promises of the Bible about prayer fulfilled. Then we shall see such answers to prayer as we had never thought were possible.”
Source: Prayer
“If we will measure other people's corn in our own bushel, let us first take it to the Divine standard, and have it sealed.”
“If we will not do the little things like change a diaper, swaddle our young one, or sit down and play with them, why would we think we can be intentional with the large things in their life? Here is a little bit of wisdom. In order to have the relationship for those hard midnight kitchen-counter conversations, there has to be trust. Trust is developed over time. Changing diapers and doing the little things through the infant and toddler years develops in your child a sense of trust. These are little things to you, but very big things to them. As time goes on, these little frequent tasks will turn into larger and not-as-often ones. Are we willing to be prepared?”
Source: Reviving Fatherhood: Guiding Every Dad from First Steps to Lasting Legacy
“If we will not endure a king as a political power, we should not endure a king over the production, transportation, and sale of any of the necessaries of life.”
“If we will not learn out of the Scriptures, we must learn out of the Turk’s scabbard, until we find in our hurt that Christians are not to make war or resist evil. Fools must be chased with clubs.”
Source: On War Against the Turk
“If we will not learn to eat the only food that the universe grows...then we must starve eternally.”
“If we will only allow that, as we progress, we remain unsure, we will leave opportunities for alternatives.”
“If we will only think, we shall begin to thank.”
“If we will put our trust in the Lord, he will help us through our difficulties, whatever they my be.”
“If we will take care of today, God will take care of the morrow.”
Source: Truth Called Them Differently: (Tagore-Gandhi Controversy)
“If we will take the good we find, asking no questions, we shall have heaping measures. The great gifts are not got by analysis. Everything good is on the highway. The middle region of our being is the temperate zone.”
Source: The Portable Emerson: New Edition
“If we will turn to God in prayer, and if we will seek His comfort through His Words in the Bible, we will find our hearts and minds healed.”
Source: Waiting with God: 31 Days to Finding Answers for Unanswered Prayers
“If we will walk humbly with our God, He will lead us by the hand to exactly who and what we need, to those people, things, and experiences He has designed and intended for us, and this alone will be the cause of our deep fulfillment and happiness.”
Source: Rediscover Catholicism: A Spiritual Guide to Living with Passion & Purpose
“If we win all those fights, and now let's say the income gap, and the wealth gap, and the education gap have for the most part been closed - let's say hypothetically, , first of all, America as a whole would be a lot richer.”
“If we win by losing ourselves, by losing what we were fighting for, then we never really win.”
Source: Fear University
“If we win or lose, it all happens in our minds, it starts and ends right there”
“If we win, I don't care if I get 20 boards or five boards.”
“If we win, I'm happy. The rest of it is just stuff.”
“If we win, nobody will care. If we lose, there will be nobody to care.”
Source: The Churchill War Papers: The Ever-Widening War 1941