I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If you are going to be a doubter, I don't need your negative energy.”
“If you are going to be a great investor, you have to fit the style to who you are.”
“If you are going to be a leader, you must have a record where people saw you are standing up against injustice at a risk. Then that builds up your stock of credibility so that, when you speak on another occasion about a different thing, people will pay attention.”
“If you are going to be a lifelong buyer of food, you welcome falling prices and deplore price increases. So should it be with investments.”
Source: University of Berkshire Hathaway: 30 Years of Lessons Learned from Warren Buffett & Charlie Munger at the Annual Shareholders Meeting
“If you are going to be a mediator or arbitrator you have to be in the middle between the two sides; you cannot take sides only with one party.”
“If you are going to be a successful duck hunter, you must go where the ducks are.”
“If you are going to be a writer there is nothing I can say to stop you; if you're not going to be a writer nothing I can say will help you. What you really need at the beginning is somebody to let you know that the effort is real.”
“If you are going to be catty, you have to be careful with whom you do it, and in what manner! It's the kind of behavior that is best kept behind closed doors.”
“If you are going to be courageous, an example for all those who are ready to step into their power, then you must be willing to show the world all of who you are. You must have the guts to throw off the chains of modesty and mediocrity in order to be the light that the world needs.”
“If you are going to be diagnosed with a disease, it is preferable to be diagnosed with one that is treatable.”
“If you are going to be in business, you must learn about money: how it works, how it flows, and how to put it to work for you.”
Source: Wealth for All: Living a Life of Success at the Edge of Your Ability
“If you are going to be on TV for however many years, you want to make sure that you have writers that are giving you something to work with, and I got that in spades.”
“If you are going to be progressive, then you have to make progress. And that sometimes depends on breaking a few legs.”
“If you are going to be rude, be quick about it.”
“If you are going to be successful, you have to start hanging out with the successful people.”
“If you are going to be successful, you have to start hanging out with the successful people. You need to ask them to share their success strategies with you. Then try them on and see if they fit for you. Experiment with doing what they do, reading what they read, thinking the way they think, and so on. If the new ways of thinking and behaving work, adopt them. If not, drop them, and keep looking and experimenting.”
“If you are going to be successful, you need to give up the phrase, "I can't" & all of its cousins, such as "I wish I were able to.”
“If you are going to be underestimated by people who speak more rapidly, the temptation is to speak slowly and strategically and outwit them.”
“If you are going to be used by God, He will take you through a number of experiences that are not meant for you personally at all. They are designed to make you useful in His hands, and to enable you to understand what takes place in the lives of others.”
Source: My Utmost for His Highest
“If you are going to be with someone all the time, they need to be your best friend.”
“If you are going to bluff, make it a big one.”
“If you are going to break a Law of Art, make the crime interesting.”
“If you are going to build something in the air it is always better to build castles than houses of cards.”
“If you are going to call yourself a Christian - and I don't - then you have to ask yourself a fundamental question, and that is: Whom would Jesus torture? Whom would Jesus drag around on a dog's leash? How can Christians tolerate it? It is unconscionable. It has put our young men and women who are over there, fighting a war that they should not have been asked to fight - it has put them in greater danger.”
“If you are going to change the world, it will be from leveraging your strengths; if you are going to achieve healthy relationships and inner peace, it will be from managing your weaknesses.”
“If you are going to develop beast technology, you want to start by having cage technology. You want to make the rules first, you know.”
“If you are going to devote your time to do something you claim you love, take this thought; "is this going to send me any far? How far can it send me? This is planning.”
Source: Dream big!: See your bigger picture!
“If you are going to devote your time to do something you claim you love, take this thought; "is this what I was sent to do? What do I have to have it do well?" This is potential.”
Source: Dream big!: See your bigger picture!
“If you are going to do a film properly you have to give yourself completely to it.”
“If you are going to do anything, you must expect criticism. But it's better to be a doer than a critic. The doer moves; the critic stands still, and is passed by.”
“If you are going to do kaizen continuouslyyou've got to assume that things are a mess. Too many people just assume that things are all right the way they are. Aren't you guys convinced that the way you're doing things is the right way? That's no way to get anything done. Kaizen is about changing the way things are. If you assume that things are all right the way they are, you can't do kaizen. So change something!”
“If you are going to do large-scale invention, you have to be willing to do three things: You must be willing to fail; you have to be willing to think long term; and you have to be willing to be misunderstood for long periods of time.”
“If you are going to do something stupid, then at least be smart about it.”
“If you are going to do something that will annoy people, tell them about it afterwards; then they will only be annoyed that you have done it, and won't have all the exasperation of trying to stop you.”
Source: The Singing Gold
“If you are going to do something that you have to lie about, don't do it, it's very simple.”
“If you are going to do something truly innovative, you have to be someone who does not value social approval. You can’t need social approval to go forward.”
“If you are going to do something truly innovative, you have to be someone who does not value social approval. You can't need social approval to go forward. Otherwise, how would you ever do the thing that you are doing?”
“If you are going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it.”
“If you are going to do something, do it now. Tomorrow is too late.”
“If you are going to do that, would you mind not jostling the bed so much?' came a sarcastic voice near the head board. 'Perhaps you could roll around on the floor.”
Source: The Iron Daughter
“If you are going to do TPS you must do it all the way. You also need to change the way you think. You need to change how you look at things.”
“If you are going to doubt someone, then do so all the way to the end. The Lord calls that awareness. Do not doubt anyone if you are going to start doubting him and then stop. It is better not to leave home if you are going to leave for Kashi and return from half way from Mathura.”
Source: Life Without Conflict
“If you are going to doubts, don't dream. If you are going to dream, don't doubt. If you are not dreaming, you are not really living. When we learn how to dream, we learn how to be FREE.”
Source: Liberian Son
“If you are going to emphasize certain words in the headline, be sure that they are the words that say something.”
“If you are going to engage in fraud with me, you should expect me to research your frauds.”
“If you are going to err, err on the side of mercy.”
“If you are going to experience the ecstasy of enlightenment, it is not just going to be a phrase. You've got to work during meditation. So back to the navel center!”
“If you are going to fight Gender Based Violence. Fighting it . It doesn't start when you see two opposite gender fighting , but it start with you. On how do you speak to other people. What do you say to other people and how do you behave or act around other people. How do you address other people and how do you respond to other people.”
“IF you are going to fight, don't let them talk you into negotiating. But, if you are going to negotiate, don't let them talk you into fighting.”
“If you are going to flip something, you must have the courage of your convictions.”