I Quotes
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“If you are on time you are a slave, if you are late you are free”
“If you are on to something creative, school can also inhibit you. The wrong teacher, man, can really mess you up.”
“If you are one of earth’s inhabitants, how blest your father, and your gentle mother, blest all your kin. I know what happiness must send the warm tears to their eyes, each time they see their wondrous child go to the dancing! But one man’s destiny is more than blest—he who prevails, and takes you as his bride. Never have I laid eyes on equal beauty in man or woman. I am hushed indeed.”
“If you are one of the hewers of wood and drawers of small weekly paychecks, your letters will have to contain some few items of news or they will be accounted dry stuff.... But if you happen to be of a literary turn of mind, or are, in any way, likely to become famous, you may settle down to an afternoon of letter-writing on nothing more sprightly in the way of news than the shifting of the wind from south to south-east.”
“If you are one of the truly elect, be careful how you attain your eminence.”
“If you are one of those lucky persons who own a pen that writes underwater, you might try living in a swimming pool.”
“If you are one of those people who believe that hard work and honesty alone will bring riches-perish the thought; because it's not true. Riches, when they come in huge quantities, are never the result of hard work. Riches come if they come at all, in response to definite demands, based upon the application of definite principles, and not by chance or luck.”
Source: Think and Grow Rich, Updated and Complete - With If You Can Count to Four...
“If you are one of those people who can’t hold a lot in mind at once—you lose focus and start daydreaming in lectures, and have to get to someplace quiet to focus so you can use your working memory to its maximum—well, welcome to the clan of the creative. Having a somewhat smaller working memory means you can more easily generalize your learning into new, more creative combinations. Because your learning new, more creative combinations. Having a somewhat smaller working memory, which grows from the focusing abilities of the prefrontal cortex, doesn’t lock everything up so tightly, you can more easily get input from other parts of your brain. These other areas, which include the sensory cortex, not only are more in tune with what’s going on in the environment, but also are the source of dreams, not to mention creative ideas. You may have to work harder sometimes (or even much of the time) to understand what’s going on, but once you’ve got something chunked, you can take that chunk and turn it outside in and inside round—putting it through creative paces even you didn’t think you were capable of!
Here’s another point to put into your mental chunker: Chess, that bastion of intellectuals, has some elite players with roughly average IQs. These seemingly middling intellects are able to do better than some more intelligent players because they practice more. That’s the key idea. Every chess player, whether average or elite, grows talent by practicing. It is the practice—particularly deliberate practice on the toughest aspects of the material—that can help lift average brains into the realm of those with more “natural” gifts. Just as you can practice lifting weights and get bigger muscles over time, you can also practice certain mental patterns that deepen and enlarge in your mind.”
“If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.”
“If you are only born once, you will die twice. But if you are born twice, you will only die once.”
“If you are only concerned with international issues and/or the power of some lobbies that are influencing American policy, then you are isolating yourselves. You are powerless in your mind when you don't understand the meaning and quality of your own real power.”
“If you are only getting two takes and you are on a crazy set where there is a lot of noise and distractions and it is hard to focus - that is frustrating. But I don't mind two takes if there is a healthy respect with the work going on with the actors.”
“If you are only moved by color relationships, you are missing the point. I am interested in expressing the big emotions - tragedy, ecstasy, doom.”
“If you are only skeptical, then no new ideas make it through to you.”
Source: Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
“If you are only skeptical, then no new ideas make it through to you. You become a crotchety old person convinced that nonsense is ruling the world. (There is, of course, much data to support you.) But every now and then, a new idea turns out to be on the mark, valid and wonderful. If you are too much in the habit of being skeptical about everything, you are going to miss or resent it, and either way you will be standing in the way of understanding and progress.”
“If you are only what you are, You at least have a chance Not to outsmart, But be on a par with yourself And that is worth trying.”
“If you are open to life’s lessons and do not feed on beliefs and prejudices, you are like a blank sheet of paper on which God writes his messages to you in holy ink.”
“If you are open to receiving the essential nature of life, its intelligence will flow through you like a great river.”
Source: Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life
“If you are open with someone, he will be open with you. If you want love from someone, give your love to him. If you want kind and sympathetic behavior from someone, be kind and sympathetic to him.”
“If you are open-minded and ready to learn, there are many things which you can learn not only from books and instructors but from the very life experience itself.”
“If you are opening a play, a play that's really about something, a play that's really about ideas, you have to find a way to sell that play.”
“If you are operating in a certain way and you are thinking in a certain direction, suddenly opportunities arise. And if you are open to it, if you are not locked into your style too much or to what you think works.”
“If you are opportunist, then you are already one step closer to achieve your target!”
“If you are opportunity oriented, you will find opportunities all around you. If you are problem oriented, you will see problems all around you.”
“If you are out in two races and someone else has a good couple of races, it could change. So all we do is try to get the optimum every time.”
“If you are out of trouble, watch for danger.”
Source: Sophocles
“If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.”
Source: Sophocles
“If you are out there shooting, things will happen for you. If you're not out there, you'll only hear about it.”
“If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.”
“If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.
On being reproached that his formula of gravitation was longer and more cumbersome than Newton's.”
“If you are pained by any external thing, it is not this that disturbs you, but your own judgment about it.”
Source: Marcus Aurelius and His Times
“If you are pained by any external thing, it is not this thing that disturbs you, but your own judgment about it. It is in your power to erase this judgment about it. If anything in your own nature gives you pain, you are who hinders you from correcting your opinion.”
“If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgement of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgement now.”
“If you are parent or guardian. Stop using children to further your career. To gain sympathy. To be famous . To get attention . To be remain relevant or to fulfill your dreams. The child has her/his dreams too.”
“If you are part of a religion that very strongly insists that you believe then to decide not to do that is quite a big hurdle to jump over. You never forget the thought process you went through. It becomes part of your whole intellectual picture.”
“If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you want to vote for ... but there are certain to be ones you want to vote against. In case of doubt, vote against. By this rule you will rarely go wrong.”
Source: Time Enough for Love
“If you are passed out drunk or if there is a gun to your head, it is the same crime. It is a crime where there is not consent. It is a felony. And we need to start making sure victims understand that, so they don't do the self blame.”
“If you are passionate about making an impact, do not befriend those who do not ignite your passion for success. Choose friends who can help you unlock your finesse.”
Source: The Kind of Substance You Need For Your Success
“If you are passionate about something, then give your whole soul to it, but be careful my friend, not to ignore that one person in pursuit of your goal, who has been your only support when everyone else mocked at you.”
“If you are passionate about something, that will enable you to be the best you can be.”
“If you are passionate and committed to your dreams, they will become more transparent and more realistic.”
Source: Exploring the Explosive Power of Big Dreams
“If you are passionate only about yourself -that is the road to disaster.”
“If you are passionate, be passionate about the highest, the most wonderful, and the most beautiful. Be passionate about this entire creation for everything is so beautiful.”
“If you are patient...and wait long enough...Nothing will happen”
“If you are paying money to see how other people are living. Then know that you are privileged.”
“If you are paying someone to motivate you (seriously), you should rather pay to a psychiatrist.”
“If you are penitent, you love. And if you love you are of God. All things are atoned for, all things are saved by love. If I, a sinner even as you are, am tender with you and have pity on you, how much more will God have pity upon you. Love is such a priceless treasure that you can redeem the whole world by it, and cleanse not only your own sins but the sins of others.”
“If you are perceived to be first ( a uniqueness ) , you tend to be remembered”
Source: Corporate Invisible Selling Behavioural Economics & More
“If you are perfect apart from your mistakes, you are complete else if you are perfect apart from your precision, you are whole”
“if you are perfectly willing to shock an individual verbally, the next thing you will be doing is to shock him practically.”
Source: Modes and Morals