I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If you cannot be merciful, at least speak as though you are a sinner. If you are not a peacemaker, at least do not be a troublemaker. If you cannot be assiduous, at least in your thought be like a sluggard. If you are not victorious, do not exalt yourself over the vanquished. If you cannot close the mouth of a man who disparages his companion, at least refrain from joining him in this.- St. Isaac the Syrian”
“If you cannot be on the project each day to check on things, then you should not try and be your own contractor.”
“If you cannot be open-minded, then you do not possess your ideas, your ideas possess you.”
“If you cannot be positive, then at least be quiet.”
“If you cannot be the master of your language, you must be its slave.”
“If you cannot be the master of your language, you must be its slave. If you cannot examine your thoughts, you have no choice but to think them, however silly they may be.”
“If you cannot be yourself in a relationship, you no longer have one.”
Source: How to Have a Match Made in Heaven
“If you cannot bear it, there’s always the knife.
Suicide, and back into Satan’s hands.
He wished he didn’t know the shiver that crept up his neck was desire and not terror. Back into his hands whenever he wants you. And you cannot pretend you did it for Will.”
Source: Ink and Steel
“If you cannot bear our pain, you are not fit to carry our strength.”
Source: Wonder Woman: Warbringer
“If you cannot bear the silence and the darkness, do not go there; if you dislike black night and yawning chasms, never make them your profession. If you fear the sound of water hurrying through crevices toward unknown and mysterious destinations, do not consider it. Seek out the sunshine. It is a simple prescription. Avoid the darkness.”
Source: The Night Country: A Library of America eBook Classic
“If you cannot bear these stories then the society is unbearable. Who am I to remove the clothes of this society, which itself is naked. I don't even try to cover it, because it is not my job, that's the job of dressmakers.”
“If you cannot bow to Buddha, you cannot be a Buddha. It is arrogance.”
“if you cannot but weep when your soul summons you to prayer, she should spur you again and yet again, though weeping, until you shall come laughing”
Source: Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces
“If you cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen.”
“If you cannot change your condition, change your perception.”
“If you cannot close the mouth of one who reviles his brother, at least avoid conversation with him.”
“If you cannot come to the party, do not cancel at the last minute or give a message to a child to inform the host. And don't bother explaining why you can't attend because anything after 'because' is bullshit.”
“If you cannot compose another’s joy, let your kindness become the quiet strength that lightens their sorrow.”
Source: The Light in the Heart
“If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to those who can.”
“If you cannot control your emotions, you cannot control your money.”
“If you cannot convince a Fascist, acquaint his head with the pavement.”
“If you cannot cope with Bitcoin when it dips 20 percent, you don’t deserve Bitcoin when it moons 200 percent or more. You have got to love the upward and downward trends. It must excite and inspire you.”
“If you cannot distinguish religion from fundamentalism, if you cannot distinguish spirituality from superstition, if you cannot distinguish science from insensitivity, if you cannot distinguish psychology from manipulation, do not call yourself human.”
Source: Nazmahal: Palace of Grace
“If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.”
Source: The Law of Success
“If you cannot endure to be thought in the wrong, you will begin to do terrible things to make the wrong appear right.”
Source: Leaving the Surface
“If you cannot explain it simply, you do not understand it enough.”
“If you cannot fail, you cannot learn.”
Source: The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses
“If you cannot feed one hundred hungry people, then just feed one really well.”
“If you cannot fill the gap and emptiness in your heart, don’t be disappointed. If you had already filled it, your life would have meant finished.”
“If you cannot find a good companion to walk with, walk alone, like an elephant roaming the jungle. It is better to be alone than to be with those who will hinder your progress.”
“If you cannot find a group whose consciousness matches your own, be the source of one. Others of like consciousness will be drawn to you.”
Source: The Complete Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue
“if you cannot find a reason to smile, then be unreasonable and smile.”
Source: Specks of Shadows, Flecks of Light
“If you cannot find a soul mate, at least find a foul mate”
Source: LOVE, HATRED AND MADNESS
“If you cannot find an element of Humour in something, your not taking it seriously enough.”
“If you cannot find beauty in the midst of ugliness to find heaven on earth, you will not be able to find heaven in space.”
“If you cannot find Christ in the beggar at the church door, you will not find Him in the chalice.”
“If you cannot find peace in yourself, it is useless to look for it elsewhere.”
“If you cannot find peace where you stand you shall not find it where you land.”
Source: From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence
“If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.”
“If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?”
“If you cannot find time to pray, ask for forgiveness. Ask to be cleansed of the sin of having no time to pray ...
It could be that Satan is pushing you into too much work so that you cannot take time to pray.”
“If you cannot find yourself on the page very early in life, you will go looking for yourself in all the wrong places.”
“If you cannot forgive others, you break the bridge over which you must pass yourself. Make sure you are always building bridges and not walls because those walls may be blocking your progress.”
Source: Broken Families: How to get rid of toxic people and live a purposeful life
“If you cannot forgive yourself, you will have a hard time to believe in yourself again.
From (The Awakening)”
“If you cannot free people from their wrongs and see them as the needy people they are, you enslave yourself to your own painful past and by fastening yourself to the past, you let your hate become your future.”
“If you cannot get along with yourself, you'll never be able to get along with other people.”
Source: It's Your Time and Become a Better You Boxed Set
“if you cannot get it all right, don't get it all wrong”
“If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.”
“if you cannot get what you want, common sense suggests that you should put your mind to wanting what you can get.”
“If you cannot get your initial point across without using a powerpoint, it may be time to revisit your messaging.”