I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If you find your life of prayer to be always so short, and so easy, and so spiritual, as to be without cost and strain and sweat to you, you may depend upon it, you have not yet begun to pray.”
Source: The apostle Paul
“If you find your mind wandering away from your meditation, do not get frustrated. Simply bring your mind gently back to the technique. Trust yourself. With earnest effort you can master meditation.”
“If you find your opponent in a strong position costly to force, you should leave him a line of retreat as the quickest way of loosening his resistance. It should, equally, be a principle of policy, especially in war, to provide your opponent with a ladder by which he can climb down.”
“If you find your place you'll be immortal.”
Source: House of Day, House of Night
“If you find your sustenance in Christ, my dear young people, and if you live profoundly in him as did the Apostle Paul, you will not be able to resist speaking about him and making him known and loved by many of your friends and contemporaries.”
“If you find your truth you must follow it. You could find it in a paper bag, or in a statue, or in a slaughterhouse; you might find it dangling somewhere. People might say, What the heck are you doing? but its ok if they dont understand. And if you follow it, stay true to it, and respect it, you could be in store for the greatest journey you could ever imagine.”
“If you find your way out of the dark," said Bear. "remember to return with the light so that others might find their way out too.”
Source: Rabbit & Bear Make a Wish
“If you find your way under low light, that is good; if under utter darkness, that is excellent!”
“If you find yourself as a person in unfamiliar territory, you will grasp on to what is already familiar.”
“If you find yourself asking yourself (and your friends), "Am I really a writer? Am I really an artist?" chances are you are. The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.”
Source: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
“If you find yourself becoming tired or delirious while reading this volume, or if you
experience fever, chills, nausea or extreme softness, stop reading immediately. These can be
the first signs of Void Madness”
Source: Dr. Chuck Tingle's Complete Guide To The Void
“If you find yourself born in Barnsley and then set your sights on being Virginia Woolf it is not going to be roses all the way.”
“If you find yourself concentrating on the technology rather than the sociology, you're like the vaudeville character who loses his keys on a dark street and looks for them on the adjacent street because, as he explains, "The light is better there."”
“If you find yourself constantly overwhelmed by negative thinking and feeling, find a balance between what's not worth your energy and what needs healing.
- Charlie Prince”
Source: Soul Works - The Minds Journal Collection
“If you find yourself drawn to an event against all logic, go. The universe is telling you something.”
Source: My Life on the Road
“If you find yourself easily provoked,
then just change the channel.”
Source: Betelgeuse Incident: Insiden Bait Al-Jauza
“If you find yourself enamored by the genius of men I would suggest that you are too easily pleased and too quickly fooled.”
“If you find yourself engaged in an argument that only stirs anger in the heart, quickly make peace and carry on.”
Source: Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“If you find yourself engulfed in sadness in the valleys, ascend the mountains. The panoramic views from the top will offer a fresh perspective and change how you feel.”
Source: Coming to Grips with the Mountains and Valleys of This World
“If you find yourself explaining your worth, you've already forgotten your value.”
“If you find yourself focusing on negative scenarios, ask us angels to transmute this fearful energy into love.”
Source: Daily Guidance from Your Angels
“If you find yourself getting nervous stop and relax for three full breaths. Then take one small step, then another. That is how people get to the top of Everest.”
“If you find yourself imitating another writer, that doesn't have to be a bad thing, especially if you are a young or a new writer. However, you should be conscious of exactly how you are imitating him - word choice, sentence structure, motifs? - and think about why you're doing it.”
“If you find yourself in a discussion with someone who’s trying to deceive you, isn't allowing you to speak, or is obviously taking you through a preplanned argument, don’t play their game.”
Source: The Unused Path: Skills for living an authentic life
“If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly.”
“If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.”
“If you find yourself in a funk or feeling unmotivated with life, make a small goal. Start with a small area of chaos in your life. Make a short list of two or three things and check them off. This may help you feel like you are progressing. Wash the dishes, clean the closet, sweep the porch, organize your food pantry, or clean out your car.
You don’t need to go out and run a marathon. Instead, set a smaller goal. Walk 5,000 or 10,000 steps. In order to do that, you must start with one.”
“If You find yourself in a hole; stop digging.”
“If you find yourself in a movie that you have questions about, it's not a compromise to your integrity.”
“If you find yourself in a relationship or even a friendship with someone who's conflicted with their gender identity, just be kind. This is not a life choice. This is something that you are born with. This is like being born with a gene for being tall, short, black, white, gay, straight - it's not a choice.”
“If you find yourself in an interrogation room, you will probably do better if you have not spent a bit of time kneeling on a blood-soaked carpet. And it would be especially good if you didn't have any of that blood smeared on your clothing and your hands. I'm just saying. A word to the wise.”
Source: The Christie Curse
“If you find yourself in some difficulty, step aside, and allow Buddha to take your place. The Buddha is in you.”
Source: Buddha Mind, Buddha Body: Easyread Large Bold Edition
“If you find yourself in the middle of nowhere, allow your mind go everywhere.”
“If you find yourself lost in a sea of regrets
Swim for tomorrow or you’ll drown in yesterday.”
Source: Dirt Grenades and Other Explosive Parenting Moments
“If you find yourself lost in the woods, build a house. "Well, I was lost, but now I live here!"”
“If you find yourself loving any pleasure more than your prayers, any book better than the Bible, any house better than the house of the Lord, any table better than the Lord's table, any persons better than Christ, or any indulgence better than the hope of heaven – be alarmed.”
“If you find yourself mistreated, misunderstood, and mocked as a Christian, take heart, for so they did to the Christ.”
“If you find yourself perplexed, or perhaps in a quandary, remember that human growth is perpendicular. We grow up and we grow forward, we just have to keep on growing steadily in both ways.”
“If you find yourself possessing material and
professional accomplishments yet still harbor a lingering emptiness that dampens any sense of achievement or life satisfaction, consider it a sign that your soul yearns for service to a higher purpose—an essential need you may have overlooked”
Source: THE MODERN WORLD AGAINST THE HUMAN SOUL: Exploring modernity's impact on the human spirit and well-being
“If you find yourself pulled beyond all practicality toward doing something -- writing poetry, building a business, restoring old cars, planting a secret garden; if at four in the morning the right word comes to you, the perfect flower to plant in that particular spot -- you are playing your invisible instrument.”
Source: How Can We Keep from Singing: Music and the Passionate Life
“If you find yourself reacting or experiencing anger or frustration with a child, then use it as a gateway to shine light and love upon the lies you were taught by your parents and ultimately by your ancestors. Take responsibility and make amends with that child by apologizing as soon as possible. Explain that your anger was not their fault, that every person is responsible for their own emotions, and that your anger was your responsibility.”
Source: The Flower of Heaven: Opening the Divine Heart Through Conscious Friendship & Love Activism
“If you find yourself ruminating over a hurt and are not ready to forgive, shift to gratitude. Think about all that is good in your life and all that you appreciate.”
“If you find yourself running away from something and then suddenly you're isolated in a vacuum, then you have to deal with all the inherent truths and learning things about yourself and the people that are around you.”
“If you find yourself rushed or uttering the words, ‘I just don’t have enough time,’ stop and take a second. Is this actually true, or have you just committed to a lot of unnecessary things?...Your life is plenty long; just use it properly.”
Source: The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
“If you find yourself saying 'I can't do something', but you know it in your heart of hearts that if you do it, you're going to grow, you're going to be a better person, it's going to contribute to your family or to your kids or to something that matters, and you keep saying 'I can't do it,' there is no question—you must do it. You don't discuss it anymore. You just take immediate action... You do what's necessary.”
“If you find yourself saying things like, "I'm hitting the age where I'll need reading glasses," "I'm too old to try yoga (or some other activity)," or other such statements, make a conscious choice to shift your perspective and what you tell yourself about your body and age.”
“If you find yourself stuck in the middle there is only one way to go, forward.”
“If you find yourself suddenly mated to a werewolf, whatever you do, don't panic. Simply turn to Jen for assistance and she will give you a cool acronym to call him…because that's just so important.”
Source: Beyond the Veil
“If you find yourself talking to the police, my advice is to stay calm but look guilty; it's your safest bet.”
Source: Midnight Riot
“If you find yourself trapped inside a dimming world, remember it was always this dark inside the body. Where the heart, like any law, stops only for the living.
If you find yourself, then congratulations, your hands are yours to keep.”
Source: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous