I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If you have never been hurt by a word from God, it is probably that you have never heard God speak.”
“If you have never been tortured, or locked up and verbally threatened, you may find it hard to believe that anyone would confess to something he had not done. Intuition holds that the innocent do not make false confessions.”
“If you have never changed your mind about some fundamental tenet of your belief, if you have never questioned the basics, and if you have no wish to do so, then you are likely ignorant.”
“If you have never did a mistake, then death is impossibe, but then, death is a possible mistake.”
“If you have never done the job, how do you know what to want?”
“If you have never failed at anything, then you haven't been trying hard enough, aren't very imaginative, or have had such extraordinarily good luck that you have come to believe you are invincible.”
“If you have never failed you have never lived.”
“If you have never failed, you have never tried anything new.”
“If you have never felt or known the sheer power and strength of God's love, take another look at Jesus dying on the cross.”
“If you have never felt your soul poured out before the Lord with a consequent exhaustion, it is doubtful whether you have advanced far in the school of prayer.”
“If you have never had a garden you cannot understand, and if you have had a garden you will know that it would take a whole book to describe all that came to pass there.”
Source: The Secret Garden
“If you have never had any distractions you don't know how to pray.”
Source: On Christian Contemplation
“If you have never illuminated anyone's path in your life, then even a street lamp is more valuable than you!”
“If you have never known the power of God's love, then maybe it is because you have never asked to know it - I mean really asked, expecting an answer.”
“If you have never missed when investing, you haven't been in there trying.”
Source: Money Dynamics for the 1990s
“If you have never planted, then you cannot expect a great harvest”
“If you have never questioned set boundaries, or experienced conflict with your family members, you may not have an adult-to-adult connection with your family. If you have no other “best friends” than your family, you need to take a close look at those relationships. You may be afraid of becoming an autonomous adult.”
Source: Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life
“If you have never seen a masterpiece, look in the mirror.”
“If you have never seen beauty in a moment of suffering, you have never seen beauty at all. If you have never seen joy in a beautiful face, you have never seen joy at all.”
“If you have never suffered through it, then you don’t understand it. There are no exceptions.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“If you have never taken the train across Canada, you really should put it on your life list... Meanwhile, I get to sit back and watch for moose from the dome car as we roll through the lake-dotted vastness of the boreal forest.”
“If you have never tasted a braised vegetable, you'll find it is a revelation.”
Source: James Beard's Theory and Practice of Good Cooking
“If you have never tried a plant-based diet, start. If you've never juiced vegetables, start. If you've never taken vitamin C to saturation, start. If you have never done a half-hour fitness workout each day, start. But, there is no such thing as a free lunch, a quick fix or a magic wand to cure illness.”
“If you have never truly questioned what you believe, I would question whether you truly believe it.”
“If you have never visited the valleys, the view from the mountain top is not breathtaking.”
Source: Who Will Cry When You Die?: Life Lessons From The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
“If you have never walked a mile in someone’s shoes, do not mock the soars on his feet.”
“If you have never wept bitter tears because a wonderful story has come to an end and you must take your leave of the characters with whom you have shared so many adventures, whom you have loved and admired, for whom you have hoped and feared, and without whose company life seems empty and meaningless. If such things have not been part of your own experience, you probably won't understand what Bastian did next.”
“If you have newspapers dating to the last millennium, magazines from the Seventies stacked on your nightstand, and countless envelopes filled with family photos stuffed in a drawer, you may be carrying procrastination to an extreme.”
“If you have no agenda of your own, life will work according to its agenda. Your personal agenda is taking you further and further away from that.”
“If you have no arms
To hold your crying child but your own arms
And no legs but your own to run the stairs one more time
To fetch what was forgotten
I bow to you
If you have no vehicle
To tote your wee one but the wheels that you drive
And no one else to worry, “Is my baby okay?”
When you have to say goodbye on the doorsteps of daycare
or on that cursed first day of school
I bow to you
If you have no skill but your own skill
To replenish an ever-emptying bank account
And no answers but your own to
Satisfy the endless whys, hows, and whens your child asks and asks again
I bow to you
If you have no tongue to tell the truth
To keep your beloved on the path without a precipice
And no wisdom to impart
Except the wisdom that you’ve acquired
I bow to you
If the second chair is empty
Across the desk from a scornful, judging authority waiting
For your child’s father to appear
And you straighten your spine where you sit
And manage to smile and say, “No one else is coming—I’m it.”
Oh, I bow to you
If your head aches when the spotlight finally shines
on your child because your hands are the only hands there to applaud
I bow to you
If your heart aches because you’ve given until everything in you is gone
And your kid declares, “It’s not enough.”
And you feel the crack of your own soul as you whisper,
“I know, baby. But it’s all mama’s got.”
Oh, how I bow to you
If they are your life while you are their nurse, tutor, maid
Bread winner and bread baker,
Coach, cheerleader and teammate…
If you bleed when your child falls down
I bow, I bow, I bow
If you’re both punisher and hugger
And your own tears are drowned out by the running of the bathroom faucet
because children can’t know that mamas hurt too
Oh, mother of mothers, I bow to you.
—Toni Sorenson”
“If you have no authority to legislate my freedoms, then I'm truly free, at least from you.”
“If you have no brothers and sisters it defines you for life; even when you're thirty you refer to yourself as an only child.”
“If you have no character to lose, people will have no faith in you.”
Source: Gandhigrams
“If you have no competition there's no need to debate.”
Source: From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence
“If you have no conditions you can enjoy life infinitely. If you have conditions, because of them you become incapable.”
“If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.”
Source: Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey
“If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.”
Source: Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey
“If you have no conflict, you have no story. That's number one. That's a rule of novels.”
“If you have no contentment, you are poor even though you may be wealthy.
for the mind of a miser is never satisfied.
Those who are content are truly the richest.
Even if they have little, their minds are filled with happiness.
—Stainless Light, the testament of Drimé Özer”
Source: The Life of Longchenpa: The Omniscient Dharma King of the Vast Expanse
“If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.”
“If you have no doubt in what you are about to do, you are not pushing yourself hard enough.”
“If you have no doubt, you are not sane.”
“If you have no drugs, then you have revolution, and then drugs will be the only thing stopping that.”
“If you have no earthly consolation, why do you not seek consolation in the Heart of Jesus? To love him is truest joy.”
“If you have no enemies you are apt to be in the same predicament in regard to friends.”
Source: Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work
“If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.”
“If you have no enemies, you have no character.”
“If you have no enemies, you have no character. Taking a stand always creates opposition.”
“If you have no eyes, do not walk blindly; take a staff in your hand. If you have no staff of insight, do not walk without a guide.”
“If you have no faith in yourself, then have faith in the things you call truth. You know what must be done. You may not have courage or trust or understanding or the will to do it, but you know what must be done. You can't turn back. There is now answer behind you. You fear what you cannot name. So look at it and find a name for it. Turn your face forward and learn. Do what must be done. -Deth to Morgon, Prince of Hed-”
Source: Riddle of Stars