I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If you knew anything about firefighters, we don’t care. A cookie is a cookie. On the floor, on the table. Hell, we’ll even eat them out of the trash can.
Fire Captain James Haskell on the 5-second rule”
Source: Burn Card
“If you knew every cranny
of my heart
you would yet be ignorant
of the pain my happy
memories bring”
“If you knew everyone's story, you would love them. You can't really hate anyone if you know everything that happened to them between their birth and now; why they became the way they became; why they have walls up or down. If you truly know someone, you'd get it.”
“If you knew everything was really was all right, and that it always has a happy ending, then you would not feel trepidacious about your future. Everything is really so very all right! If you could believe and trust that, then, immediately everything would automatically and instantly become all right.”
“If you knew how great is a mother's love, you would have no fear.”
“If you knew how great your little dreams are, you wouldn’t let them die.”
Source: The Oneironaut’s Diary
“If you knew how important you are, you would fragment into a billion pieces and just be light.”
Source: Question Your Thinking, Change the World
“If you knew how meat was made, youd probably lose your lunch.”
“If you knew how much information the campaigns had on you, you'd turn off your machines. And I mean that literally.”
“If you knew how much time you had, you would be 100% following your soul's calling...and it would definitely manifest!”
“If you knew how much work went into it, you wouldn't call it genius.”
“If you knew how powerful prayer is, you would not sulk when it is time to pray.”
Source: Prayer: An Antidote for the Inner Man
“If you knew how quickly people would forget you after your death, you would not seek in your life to please anyone but God.”
“If you knew how the journey was going to end, you could afford to be patient along the path.”
Source: Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence
“If you knew how to cook, maybe I would eat," Jace muttered. Isabelle froze, her spoon poised dangerously. "What did you say?" Jace edged toward the fridge. "I said I'm going to look for a snack to eat." That's what I thought you said." Isabelle turned her attention to the soup.”
Source: Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls
“If you knew how to read, you could never be lonely.”
Source: Everything Comes Next: Collected and New Poems
“If you knew I was there, then why did you…” Her words died on a flush. Bloody Talent.
“Pleasure myself?” he offered helpfully.
...
“I admit,” she said, “it baffles me that you didn’t fly into a rage the moment you realized I was there. You were unclothed, for pity’s sake.” Fierce heat filled her cheeks. She needed to stop talking altogether.
Talent’s mouth trembled at the corner, his eyes alight with utter glee. “Chase, the idea of a woman watching is in no way a deterrent for a man. It adds a level of excitement.”
She would die now. Surely fate could be kind to her for once.”
Source: Shadowdance
“If you knew it all it would not be creation but dictation.”
“If you knew Jesus was coming tomorrow, what would you do today? Then do it!”
“If you knew Jesus was returning tomorrow, how would you feel today? Anxious, afraid, unprepared? If so, you can take care of your fears by placing your trust in Christ. If your answer includes words like happy, relieved, and excited, hold tightly to your joy.”
“If you knew me in the past, please do not think that I am the same person that you are meeting today. I have experienced more of life, I have encountered new depths in those I love, I have suffered and prayed and I am different.”
“If you knew me yesterday, please do not think that it is the same person that you are meeting today.”
“If you knew my wife, you'd be like, "Yeah, you're very married." She runs the household. I refer to her as "the greatest director I've ever worked with."”
“If you knew sadness, I would embrace it. If I knew joy, you would share it. If you went astray, I would correct you. If you made a mistake, I would forgive you. When you had nowhere to go, I would be your refuge. All so that this man who could no longer love the world might love it again.”
Source: Bleach―ブリーチ― 44 [Burīchi 44]
“If you knew that hope and despair were paths to the same destination, which would you choose?”
“If you knew that miracles could happen, what miracles would you wish for? If you knew that you could have it all and do anything you wanted, what would you choose to have and what would you choose to do?”
Source: The Essential Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire: The Essence of Harnessing the Infinite Power of Coincidence
“If you knew that only a few would care that you came, would you still come? If you knew that those you loved would laugh in your face, would you still care? If you knew that the tongues you made would mock you, the mouths you made would spit at you, the hands you made would crucify you, would you still make them? Christ did.”
Source: A Love Worth Giving Deluxe Edition: Living in the Overflow of God's Love
“If you knew that you are my only love in this life, if you knew that you are the reason I always smile every day. You are the last person I think about every night and the first person who comes to my mind every morning. I love you with all my heart.”
“If you knew that you only had one day to live, what would you think about-your car or favorite pair of shoes or would it be the more everyday joys that occupy your mind?”
“If you knew that you were the owner of a million-dollar mind, would you treat your mind with more respect and appreciation? Would you put less poison in a million-dollar mind? Pay attention to what poisons you may be feeding your mind with & how now keeping your mind clear and healthy could make you more effective.”
“If you knew that you would die in 14 days, what would you do? What about a year? What about 25 years? My guess is, in each circumstance, that everyone would miss as much of their life as they do now. If you are in a habit of mindlessly putting your pennies into the slot machine, you will do it until your pockets are empty. This is why paying attention is so important.”
“If you knew that your life was merely a phase or short, short segment of your entire existence, how would you live? Knowing nothing 'real' was at risk, what would you do? You'd live a gigantic, bold, fun, dazzling life. You know you would. That's what the ghosts want us to do - all the exciting things they no longer can.”
“If you knew that your time is your life, you would protect it as much as you protect your life.”
Source: How To Become Great Through Time Conversion: Are you wasting time, spending time or investing time?
“If you knew that your weight or appearance were not a factor in how people looked at you, judged you and even how they loved you, would you still want to drop some pounds?”
Source: Release: A Woman’s Guide to Releasing Weight In Midlife Through Becoming Your Body’s Best Friend
“If you knew the immensity of what it means to be human, you would not talk about God or Heaven.”
“If you knew the meaning of life, would you necessarily like it?”
Source: Notes From The Tilt-A-Whirl: Wide-Eyed Wonder in God's Spoken World
“If you knew the mercy I am showing by not dismembering you where you stand for getting in my way, you would not stop thanking me.”
Source: Danse Macabre
“If you knew the pain I had in my legs...what suffering! I couldn't wait to get to the hotel.”
“If you knew the power within yourself to be truly happy, to be truly whole, then you would never ask another to become the image you desire for yourself, in order to be happy and whole.”
“If you knew the satisfaction of performing such a duty, as well as the gratitude to God which the missionary must always feel, in being chosen for so noble, so sacred a calling, you would have no hesitation in embracing it.”
“If you knew the secret of life, you too would choose no other companion but love.”
“If you knew the true value of yourself, you will never allow yourself to be humiliated by committing sins.”
“If you knew this, why did you wait to bring it before the Omegrion? (Savitar) Because I was afraid to come forward...(Zack) And now you're all better? (Savitar)”
“If you knew today was your last day here, how would you share your love with the world?”
Source: The Compassion Revolution: 30 Days of Living from the Heart
“If you knew what a sensation of the nearness of a higher power one instinctively feels when one is permitted to contribute to the good of mankind, as I have done, and still do! Believe me, it is a great gift of God's mercy!”
Source: The life of Jenny Lind, Oct. 6, 1820-Nov. 2, 1887: a compilation from various sources, in commemoration of the centenary of her birth
“If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.”
“If you knew what is was like to be another person, then how could you possibly do something which would cause pain? The problem, though, was that there seemed to be people in whom that imaginative part was just missing. It could be that they were born that way--with something missing from their brains--or it could be that they became like that because they were never taught by their parents to sympathise with others.”
Source: In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
“If you knew what was going to happen in the economy, you still wouldn't necessarily know what was going to happen in the stock market.”
“If you knew what was going to happen, if you knew everything that was going to happen next—if you knew in advance the consequences of your own actions—you'd be doomed. You'd be ruined as God. You'd be a stone. You'd never eat or drink or laugh or get out of bed in the morning. You'd never love anyone, ever again. You'd never dare to.”
“If you knew when you began a book what you would say at the end, do you think that you would have the courage to write it? What is true for writing and for a love relationship is true also for life. The game is worthwhile insofar as we don't know what will be the end.”