I Quotes
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“If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a defeatist or negative thought. Since we create through thought, we need to concentrate very strongly on positive thoughts. If you think you can't do something, you can't. But if you think you can, you may be surprised to discover that you can. It is important that our thoughts be constantly for the best that could happen in a situation - for the good things we would like to see happen.”
Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words
“If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.”
Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words
“If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought. They can be a powerful influence for good when they're on the positive side, and they can and do make you physically ill when they're on the negative side. I don't eat junk foods and I don't think junk thoughts! Let me tell you, junk thoughts can destroy you even more quickly than junk food. Junk thoughts are something to be wary of.”
Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words
“If you really are superior, you don't go around saying you're superior - unless you're Jewish.”
“If you really aren’t interested in serving others, you don’t need to be in the restaurant business in the first place.”
Source: How Did You Do It, Truett?: A Recipe for Success
“If you really believe and really make a commitment, anything can happen.”
“If you really believe death leads to eternal bliss then why are you wearing a seatbelt?”
“If you really believe in the brotherhood of man, and you want to come into its fold, you've got to let everyone else in, too.”
“If you really believe in the message you're preaching, you want as many people as possible to listen.”
“If you really believe in what you're doing, work hard, take nothing personally, and if something blocks your route, find another. Never give up.”
“If you really believe in yourself and your music that much, you're gonna do your thing, regardless what people say.”
“If you really believe in yourself, you cannot listen to other people.”
“If you really believe music is dangerous, you should let it go in one ear and out the other.”
“If you really believe something, you will act in accordance with that belief - always. If you believe in gravity, you will never attempt to defy it. If you claim to hold a belief but act incongruently, then you don't actually believe it. You're only kidding yourself. Casual faith isn't.”
“If you really believe that you deserve better, work on you, not them.”
“If you really believe that you're making a difference and that you can leave a legacy of better schools and jobs and safer streets, why would you not spend the money? The objective is to improve the schools, bring down crime, build affordable housing, clean the streets - not to have a fair fight.”
“If you really believed that you'd lost your soul, then when I found you in Volterra, you would have realized immediately what was happening, instead of thinking we were both dead together. But you didn't―you said 'Amazing. Carlisle was right,'" I reminded him, triumphant. "There's hope in you, after all."
For once, Edward was speechless.
"So let's both just be hopeful, all right?" I suggested. "Not that it matters. If you stay, I don't need heaven."
He got up slowly, and came to put his hand on either side of my face as he stared into my eyes. "Forever," he vowed, still a little staggered.
"That's all I'm asking for," I said, and stretched up on my toes so that I could press my lips to his.”
Source: New Moon
“If you really care about animals, then stop trying to figure out how to exploit them 'compassionately'. Just stop exploiting them.”
“If you really care about Charlotte, don't be afraid to tell her. Believe me, it will hurt her a lot more not hearing the words than it will hurt you to say them.”
Source: Charlotte's War
“If you really care about children then why would you want to keep families from adopting them?”
“If you really care about content, you should pay for it.”
“If you really care about something keep it private”
“If you really care about starting a movement, have the courage to follow and show others how to follow. And when you find a lone nut doing something great, have the guts to be the first one to stand up and join in.”
“If you really could fit God in a file, you wouldn't need to believe in God, you know, you'd just go get the file like a box of corn flakes off the shelf.”
“If you really could take the CO2, when you burn hydrocarbons - coal, for example - if you could really capture the carbon and sequester it - they call it CCS - if the extra capital cost, energy cost, and storage costs over time didn't make it super expensive, then that's another path that you could go down.”
“If you really desire greatness, you should make up your mind to be a hard worker.”
Source: How To Become Great Through Time Conversion: Are you wasting time, spending time or investing time?
“If you really didn't ever want to get wrinkles, then you should have stopped smiling years ago!”
“If you really dig a chick, you should talk to her, not steal her picture.”
“If you really dissect hip-hop you will find a whole lot of Charles Mingus, Ron Carter, Ahmad Jamal, a lot of classic jazz samples in there.”
“If you really do hate evil, you can't hate anything else”
“If you really do love her, don’t look away, no matter what happens. No matter what you see, no matter what you learn about her, don’t look away. Once you got her in your embrace, don’t let go. Once you decide you love someone, that’s your responsibility.”
“If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable.”
“If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable. [You must] reach the emotional and intellectual level of ability where you can go out stark naked, emotionally, in front of an audience.”
“If you really do want to increase women's status, you could focus on just that, but you'd probably better focus also on women's education. Access to artificial contraception, I would say, is also a very important determinant of women's status.”
“If you really don't know where to start or if you're stuck, start generating random connections and allow your intuition to tell you if one might lead somewhere interesting.”
“If you really ever love someone, that doesn't go away, although you wish it would.”
“If you really examine your own opinions, you'll normally come up with a better one”
“If you really feel hatred for someone, and kind of send it their way, then it’s out of your system and in their hands. I always think it’s therapeutic.”
“If you really got the right people, and you've got them working together as a team, whether it's in business, whether it's in science, whether it's in politics, you can make a big difference.”
“If you really hate George Bush, you don't want to read about his hobbies or that he's nice to his friends or that he's good company at dinner.”
“If you really hate me, you should at least have the courtesy to take out a piece of paper and write it down and mail it to me. If you're a worthy nemesis, I want to see your handwriting. I want to see your name and your address, and if you don't have the guts to give me those, then you're not a worthy nemesis.”
“If you really have humility when you love, there is only one thought: "What can I do for my beloved?"”
“If you really have integrity, there are very few people who can insult you, or honor you.”
“If you really have to get shot, Belfast is one of the best places to do it. After twenty years of the Troubles, and after thousands of assassination attempts and punishment shootings, Belfast has trained many of the best gunshot-trauma surgeons in the world.”
Source: Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly
“If you really kill, you don't want to talk about it.”
“If you really know how to ask the question 'Who am I?' you will inevitably be delivered into that state of silence and pure consciousness that is your true Being. The question 'Who am I?' will ultimately deliver you into the 'I am' of you.”
“If you really know how to live, what better way to start the day than with a smile?”
Source: Wisdom from Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
“If you really know what you want out of life, it's amazing how opportunities will come to enable you to carry them out.”
“If you really know who you are then you know what you can do.”
“If you really know yourself, It is enough to live life to the fullest regardless of circumstances.”