I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If you will tell me when God permits a Christian to lay aside his armour, I will tell you when Satan has left off temptation. Like the old knights in war time, we must sleep with helmet and breastplate buckled on, for the arch-deceiver will seize our first unguarded hour to make us his prey. The Lord keep us watchful in all seasons, and give us a final escape from the jaw of the lion and the paw of the bear.”
Source: Morning and Evening
“If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you why I think that I can cross it if I try.”
“If you will tend to God’s business, He will tend to yours.”
“If you will thank me '' he replied let it be for yourself alone. That the wish of giving happiness to you might add force to the other inducements which led me on I shall not attempt to deny. But your family owe me nothing. Much as I respect them I believe I thought only of you.”
Source: The Complete Novels of Jane Austen
“If you will thank me," he replied, "let it be for yourself alone. That the wish of giving happiness to you might add force to the other inducements which led me on, I shall not attempt to deny. But your family owe me nothing. Much as I respect them, I believe I thought only of you."
Elizabeth was too much embarrassed to say a word. After a short pause, her companion added, "You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged; but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever."
Elizabeth, feeling all the more than common awkwardness and anxiety of his situation, now forced herself to speak; and immediately, though not very fluently, gave him to understand that her sentiments had undergone so material a change since the period to which he alluded, as to make her receive with gratitude and pleasure his present assurances.The happiness which this reply produced was such as he had probably never felt before, and he expressed himself on the occasion as sensibly and as warmly as a man violently in love can be supposed to do.”
Source: Pride and Prejudice
“If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Character is a by-product, and any man who devotes himself to its cultivation in his own case will become a selfish prig.”
Source: Selected Addresses and Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson
“If you will transform your mind, God will transform your life.”
“If you will, then you will, for nothing can withstand your will. As your faith is, so you are, where your mind is there you are.”
“If you willfully damage my health, there will be repercussions for you.”
“If you willing to put in that sweat! Blood! And tears! I'm telling you! You can have, be and do what you want!”
“If you win a National Championship, or you win two, people think you have not only seen the Holy Grail, but you've embraced it. Basically, I do what a lot of people do, but I've been able to win.”
“If you win above the half objects, with the negative, and violent conduct; however, rule with the positive, and love to gain the rest of that, to become the unique figure in the world history.”
“If you win all the time, it's not good for the coaches or the kids.”
“If you win all the time, you lose the drama in life. To make the happy moments happy, you need the sad moments too.”
“If you win non-violently, then you have a double victory, you have not only won your fight, but you remain free.”
“If you win power, remember why you wanted it.”
“If you win the battle in the mind, you have the weapon of life.”
“If you win, then you win
But If you lose & still do not lose,
That's the real victory.”
“If you win through bad sportsmanship that's no real victory.”
“If you win without sacrifice you enjoy it but it's more satisfying when you have struggled.”
“If you win, fine, if you don't, you try again next year.”
“If you win, you need not have to explain...If you lose, you should not be there to explain!”
“If you wisely invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.”
“If you wish a general to be beaten, send him a ream full of instructions; if you wish him to succeed, give him a destination, and bid him conquer.”
Source: Guesses at Truth
“If you wish a wise answer, you must put a rational question.”
“If you wish Allah to accept it, let your heart bring it to Allah.”
“If you wish another to keep your secret, first keep it to yourself.”
“If you wish at once to do nothing and be respectable nowadays, the best pretext is to be at work on some profound study.”
“If you wish for God to work on you, wait on Him.”
“If you wish for light, Be ready to receive light.”
“If you wish for peace, pray.”
“If you wish for peace, understand war.”
“If you wish for prosperity, please the Lord, He will give you the power to create wealth.”
“If you wish for something hard enough, the fairy tales teach us, you can get it in the end. But it's hardly ever the way you thought it would be, and the endings aren't always happy ones.”
Source: Good in Bed
“If you wish for your soul to prosper, purify yourself.”
“If you wish gain understanding, turn away from evil.”
“If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance; you must stir it and stump it, and blow your own trumpet, or, trust me, you haven't a chance.”
“If you wish information and improvement from the knowledge of others, and yet at the same time express yourself as firmly fix'd in your present opinions, modest, sensible men, who do not love disputation, will probably leave you undisturbed in the possession of your error.”
Source: The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
“If you wish it, this cock is ripe for your enjoyment. It’s never been inside another. I knew the second I saw ye, Thea, it was only meant for fuckin’ you. For making you wail like a baby. If ye have to boss me around and make me suffer, do it, lass. Do it. Watch me obey like a servant in exchange for long, hard rides of that pussy.”
Source: Bossed Around
“If you wish me to weep, you yourself must first feel grief.”
“If you wish me well, do not stand pitying me, but lend me some succour as fast as you can; for pity is but cold comfort when one is up to the chin in water, and within a hair's breadth of starving or drowning.”
Source: Fables of AEsop and others
“If you wish mercy, show mercy to the weak.”
“If you wish others to respect you, you must show respect for them...Everyone wants to feel that he counts for something and is important to someone. Invariably, people will give their love, respect, and attention to the person who fills that need. Consideration for others generally reflects faith in self and faith in others.”
“If you wish particularly to gain the good graces and affection of certain people, men or women, try to discover their most striking merit, if they have one, and their dominant weakness, for every one has his own, then do justice to the one, and a little more than justice to the other.”
“If you wish strongly, have courage and endurance, then you can get to the summit of your dream.”
“If you wish success in life, make perseverance you bosom friend, experience your wise councellor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.”
Source: The spectator
“If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.”
“If you wish the pick of men and women, take a good bachelor and a good wife”
Source: Memories, Portraits, Essays and Records (Annotated Edition)
“If you wish the sympathy of the broad masses, you must tell them the crudest and most stupid things.”
“If you wish the world to become loving and compassionate, become loving and compassionate yourself.”
Source: Thoughts From the Seat of the Soul: Meditations for Souls in Process