I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“If your only arbiter of anything is money, really you should... go and rob banks.”
“If your only dance experience is the Nutcracker, it will be a shock; hopefully shocking in a good way.”
“If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.”
Source: John D. Rockefeller on Making Money: Advice and Words of Wisdom on Building and Sharing Wealth
“If your only instrument is a sword, then you will always strike at your problems.”
Source: To Kill a Kingdom
“If your only nice to the people that are nice to you, big deal; what do you want, a gist certificate? Everyone does that. And if you only say "hi" in the hall to the people that say hi to you, what are doing more than anyone else? Maybe you know people who are different when they're alone than when they're with their friends. they might say "hi" to you if your alone, but with a group they act like they've never seen you.”
“If your only objective is to be popular, you're going to be popular but you will be known as the Prime Minister who achieved nothing.”
“If your only opportunity is to be equal then it is not opportunity.”
Source: As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations
“If your only target is to lose your path and reach a silent place, let me give you a bad news: You will fail to reach your target because you will always meet people who also lost their paths just like you!”
“If your only tool is a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail.”
“If your opinion is sound, and you forego it for the love of God and follow that of another, you will win great merit. I have often heard that it is safer to accept advice than to give it. It may even come about that each of two opinions is good; but to refuse to come to an agreement with others when reason or occasion demand it, is a sign of pride and obstinacy.”
Source: The Imitation of Christ
“If your opponent cannot do anything active, then don't rush the position; instead you should let him sit there, suffer, and beg you for a draw”
“If your opponent dives on you, do not try to evade his onslaught, but fly to meet it.”
“If your opponent has a conscience, then follow Gandhi and nonviolence. But if your enemy has no conscience like Hitler, then follow Bonhoeffer.”
“If your opponent has an exposed king it is frequently worth sacrificing a pawn to be able to bring your rooks into the game, especially if your opponent's rooks are languishing in the corner. Kasparov has made a career out of such sacrifices.”
“If your opponent has you by fifty pounds, winning a fight against him is a dubious proposition, at best. If your opponent has you by eight thousand and fifty pounds, you’ve left the realm of combat and enrolled yourself in Road-kill 101. Or possibly in a Tom and Jerry cartoon.”
Source: Small Favor: A Novel of the Dresden Files
“If your opponent is at a distance, kick him in the groin. If he gets close, poke him in the eyes, bring up your knee, pop him with an elbow, dig a corkscrew punch to his stomach.”
Source: Words of the Dragon: Interviews, 1958-1973
“If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.”
Source: The Art of War
“If your opponent is short (on time), play just as you played earlier in the game. If you are short keep calm, I repeat, don't get flustered. Keep up the same neat writing of the moves, the same methodical examination of variations, but at a quicker rate.”
“If your opponent is tapping, your technique is good. If he is not tapping, your technique sucks.”
“If your opponent offers you a draw, try to work out why he thinks he's worse off”
“If your opponent praises you: beware! But if he gets stuck into you, you are usually on the right way.”
“IF YOUR OPPONENT strikes with fire, counter with water, becoming completely fluid and free-flowing. Water, by its nature, never collides with or breaks against anything. On the contrary, it swallows up any attack harmlessly.”
Source: The Art of Peace
“If your opponent wants to fight, the fight will be very interesting not just for the audience, but for myself.”
“If your options are closing-in around you and you feel panicked, scared and helpless, this is the time for action.”
Source: Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life
“If your organization is not formally committed to a policy of nondiscrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression or gender presentation in its employment practices, you should not expect lesbian,
gay, bisexual, transgender, gender-nonconforming, queer, and/or questioning patients and families to feel safe seeking out your services.”
Source: LGBTQ-Inclusive Hospice and Palliative Care: A Practical Guide to Transforming Professional Practice
“If your organization requires success before commitment, it will never have either.”
Source: Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
“If your organization’s intentions transcend the mere act of selling a product or service, and it is brave enough to expose its heart and soul, people will respond. They will connect. They will like you. They will talk. They will buy.”
Source: The Thank You Economy (Enhanced Edition)
“If your orthodoxy doesn't fully affirm compassion- if it is not, itself, deeply compassionate- then it is no orthodoxy at all.”
“If your outer life is really a reflection of the quality of your inner life, then it's a brilliant move to spend at least an hour a day working on yourself.”
“If your outer world is shaky, go within.”
“If your own cultural identity is more important to you than unification of the world, then the world will remain segregated for the rest of time, but if you can truly, actually, genuinely aim towards the unification of the world even at the cost of your own identity, then not only we'll create a world of peace and assimilation, but also, in that world there will be place for all identities, with none of them being superior or inferior to any of them.”
Source: Boldly Comes Justice: Sentient Not Silent
“If your own mental attitude is correct, even if you remain in a hostile atmosphere, you feel happy.”
“If your own mind is muddled, much more will the minds of your hearers be confused.”
“if your own proposal isn’t going to be attractive to you when it comes from the other side, what chance is there that the other side’s proposal is going to be attractive when it actually comes from the other side? (quoted by Tavris / Aronson)”
“If your own spiritual well-being is in disarray and your self-care is lacking, you are of little help to those who are "energetically challenged." Psychic hygiene isn’t a bougie luxury—it’s a necessity. Prioritizing your own vibration is like securing your auric oxygen mask before helping others. If you choose to get involved without the necessary psychic armor in place, you do so at your own risk. And if you do, then don’t complain about others being “energy thieves” or “psychic vampires.”
“If your own strong ego clashes with other strong egos, you not going to get anywhere. I studied psychology and learned about the many parts of us that we need to integrate so we don't walk around feeling disconnected: personality, soul, ego. If you do feel disconnected, you need to ask which part is feeling that way. Your ego is there to boost you up, if recognized and used correctly.”
“If your oxygen mask drops down, it's time to take a breather!”
“If your paramount concern in life is to make sure everyone likes and approves of you, I’m sorry to say you’re going to find yourself running in circles for the rest of your life.”
“If your paramount concern in life is to make sure everyone likes and approves of you, you’re going to find yourself running in circles for the rest of your life.”
“If your parent is deployed and you are that young, you spend the whole time wondering where they are and waiting for them to come home. As time passes and the absence is longer and longer, you become more and more concerned - but you don't really have the words to express your concern. There's only this continued absence.”
“If your parents are alive, be grateful at the opportunity to earn Jannah by serving them”
“If your parents are billionaires, that might actually be an obstacle to your own happiness and self-development. If you go to Oxford or Harvard, that might actually thwart your desire to graduate with a science or math degree.”
“If your parents are getting old and you don't know how to bring up the topic of what to do with all the stuff, I would suggest you pay them a visit, sit down, and ask some of the following questions in a gentle way:
"You have many nice things, have you thought about what you want to do with it all later on?"
"Do you enjoy having all this stuff?"
"Could life be easier and less tiring if we got rid of some of this stuff that you have collected over the years?"
"Is there anything we can do together in a slow way so that there won't be too many things to handle later?”
Source: The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
“If your parents bring you no shame, be very grateful. If you're proud of them, celebrate.”
Source: A Dark Time in America
“If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have any.”
“If your parents’ faces never lit up when they looked at you, it’s hard to know what it feels like to be loved and cherished. If you come from an incomprehensible world filled with secrecy and fear, it’s almost impossible to find the words to express what you have endured. If you grew up unwanted and ignored, it is a major challenge to develop a visceral sense of agency and self-worth.”
Source: The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
“If your parents gave you fire to play with when you were two, you'd be standing in fire by the time you were an adult.”
“If your parents ignored you, or if they are just not emotionally available, or if they yell a lot, that is a type of trauma.”
“If your parents income in tax and super are really good they usually leave there money for their kids hence in end of everyone’s time you will enjoy the rest of your live”
“If your parents left you, it doesn’t mean that other people will also do it to you.”
Source: Fateful Italian Passion