I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.”
“In life, as in chess, forethought wins.”
Source: Notes of Thought
“In life, as in Chess, ones own Pawns block ones way. A mans very wealth, ease, leisure, children, books, which should help him to win, more often checkmate him”
Source: Notes of Thought
“In life, as in death, Pope John Paul II was one of the most visible people on Earth.”
“In life, as in football, the principle to follow is to hit the line hard.”
Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century
“In life, as in restaurants, we swallow a lot of indigestible stuff just because it comes with the dinner.”
“In life, as in whist, hope nothing from the way cards may be dealt to you. Play the cards, whatever they be, to the best of your skill.”
“In life, as on the stage, it's not who I am but what I do that's the measure of my worth and the secret of my success. All the rest is showiness, arrogance and conceit.”
Source: Stella Adler - The Art of Acting: preface by Marlon Brando compiled & edited by Howard Kissel
“In life, be a participant, not a spectator.”
“In life, change is inevitable. In business, change is vital.”
“In life, do you ever really know if you're missing an opportunity? No, you really don't.”
“In life, every ending is just the start of another story.”
Source: Love, etc
“In life, everybody faces choices between doing what's popular, easy, and wrong vs. doing what's lonely, difficult, and right. These decisions intensify when you run a company, because the consequences get magnified 1,000 fold. As in life, the excuses for CEOs making the wrong choice are always plentiful.”
“In life, everything awaits in the shadows for the suitable time to come out! All waits silently in the nooks! Observe the shadows and the nooks to guess what will happen!”
“In life, finding a voice is speaking and living the truth. Each of you is an original. Each of you has a distinctive voice. When you find it, your story will be told. You will be heard.”
“In life, friendships change, divorces happen, people move on, others die. Money and jobs will come and go. Live long enough and your health and body will change. It goes with the territory of being human. The fact that you are still here gives you an advantage. Don't look back. Look straight ahead!! Decide to use all of your knowledge, skills, experiences and your life lessons from your mistakes, defeats and setbacks, to start over again. Life changes. You may not have the same life as before, but you can still enjoy your life!”
“In life, have but one desire, one only--to love Jesus Christ with all your soul. Let that be the one fixed idea of your entire existence.”
“In life, I'd much rather have people laughing at me than booing me.”
“In life, I'm most inspired by entertaining people and driven by the desire to do it by such a powerful force that I think it influences everything I do.”
“In life, I'm pretty low-key and quite non-descript.”
“In life, if one wants seriously to understand how the world works, he must die at least once.”
Source: The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
“In life, if you don't know the truth, then you can't be free, because then you'll believe that the lies are the truth. But once we realize that when we read the Word of God, and you know the truth of who you are, then I'm not a man without arms and legs. I am a child of God.”
“In life, if you don't risk anything, you risk everything.”
“In life, if you have an enthusiasm for what they call 'good manners,' sometimes people don't quite believe you. I've had that once or twice before, where they assume you can't be for real.”
“In life, in true life, there can be nothing better than what is. Wanting something different than what is, is blasphemy.”
“In life, it is never the big battle, the big moment, the big speech, the big election. That does not change things. What changes things is every day, getting up and rendering small acts of service and love beyond that what's expected of you or required of you.”
“In life, it's best not to take anything for free - unless it's from someone who wishes you well.”
Source: Queen of Dreams
“In life, it's between choosing risk and striving for greatness, or risking nothing and being certain of mediocrity”
“In life, it's not the genetic guy who wins or the guy with the most potential who wins; it's the person with the greatest perseverance who wins. Always be willing to get up and go at it again and again. That's the guy who has his hands raised later in life. That's the guy you guys need to be.”
“In life, it's not where you go, it's who you travel with.”
“In life, it's not who you know that's important, it's how your wife found out.”
“In life, Jane reflected, the most interesting things tend to happen when you're on your way to do something else.”
“In life, like, I'm always living life to the fullest to always have fun.”
“In life, man proposes, God disposes.”
Source: The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell
“In life, never spend more than 10 percent of your time on the problem, and spend at least 90 percent of your time on the solution.”
“In life, no two days are the same for me. It's like a snowflake.”
“In life, nothing happens to you. It happens for you.”
“In life, one has a choice to take one of two paths: to wait for some special day-or to celebrate each special day.”
“In life, one is entitled to a side dish of either coleslaw or potato salad, and the choice must be made in terror, with the knowledge that not only is our time on earth limited but most kitchens close at ten.”
Source: Mere Anarchy
“In life, particularly in public life, psychology is more powerful than logic.”
“In life, people sometimes make rotten deals.”
“In life, people tend to wait for good things to come to them. And by waiting, they miss out.”
Source: The Game
“In life, people tend to wait for good things to come to them. And by waiting, they miss out. Usually, what you wish for doesn't fall in your lap; it falls somewhere nearby, and you have to recognize it, stand up, and put in the time and work it takes to get to it. This isn't because the universe is cruel. It's because the universe is smart. It has its own cat-string theory and knows we don't appreciate things that fall into our laps.”
Source: The Game
“In life, people will take you at your own reckoning.”
“In life, periods of solitude were blessings. Dying alone was a bitter curse.”
Source: The Quality of Mercy
“In life, purpose is defined by the thing that makes you angry. Martin Luther was angry; Mandela was angry; Mahatma Gandhi was angry; Mother Teresa was angry. If you are not angry, you do not have a ministry yet.”
“In life, redemption was walking up the down escalator: stop to congratulate yourself, and back you slid.”
Source: The Submission: A Novel
“In life, satisfaction is experienced when activities are brought to a state of completion. Loss of energy and loss of control are functions of incompletion. The result of completing things releases one's ability to create. Prioritize any items that need to be completed, set a completion date, then do it.”
“In life, single women are the most vulnerable adults. In movies, they are given imaginary power.”
“In life, so many things are taken for granted, but one thing I can honestly say is that I took every day, enjoyed the game of putting on that uniform and playing the great game of baseball.”