I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“In life, some people just know that they have the power of their money. They can sign checks, contracts, and things like that. And they think they are bright just because they can sign these things because someone gave them the possibility to have this economic power over you. And they behave as censors.”
“In life, sometimes everything falls into place, and sometimes everything just falls to pieces. The key is to begin creating with these fallen pieces. By improvising, you'll create something magical that might be the best thing you've ever accomplished”
“In life, stress happens when you resist what arises.”
“In life, success begets success.”
“In life, the challenge is not so much to figure out how best to play the game; the challenge is to figure out what game you're playing”
“In life, the classroom is everywhere. The exam comes at the very end.”
Source: A Short Guide to a Happy Life
“In life, the first act is always exciting but it is the second act - that's where the depth comes in.”
“In life, the first thing you must do is decide what you really want. Weigh the costs and the results. Are the results worthy of the costs? Then make up your mind completely and go after your goal with all your might”
Source: Inspiration & motivation
“In life, the hardest decisions often have to be made more than once. But each time, it gets easier.”
Source: Icefall
“In life, the number of beginnings is exactly equal to the number of endings ... In poetry, the number of beginnings so far exceeds the number of endings that we cannot even conceive of it.”
Source: Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures
“In life, the only thing of importance is a radical, total, and definitive change. The rest, frankly, is of no importance at all.”
Source: The Great Rebellion: The State of Our World and How to Change It Through Practical Spirituality
“In life, the things that go wrong are often the very things that lead to other things going right.”
“In life, the worst disasters come from passion.”
“In life, there are no perfect affections.”
Source: Collected Prose
“In life, there are no shortcuts to joy. Anything that is worth pursuing requires us to suffer just a little bit.”
“In life, there are those relationships where you really love someone, but they're just not right for you and there's a little bittersweet feel to it.”
“In life, there is always that special person who shapes who you are, who helps to determine the person you become.”
“In life, there's a lot that I'm afraid of. Death is always scary. My sister passed away. I'm not scared to die, so much as I was scared to not have her in my life, and it took a long time for me to reconcile that. There are fears everyday, and things that I'm afraid of. I fear everything, but I keep going.”
“In life, there's the beginning and the end. The beginning don't matter. The end don't matter. All that matters is what you do in between – whether you're prepared to do what it takes to make change. There has to be physical and material sacrifice. When all the dust settles and we're getting ready to play down for the ninth inning, the greatest reward is to know that you did your job when you were here on the planet.”
“In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.”
“In life, we all get scored on every day. The wonderful thing is, if we do our best with courage and tenacity, we might be outscored but we can never be beaten.”
“In life, we all learn from everyone.”
“In life, we all learn from everyone. But if you like and admire someone tremendously, perhaps because they think the way you do, or like the way you think, then inevitably you do.”
“In life, we always fall for the person who will never fall for us, always want things we can't have, and say things we shouldn't.”
“In life, we choose whether or not we want to be a winner or a loser.”
“In life, we choose whether or not we want to be a winner or a loser. To be a winner, we must devote time and hard work. To be a loser you do nothing, and that's exactly what you will get, nothing.”
“In life, we don't know why things happen. I believe God is not responsible for the bad things that happen to you. Sometimes I think He's responsible for the good things, but sometimes it's something you shape up for yourself.”
“In life, we have either reasons or results”
Source: Do It!: Let's Get Off Our Buts
“In life, we weep at the thought of death. In death, perhaps we weep at the thought of life.”
“In life, we will always encounter difficult people. Don't allow them to frustrate you or steal your joy.”
“In life, what more can you ask for than to be real?”
“In life, when presented with any situation, breathe, take your time, focus and then decide what to do.”
“In life, when stuff happens the instinct is to close off your heart. By leaving your heart open, it leaves room for someone else to come in.”
“In life, when the baggage gets too heavy, you have to put it down.”
“In life, when you are faced with an unfortunate circumstance, there’s no book, there’s no guide, there’s no right answer on how to get to the other side. You just sort of wake up one day and you have two paths in front of you, one where you go up and one where you can fall, and choosing the path to rise is most certainly not the easy path but it’s the brave one.”
“In life, when you start to fall, you don't have to go crazy, scolding yourself and further throwing yourself off balance. Instead, simply make adjustments.”
“In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.”
“In life, worthwhile accomplishments and acquisitions take time. Usually the better the reward, the more time it takes to acquire it.”
Source: Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success (Large Print 16pt)
“In life, you can blame a lot of people and you can wallow in self-pity or you can pick yourself up and say listen, I have to be responsible for myself.”
“In life, you don't get instant satisfaction. In life, you get to slog. You work. You grow. You take the long view. You fill the void with self-actualization.”
“In life, you don't get what you deserve; you get what you believe, plan, and expect.”
“In life, you don't have a level of confrontation and the nonsense you run into when you're a CEO. CEOs aren't born.”
“In life, you either watch TV or you do TV. I told my daughters that the only way you're going to make it in this business is to get in the game. That's the biggest advice I can give them.”
“In life, you get what you believe you deserve.”
Source: Disrupt Yourself
“In life, you get what you tolerate.”
“In life, you gotta do something. And the medical journals keep on saying if you've got a goal or some passion in life, you'll outlive all the other guys who - the bank manager that retired. They gave him a rocking chair and he rocked himself to death. So you gotta have a passion, whatever it happens to be. Whether it's this or something else, it doesn't matter, as long as it's a reason to get out of bed every morning, as my accountant of 50 years keeps on saying.”
“In life, you have people that love to party. That's me. People that love God. That's me. People that love sex. That's me. People that love people. That's me. And people that make mistakes.That's me also.”
“In life, you have to take the pace that love goes. You don't force it. You just don't force love, you don't force falling in love, you don't force being in love - you just become. I don't know how to say that in English, but you just feel it.”
“In life, you learn lessons. And sometimes you learn them the hard way. Sometimes you learn them too late.”
“In life, you may face hard times. But in the face of adversity, always seek to remain positive. What we think, will eventually become our life. And if you think positive, you will have a positive life.”