I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Instead of always asking how to get others to approve of you... learn to ask: What do I really want, the applause of the crowds or to quietly have my own life?”
Source: The Secret of Letting Go
“Instead of always asking yourself how to clear up your mental fog, learn to ask: "Can confusion know anything about clarity?"”
Source: The Secret of Letting Go
“Instead of always asking yourself why so-and-so acts this or that way, learn to ask: "What's inside of me that wants to hurt itself over how anyone else acts?"”
“Instead of always looking at the negative in your friends, appreciate their strengths and positive attributes.”
Source: Barefoot ~ A Surfer's View of the Universe
“Instead of always looking to get fulfillment from my loved ones and the other blessings in my life, I can simply enjoy them for what they are.”
“Instead of an aristocracy of wealth, of more harm and danger than benefit to society, to make an opening for the aristocracy of virtue and talent, which nature has wisely provided for the direction of the interests of society and scattered with equal hand through all its conditions, was deemed essential to a well-ordered republic.”
Source: Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, from the Papers of Thomas Jefferson
“Instead of an elegant warning, you need to bring a strong deal. That's the only way you'll gain what you want.”
“Instead of announcing what you are about to tell is interesting, make it so.”
Source: the elements of style
“Instead of answering her as soon as he saw her hair grow electric, her face more vivid, her eyes like lightning, her body restless and jerky like a racehorse’s, he retired behind this wall of objective understanding, this gentle testing and acceptance of her, just as one watches an animal in the zoo and smiles at his antics, but is not drawn into this mood. It was this which left Lilith in a state of isolation - indeed, like a wild animal in an absolute desert.”
“Instead of answering your question directly I shall quote from the Indian poet Tagore: “I slept and dreamt that life was joy/ I awoke and saw that life was service/I acted and behold, service was joy.” In fact, through my work I discover life, people, and everything which happens around us.”
Source: Warrior of the Light -
“Instead of antiquated notions of physical daring, courage is much more about making small choices to take initiative even when we are experiencing anxiety and facing risk.”
Source: The Courage Quotient: How Science Can Make You Braver
“Instead of appealing to a fear of consequences, community accountability appeals to higher values and aligns self-interest with the collective good. In CI's limited experience, liberatory goals were required to guide the process, since pragmatism could lead to the use of coercion or threatened or real violence as temporary measures for assuring the stability and safety needed to make further steps possible However, the pervasiveness of punishment as a model for accountability and the association of the term "accountability" with retribution contributed to difficulties in moving beyond this mode of engagement. Thus, a practice such as banning, which makes a modicum of safety possible while mobilizing for a more engaged process, can become an end rather than a means. (Mimi Kim)”
Source: Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement
“Instead of applauding sex addict pastors, we need to tell them to either preach the Gospel with their lives or get out from behind that pulpit!”
“Instead of appreciating things I did, he thought he deserved it. But the thing is, you don’t deserve anything.”
“Instead of arguing whether happiness gives one success or success makes one happy, we may agree that happiness and success are interconnected with each other and are the cause and effect of each other. Similarly, failure and unhappiness are also cause and effect of each other.”
Source: 31 Ways to Happiness
“Instead of art I have taught philosophy. Though technique for me is a big word, I never have taught how to paint. All my doing was to make people to see.”
“Instead of asking "what’s the problem?" ask "what's the creative opportunity?”
“Instead of asking for help, I just dig in and do everything myself.”
“Instead of asking Him to remember you, why not pray to find comfort and value where He has taken you.”
“Instead of asking, "Is there any chance I will wear this someday in the future?" you ask more disciplined, tough questions: "Do I love this?" and "Do I look great in it?" and "Do I wear this often?" If the answer is no, then you know it might be a candidate for elimination.”
Source: Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
“Instead of asking life to give you,
Ask what you can offer to life.
be an act of kindness,
and life will reward you
with abundance.”
“Instead of asking what it feels like to follow God or be used by God, we should be asking who God is, and whether we really know Him. Everything else will take care of itself.”
“Instead of asking what's wrong with rampant consumerism, we ought to be asking, 'What justifies it?' Popular art does not have to pander to the lowest level of intelligence and taste.”
“Instead of asking when will this be over, make sure to take positive steps today so you know just what ‘over’ will look.”
“Instead of asking
why they left,
now I ask,
what beauty will I create
in the space the no longer
occupy?”
“Instead of asking WHY you had to do it, how about just thanking Him for safely bringing you THROUGH it.”
“Instead of asking your child what they learned today, ask them who they helped today.”
Source: Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
“Instead of asking yourself what everyone else's opinion is going to be and how your action will be perceived by others, ask yourself, 'How do I want my life to be lived?' Then proceed to take a small risk in the direction of that new action.”
“Instead of asking yourself, "What should I do first?"
Try asking, "What should I neglect first?"
Trim, edit, cull. Make space for better performance.”
“Instead of asking yourself whether you believe or not, ask yourself whether you have, this day, done one thing because He said, Do it! or once abstained because He said, Do not do it! It is simply absurd to say you believe, or even want to believe, in Him, if you do not do anything He tells you.”
Source: Unspoken Sermons Series I, II, and III
“Instead of asking, "What can I do to make these students perform?" the great teacher says, "Something's not working! I must not be truly inspirational. What do I need to do to spark their passion to do the hard work to get a superb education?"”
“Instead of asking, 'What should a woman do—what is her role?' it would be far more helpful to ask, 'What is a woman—what is her design?' and, 'Why did God place Woman in our midst?”
Source: Captivating Revised and Updated: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul
“Instead of asking, “what do I want from life?,” a more powerful question is, “what does life want from me?”
“Instead of assuming and jumping into conclusions, stop for a moment and think.
"Is this really true or am I making it up?".
Don't believe your racing thoughts.”
“Instead of assuming everything you're being told is the truth, ask plenty of questions.”
“Instead of attacking people, we need to love people. It lights a fire under me because it's a reminder of why we need the Gospel. Our hearts are so corrupt.”
“Instead of averting his gaze, though, Mick smiled at him, that sweet little smile that made Kit's heart race and took his breath away. Almost mesmerized, his sole reaction was to return his smile, wondering, hoping, that it would make Mick feel the same way as he did.”
Source: Wild Horses
“Instead of avoiding pain and uncomfortable feelings, sit with them. The fear of negative feelings is always worse than the feelings themselves.”
Source: Spiritual Words to Live by : 81 Daily Wisdoms and Meditations to Transform Your Life
“Instead of bailing out Wall Street for the fourth time.. let's bail out the students.”
“Instead of basic roads and bridges, infrastructure spending will go to bloated unions overseeing pie-in-the-sky construction projects like the $30 billion-plus high-speed rail line from Los Angeles to San Francisco, which California officials fully expect to be funded.”
“Instead of beating yourself up when you make the same old mistakes again and again, break promises to yourself, or fall into destructive habits, close your eyes and silently whisper through time into your past, "I'm here. I'm listening. What do you need? Where does it hurt? How can I help?" Then listen for echoes of pain and loss and fear and unmet needs. Let yourself feel and experience those emotions as they surface. And then treat yourself as tenderly as you would a sad and scared child. Healing old hurts can only begin when the children we once were feel safe enough to speak their hearts to the adults we are now.”
“Instead of becoming a woman of the world, become a woman of the Word.”
“Instead of becoming an engineer like my brother, I moved to New York to be an actor.”
“Instead of becoming the world’s expert on Buddhism, just let go, let go, let go.”
“Instead of begging OPEC to drop its oil prices, lets use American leadership and ingenuity to solve our own energy problems.”
“Instead of begging to be picked by others, you have the choice to pick yourself and build your brand”
“Instead of being a person to whom things happened, I became a person who made things happen.”
“Instead of being a static one-time event, bonding is a process, a dynamic and continuous one. Thus, a reciprocal, loving attachment is still realizable even when early contact is delayed--as it is for many mothers and their prematurely born infants, or when illness of either the newborn or the mother intervenes.”
“Instead of being a student of a (given) field, I would like you to be the field.”
“Instead of being a theater actor who sometimes does movies I became a movie actor who sometimes does theater.”