I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Instead of being a well-known painter, I became everybody's favorite dirty joke. Come to think of it, teaching masturbation skills is pretty weird.”
“Instead of being a Woodrow Wilson democracy promoter we ought to hunt down our enemies and kill ISIS rather than creating opportunities for ISIS to take control of new countries.”
“Instead of being afraid, I will become something to fear.”
Source: The Cruel Prince
“Instead of being afraid of death, we should try to awake to life; and the only death we should escape from is to forget the presence of God into us.”
“Instead of being afraid of the challenge and failure, be afraid of avoiding the challenge and doing nothing”
“Instead of being ashamed of what you've been through, be proud of what you have overcome!”
“Instead of being at the mercy of wild beasts, earthquakes, landslides, and inundations, modern man is battered by the elemental forces of his own psyche. This is the World Power that vastly exceeds all other powers on earth. The Age of Enlightenment, which stripped nature and human institutions of gods, overlooked the God of Terror who dwells in the human soul.”
Source: The Collected Works
“Instead of being blind to race, color blindness makes people blind to racism, unwilling to acknowledge where its effects have shaped opportunity or to use race-conscious solutions to address it.”
Source: The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
“Instead of being chained to the dead,
Let us be each other's roots.
Be a garland that celebrates life,
Instead of a hangman's noose.”
Source: Yarasistan: My Wounds, My Crown
“Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, seek to be worthy of being known.”
Source: THE SAYINGS OF CONFUCIUS
“Instead of being critical of people in authority over you and envious of their position, be happy you're not responsible for everything they have to do. Instead of piling on complaints, thank them for what they do. Overwhelm them with encouragement and appreciation!”
“Instead of being disappointed about where you are, be optimistic about where you are going.”
“Instead of being distracted by doubt, we need to trust our ability to handle what is in front of us. This self-trust forms the RED backbone to support our BLUE focused attention. Banishing doubt and worry avoids overthinking – that busy mind that arises from an internal debate about what we’re doing.”
Source: Perform Under Pressure: Change the Way You Feel, Think and Act Under Pressure
“Instead of being encouraged to feel completely protected, loved, honored, and respected by the Divine Force, you've been taught that you're being judged. Because you've been taught that, you feel guilt and fear. But guilt and fear do not open you connection to the Divine; they only serve to close your heart. The reality is that God's way is love, and you can see this for yourself.”
Source: The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
“Instead of being experienced consciously (either diffusely or displaced, as in phobias) the impulse causing the anxiety is "converted" into functional symptoms in organs or parts of the body, usually those that are mainly under voluntary control. The symptoms serve to lessen conscious (felt) anxiety and ordinarily are symbolic of the underlying mental conflict. Such reactions usually meet immediate needs of the patient and are, therefore, associated with more or less obvious "secondary gain." They are to be differentiated from psychophysiologic autonomic and visceral disorders. The term "conversion reaction" is synonymous with "conversion hysteria." Dissociative reactions are not included in this diagnosis.
In recording such reactions the symptomatic manifestations will be specified as anesthesia (anosmia, blindness, deafness), paralysis (paresis, aphonia, monoplegia, or hemiplegia), dyskinesis (tic, tremor, posturing, catalepsy).”
Source: DSM I: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Mental Disorders
“Instead of being frustrated by adversity, our mind focuses on the adventure of creativity with our thoughts. What a glorious paradise?”
Source: Think Great: Be Great!
“Instead of being intimidated by the limitations, be inspired to find new ways around them.”
“Instead of being jealous of other people's success, tap to their blessings and pray to do better.
Say no to jealousy, don't be a bitter person.”
“Instead of being just a church that welcomes and receives by keeping the doors open, let us try also to be a church that finds new roads, that is able to step outside itself and go to those who do not attend Mass, to those who have quit or are indifferent.”
Source: My Door Is Always Open: A Conversation on Faith, Hope and the Church in a Time of Change
“Instead of being like a circus where the trainer uses his stick to make animals do stunts to serve the interest of the audience, the system of education should be like an Orchestra where the conductor waves his stick to orchestrate the music already within the musicians’ heart in the most beautiful manner. The teacher should be like the conductor in the orchestra, not the trainer in the circus.”
Source: The Education Decree
“Instead of being lionized and admired for her genius, instead of being able to earn a decent living as a writer, Andrea Dworkin was misrepresented and demonized.”
“Instead of being lost in your thinking, when you awaken you recognize yourself as the awareness behind it. Thinking then ceases to be a self-serving autonomous activity that takes possession of you and runs your life.”
“Instead of being on teams at school, I was preparing for auditions.”
“Instead of being part of the problem – finding the root cause of the problem – being part of the solution – makes it easier to find the solution to the problem!”
“সমস্যার অংশ হওয়ার পরিবর্তে – সমস্যার মূল কারণ খুঁজে বের করা – সমাধানের অংশ হওয়া – সমস্যার সমাধান খুঁজে পাওয়া সহজ করে তোলে!”
“Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must have the opportunity to learn that within each range, some people are loathsome and some are delightful.”
Source: Twentieth century faith: hope and survival
“Instead of being regarded as intelligent or knowledgeable, many a woman would rather be regarded as beautiful or good in the kitchen; many a man, as handsome or good in bed.”
“Instead of being taught independence, energy, and enterprise, our youth today is taught to look for security.”
“Instead of being the 'font of all knowledge,' teachers are required to be effective facilitators of student learning both within and outside the classroom at any time.”
“Instead of believing the world is plotting to do you harm, choose to believe the world is plotting to do you good. Instead of seeing every difficult challenging event as a negative, see it for what it could be - something that is meant to enrich you, empower you, or advance your causes.”
“Instead of blaming everyone and everything else for your problems, pray for God to help you take an inventory of what's been on your mind so you can think about what you've been thinking about.”
“Instead of blaming individuals for their poor habits, Behavior Analysis focuses on understanding observable behaviors and how the environment can be adjusted to support desired changes.”
Source: Vital Behavior Blueprint: 5 Steps to Embed Mission-Critical Habits into Your Organization's DNA
“Instead of blaming yourself for something you cannot undo, let it define you.”
Source: The Ghost And Its Shadow
“Instead of blaming yourself for what others think, you should focus on what truly matters to you and how minding your own business helps you create your best self.”
“Instead of blocking out the pain, I try to accept it, feel it as much as possible.”
Source: Endure By Alex Hutchinson & The Rise of Superman By Steven Kotler 2 Books Collection Set
“Instead of blue skies and sunshine, there are grey clouds and endless rain that seeps into your bones, your soul.”
Source: Angel Cake
“Instead of boiling up individuals into the species, I would draw a chalk circle round every individuality, and preach to it to keep within that, and preserve and cultivate its identity.”
Source: Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle
“Instead of bowing after a performance, why can’t we toss a coin and call for ‘heads’ instead?
Poem - Moral Compass.
December 7, 2022.”
Source: EvolutionR
“Instead of bracing yourself for the perils of the unknown, embrace the joy that is here, in your present moment.”
“Instead of breaking or cherry-picking the rules, many just follow the inner rules, which have been instilled during their lifetime and have subtly permeated their thinking. They value rules, as it offers the ravishment of a securing, ceremonial rhythm in life and it prevents them from breaking free from their cocoon, all the more because freedom can be so scaring and exhausting. ("When forgetting the rules of the game" )”
“Instead of bringing back 1600 plants, we might return from our journeys with a collection of small unfêted but life-enhancing thoughts.”
Source: The Art of Travel
“Instead of brooding because we don't know what to do let's remember that we haven't even started. We have nothing to lose. Let's struggle in whatever way we can. To move forward.”
Source: 好きっていいなよ。 12 [Suki tte Ii na yo 12]
“Instead of building castles against your enemies, build bridges for them to come to you!”
“Instead of building housing in a wealthy neighborhood and saying, here you go, here's some under the market which will, by the way, drop the market for everyone's housing. Go into the lower income neighborhoods and say, here's a business incentives, so that people can get jobs.”
“Instead of building the peace by attacking injustices like starvation, disease, illiteracy, political and economic servitude, we spend a trillion dollars on war since 1946, until hatred and conflict have become the international preoccupation.”
“Instead of building walls, we should be building bridges.”
“Instead of buying a guitar for $2,000 or $2,500 - I'm not sure how much these are going for - but it's maybe $300 or something like that. It's more for beginners and stuff like that. Obviously it's not hitting the pros. And you can't get the Piezo pickup and the color-changing paint and the inlays and all the fancy things that my signature guitars offer, but you can get the general feel of the guitar - and the body style. It's cool.”
“Instead of buying a Mercedes, you can buy a Toyota; and then use the extra money that you would have spent every month, for about five years, on the installment, fuel, and insurance to buy shares in the company that owns Mercedes … or the one that owns Rolls Royce.”
“Instead of buying airplanes and playing around like some of our competitors, we've rolled almost everything back to the company.”
“Instead of buying six things, buy one thing that you really like. Don't keep buying just for the sake of it.”
“Instead of buying something for you that you want I give you something that is mine, truly mine. A gift, a sign of respect for the person I have in front of me. Now you have a little piece of me with you which I gave you freely and spontaniously.”
Source: Eleven Minutes