I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Instead of following a religion, follow in the footsteps of its founder.”
“Instead of following the masses, follow your conscience.”
Source: Values to Live By: Know What Matters Most and Let It Be Your Guide
“Instead of following your passion find your greatest contribution.”
Source: Life's Great Question: Discover How You Contribute To The World
“Instead of forcing yourself to feel positive, allow yourself to be present in the now”
Source: Stepping Beyond Intention
“Instead of freaking out about these constraints, embrace them. Let them guide you. Constraints drive innovation and force focus. Instead of trying to remove them, use them to your advantage.”
Source: Getting Real: The Smarter, Faster, Easier Way to Build a Web Application
“Instead of fretting about getting everything done, why not simply accept that being alive means having things to do? Then drop into full engagement with whatever you're doing, and let the worry go.”
“Instead of friends, I see in Washington only mortal enemies. Instead of loving the old flag of the stars and stripes, I see in it only the symbol of murder, plunder, oppression, and shame.”
Source: My Imprisonment and the First Year of Abolition Rule at Washington
“Instead of fulfilling the promise of infinite orgasmic bliss, sex in the America of the feminine mystique is becoming a strangely joyless national compulsion, if not a contemptuous mockery.”
“Instead of gambling on the eternal impossibility of the revolution and on the fascist return of a war-machine in general, why not think that a new type of revolution is in the course of becoming possible, and that all kinds of mutating, living machines conduct wars, are combined and trace out a plane of consistance which undermines the plane of organization of the World and the States?”
Source: Dialogues
“Instead of generating either unnecessary alarm or a false sense of security regarding these fundamental issues, the best course is to empower people with the truth.”
“Instead of getting an iPad, I now use my iPhone with a giant magnifying glass attached to my face.”
“Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try and give their best qualities to men - bring them softness, teach them how to cry.”
“Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and give her a house.”
“Instead of getting wound up, simply relax your expectations of your family, friends, business associates...and yourself.”
“Instead of giving a firm foundation for setting the conscience of man at rest forever, Thou didst choose all that is exceptional, vague and enigmatic.”
Source: The Brothers Karamazov
“Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.”
“Instead of giving in to cynicism and division, let's move forward with the confidence and optimism and unity that define us as a people.”
“Instead of giving in to the greatest misfortune that can happen at my age, deafness, I busy myself in searching out all possible compensations, and I apply myself much more to all the amusements that are here within my grasp.”
“Instead of giving it [war] a rest I continued pursuing more research, talking to more people on the subject as if I was to please this aftermath of the book by knowledge that was more historical and psychological than literary and aesthetical.”
“Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth.”
“Instead of giving someone a piece of your mind, it turns out far better if you give them a piece of your heart.”
“Instead of giving the effort the level of attention needed, the Air Force has wasted a year doing very little to end our reliance on Russian rocket engines, if the Air Force is unwilling to do what is necessary to meet the 2019 deadline, they are going to have to figure out how to meet our space launch needs without the RD-180 (Russian engine).”
“Instead of going on a beach vacation to Hawaii, you could go to a Democratic convention, a state convention, a conference being held to discuss issues you care about, or even go hear a politician speak. Soon your life is all about government and politics and you delve into issues and public policy. When you do that, not only do you learn to be a good candidate for office, but you also learn to be a good elected official.”
“Instead of going out and looking for someone successful who could serve as a role model and guide your path to success, be yourself and inspire yourself to achieve that which you always wanted to achieve.”
“Instead of going out and shooting people, why don't you go start a band.”
“Instead of going out on Saturday night as planned, I decided to stay in with a few of my closest friends from the complex carbohydrate family. Well actually, like most of my friends, they're not that complex.”
Source: The Goddess Advantage
“Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good.”
“Instead of going out, I'm trying to encourage people to have a memorable experience in their own home. We call it 'Delicioso Night In.' I invite the people I care about the most. Then, when I get a lot of people together, I like to have finger foods.”
“Instead of going to Paris to attend lectures, go to the public library, and you won't come out for twenty years, if you really wish to learn.”
Source: Translations from the Russian
“Instead of going to the gym, I dress in black - a lot more practical and much more fun.”
“Instead of going to war, we should put the money into arts and culture and let creative people define what Britain is.”
“Instead of growing old gracefully, at home with my family - reading and writing and praying and thinking - too much of my time has been spent at airports and in hotels.”
“Instead of growing stomach cancer, let us consult our life trip advisor, follow our mental Waze directions in the cracklings of our expectations, avoid annoying congestion, and listen to the soothing rhythm of Deep Breathing. (“Un Brin de causette, svp – Please, just a bit of a chat,”)”
“Instead of gutting consumer protection, we should be expanding it.”
“Instead of handing him back his pen, she decided to add one more thing.
She handed him the list, which he read, then gave a low, sexy chuckle.
" 'Is interested in joining the mile-high club.' I've got just the chopper for that," he said as he kissed her again.”
Source: The Café Between Pumpkin and Pie
“Instead of harboring fear and suspicion we need to think of other people not as ‘them’ but ‘us’.”
“Instead of hating, my heart cries mercy! Mercy on me! Mercy on me! Mercy on me!”
Source: Behind the Hospital
“Instead of hating, my heart cries mercy! Mercy on me! Mercy on me! Mercy on me! It calls out to love in an attempt to save myself. I don’t want to be one of those people who live their lives with boils, septic wounds and broken bones bleeding inside.”
Source: Behind the Hospital
“Instead of hating someone, pray for that person. Don't forget to pray for yourself as well, that you may learn how to let go and forgive.”
“Instead of hating the people you think are war-makers, hate the appetites and disorder in your own soul, which are the causes of war. If you love peace, then hate injustice, hate tyranny, hate greed - but hate these things in yourself, not in another.”
“Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.”
“Instead of having a baby, why dont you get a tattoo of a baby first, and see how that works out for six months to a year, and then see if you're ready to have a baby.”
“Instead of having a set of policies that are equipping people for the globalization of the economy, we have policies that are accelerating the most destructive trends of the global economy.”
“Instead of having a valued friend, having a friend with values is what matters”
“Instead of having just good intentions that are me-centered,you can have God intentions that are God-centered. And when God puts something into you, you can be certain it will come to pass.”
Source: Weird: Because Normal Isn't Working
“Instead of having to be a member of the Royal Society to do science, the way you had to be in England in the 17th, 18th, centuries today pretty much anybody who wants to do it can, and the information that they need to do it is there.”
“Instead of having to program, to wire, to solder, littleBits allow you to program using very simple intuitive gestures.”
“Instead of heading for a big mental breakdown, I decided to have a small breakdown every Tuesday evening.”
Source: No Hope for Gomez!
“Instead of hearing, "Oh, he's good," I'd rather hear, "Wow, you changed my feelings today, you made me feel different."”
“Instead of heeding her advice to listen to his conscience, Stromboli had tricked her. Lied to her.
The first way you begin to lose yourself is with a lie, Mamma had taught her. A lie keeps growing and growing until it's as plain as the nose on your face.
"Mamma's wise words," Chiara murmured to herself. "If only they would help Stromboli, too."
As soon as she uttered the command, the wand in Stromboli's hand began to glow. The boy laughed and laughed, thinking gold was about to rain from the ceiling and that his wish would soon come true.
But the magic gathered around his nose... which began to grow.
"Papa!" he screamed, coming to a halt.
Remo seized his stool, raising it high and threateningly. "What are you doing to my son?"
"Teaching him something that you would also do well to learn," Chiara replied. Outwardly, she maintained her composure, but her heart raced as she witnessed the wand's power. Let it be temporary, she commended it silently. "You will treat others the way you wish to be treated. And a lie will not get you what you want.”
Source: When You Wish Upon a Star