I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.”
“It is better to light one small candle of gratitude than to curse the darkness.”
“It is better to listen to a crow that lives in trees than to a learned man who lives only in ideas.”
“It is better to listen to a wise enemy than to seek counsel from a foolish friend.”
“It is better to live alone, there is no companionship with a fool.”
Source: Sacred Books of the East: Including Selections from the Vedic Hymns, Zend-Avesta, Dhammapada, Upanishads, the Koran, and the Life of Buddha
“It is better to live as a broken piece of jade, than to live as a useless clay.”
“It is better to live in a hut with your friend than to live in a palace with your enemy.”
“It is better to live in a state of impermanence than in one of finality.”
“It is better to live in a world of poetic meaning rather than hardcore reality.”
“It is better to live in peace than in bitterness and strife”
“It is better to live in the light than in the darkness.”
Source: Think Great: Be Great!
“It is better to live just one day as a hero than to squander an entire lifetime as a coward.”
“It is better to live life with great faith, hope and courage.”
Source: Think Great: Be Great!
“It is better to live on the house top than to live in a house full of confusion.”
Source: Bob Marley & Other Sounds' Lyrics
“It is better to live on the sea and let other men raise your crops and cook your meals. A house smells of smoke, a ship smells of frolic. From a house you see a sooty roof, from a ship you see Valhalla.”
“It is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep.”
“It is better to live poorly upon the fruits of God's goodness than live plentifully upon the products of our own sin.”
“It is better to live presently. By living thus, perhaps we can learn to understand the nature of this fragile coexistence we share with the world around us.”
“It is better to live ready than to get ready!”
“It is better to live rich than to die rich.”
Source: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., comprehending an account of his studies, and numerous works, in chronological order: a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published; the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished
“It is better to live under a tree in a jungle inhabited by tigers and elephants, to maintain oneself in such a place with ripe fruits and spring water, to lie down on grass and to wear the ragged barks of trees than to live amongst one's relations when reduced to poverty.”
“It is better to live with faith than fear.”
“It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection.”
Source: The Bhagavad Gita
“It is better to lock up your heart with a merciless padlock, than to fall in love with someone who doesn't know what they mean to you.”
Source: The Infinity Sign
“It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.”
“It is better to look forward to summer than to curse winter.”
“It is better to look good than to feel good.”
“It is better to look suffering straight in the eye, acknowledge and respect it’s presence, and then get busy as soon as possible focusing on things we choose to focus on.”
Source: Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life
“It is better to look up.”
“It is better to lose and win, than win and be defeated.”
“It is better to lose everything you have to keep the balance of justice level, than to live a life of petty privilege devoid of true freedom.”
“It is better to lose friends than to lose your reputation, and better to lose riches than to lose your integrity.”
“It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser.”
“It is better to lose than never to have had.”
Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel
“It is better to lose your life than to waste it.”
“It is better to lose your pride with someone you love rather than to lose that someone you love with your useless pride.”
“It is better to love and lose than to hurt and win.”
“It is better to love every person, than to wait for one person to love you.”
“It is better to love good than evil.”
“It is better to love truly at seventeen than pretend at thirty.”
“It is better to make a mistake than to do nothing.”
“It is better to make a mistake with full force of your being than to carefully avoid mistakes with a trembling spirit.”
“It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of 'culture.'”
Source: Silence: Lectures and Writings
“It is better to make an irrational noise in a bush than in a desert.”
“It is better to make friends than adversaries of a conquered race.”
Source: Benjamin Robert Haydon: Correspondence and Table-talk
“It is better to make mistakes than to lie idle.”
“It is better to manage changes skillfully than to just let life happen to you.”
“It is better to meditate a little bit with depth than to mediate long with the mind running here and there. If you do not make an effort to control the mind it will go on doing as it pleases, no matter how long you sit to meditate.”
“It is better to meet danger than to wait for it.”
Source: L.P.
“It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.”
Source: Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think