I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“it is good to have measured myself, to recognize my limitations.”
“It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy.”
Source: Old Gorgon Graham: More Letters from a Self-made Merchant to His Son
“It is good to have organizations but not to exaggerate their importance out of due proportion.”
“It is good to have respect for all beings because who knows what anyone can do?”
“It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.”
“it is good to have wealth. It is great to leave in comfort. It is awesome to obtain possessions but, don't be too eager for material possessions for the same material possessions that bring joy are the same possessions that bring sorrow and pain and also leave a big had I know on our minds”
“It is good to help other people, but never lose yourself while doing so. Find the courage to help other souls without breaking your own soul.”
Source: 365 Inspiring Life Lessons to Empower Your Mind
“It is good to help others every once in a while, but if it begins to affect your work or your personal life, it is time to take some strict measures. You should start saying ‘no’.”
“It is good to hold the asse by the bridle.”
Source: The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose
“It is good to jest, but not to make a trade of jesting.”
“It is good to keep in mind ... that nobody has ever succeeded in producing even one new species by the accumulation of micromutations. Darwin's theory of natural selection has never had any proof, yet it has been universally accepted.”
“It is good to know one's enemy.
It is better to know one's self.”
Source: Kronos Rising
“It is good to know our universe. What is new is only new to us.”
“It is good to know that out there, in a forest in the world, there is a cabin where something is possible.”
“It is good to know what a man is, and also what the world takes him for. But you do not understand him until you have learnt how he understands himself.”
Source: F.H. Bradley: Miscellaneous Writings
“It is good to labor; it is also good to rest from labor.”
“It is good to laugh. Laughter is spiritual relaxation.”
“It is good to lend to a friend, but it should not cause a friend to become an enemy...”
“It is good To lengthen to the last a sunny mood.”
Source: Miscellaneous poems. Memorial verses. Sonnets. I-XXVII. L'Envoi. Vision of Sir Launfal
“It is good to light people's paths and guide them, but it is much, much better to teach them to create their own light and walk their own path by their own light, thus completely eliminating their dependence on you!”
“It is good to live and learn.”
“It is good to live in a country where all are immigrants ... the newcomer is simply the latest arrival.”
Source: Parables of Sun Light: Observations on Psychology, the Arts, and the Rest
“It is good to look after yourself; after all, you only have you to do that for you.”
“It is good to look to the past to gain appreciation for the present and perspective for the future.”
“It is good to LOOK to the past to gain appreciation for the present and perspective for the FUTURE. It is good to look upon the VIRTUES of those who have gone before; to gain STRENGTH for whatever lies ahead. It is good to REFLECT upon the work of those who labored so hard and gained so little in this world, but out of whose DREAMS and early pains, so well nurtured, has come a great gravest of which we are the beneficiaries. Their tremendous EXAMPLE can become a compelling MOTIVATION for all of us. ~Gordon B. Hinckley”
“It is good to love God for hope of reward, but it is better to love God for love's sake; and the prayer goes: O Lord, I do not want wealth nor children nor learning. If it be Thy will, I shall go from birth to birth. But grant me this, that I may love thee without the hope of reward 'love' unselfishly for love's sake.”
Source: Swami Vivekanand's Chicago Speech: Swami Vivekananda’s Speech At World Parliament Of Religion, Chicago
“It is good to love in a moderate degree; to distraction, it is not good; but to love to entire distraction, is the thing that my master's doing.”
“It is good to love many things”
Source: The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh
“It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.”
“It is good to love the unknown.”
Source: The Life, Letters, and Writings of Charles Lamb
“It is good to pray for the repair of mistakes, but praying earlier would keep us from making so many. When puzzled, go to prayer and listen.”
“It is good to preserve the name, wealth, and honors you inherit, but it is better in every way if you yourself create a position and a name. The first requires good sense, but the second demands willpower and great virtue.”
“It is good to put your life in other people's hands.”
Source: THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING
“It is good to read the testimonies of Scripture; it is good to seek the Lord our God in them. As for me, however, I have already made so much of Scripture my own that I have more than enough to meditate on and turn over in my mind. I need no more . .. I know Christ, the poor crucified One.”
“It is good to realize that falling apart is not such a bad thing. Indeed, it is as essential to evolutionary and psychological transformation as the cracking of outgrown shells.”
“It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honor nature's gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be here forever.”
Source: An Outdoor Journal: Adventures and Reflections
“It is good to realize the power inside of you, but it takes prayer to do that. When you know the plans God has for your life, you will know what direction to follow and be inspired to follow it until you prosper.”
Source: Prayer: An Antidote for the Inner Man
“It is good to recall that three centuries ago, around the year 1660, two of the greatest monuments of modern history were erected, one in the West and one in the East; St. Paul's Cathedral in London and the Taj Mahal in Agra. Between them, the two symbolize, perhaps better than words can describe, the comparative level of architectural technology, the comparative level of craftsmanship and the comparative level of affluence and sophistication the two cultures had attained at that epoch of history. But about the same time there was also created—and this time only in the West—a third monument, a monument still greater in its eventual import for humanity. This was Newton's Principia, published in 1687. Newton's work had no counterpart in the India of the Mughals.”
Source: Ideals and Realities: Selected Essays of Abdus Salam
“It is good to remember that the goal of Buddhism is to create Buddhas, not Buddhists, as the goal of Christianity is to create Christs, not Christians. In the same vein, my teachings are not meant to acquire followers or imitators, but to awaken beings to eternal truth and thus to awakened life and living.”
“It is good to renew one's wonder, said the philosopher. Space travel has again made children of us all.”
Source: The Martian Chronicles
“It is good to renew ourselves, from time to time, by closely examining the state of our souls, as if we had never done it before; for nothing tends more to the full assurance of faith, than to keep ourselves by this means in humility, and the exercise of all good works.”
Source: The Works of the Rev. John Wesley: A plain account of Christian perfection. The appeals to men of reason and religion. Principles of the Methodists, &c
“It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.”
“It is good to say it aloud: 'Nothing has happened.' Once again: 'Nothing has happened.' Does that help?"”
Source: The Journal of My Other Self
“It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us. This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good heart whatever they might have to say.”
Source: Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore: Being a Treasury of Over Ten Thousand Invaluable and Inspiring Thoughts, Views, and Obervations on about Eight Hundred Subjects of Popular Interest, Collected from the Speeches and Writings of These Three Great Leaders of Modern India
“It is good to see two women from Britain's minority ethnic communities fighting in seats that Labour won at the last election.”
“It is good to stay in a peaceful poverty than to stay in a painful wealth.”
“It is good to take a weekend and just you, or you and your dog, head out into the wilderness. Walk by yourself. Be by yourself. It will help you in your search for stillness and perfection.”
“It is good to taste for yourself everything you need to know. That worldly pleasures and wealth are not good things, I learned even as a child. I knew it for a long time, but only now have I experienced it.”
“It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you.”
“It is good to view things as familiar or unfamiliar, rather than as difficult or easy.”
Source: Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within