I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“It is neither fair nor unfair, Nobody Owens. It simply is”
Source: The Graveyard Book
“It is neither favorable nor unfavorable, because no one is there to favor it.”
“It is neither holy, Roman or an empire.”
“It is neither judgment nor judgment according to the status quo with which we have a problem, but rather judgment according to God's Word. We sharply dress ourselves, go out into the world, shape ourselves, our personalities according to the world's standards and preferences, allow ourselves to be made dull by the world and its desires in order to appear successful and happy and attractive in the eyes of the world: we love the world's judgment but we hate God's judgment. Absurdly enough, the one which really matters, the one out of the purest of loves rather than that of a mere contract in hopes of mutual gain, is the one from which we so adamantly try to cut off, shut off, and distance ourselves.”
Source: Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality
“It is neither just nor human so to grind men down with excessive labour as to stupefy their minds and wear out their bodies.”
Source: A Light in the Heavens: Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII
“It is neither just the religious, the spiritual, the power-hungry, the evil, the ignorant, the corrupt, the Christian, the Muslim, the Hindu, the Buddhist, the Jew, nor the atheist that makes a hypocrite, but being a human being. Any man who thinks himself to be free of hypocrisy while committed to cherry-picking others for such, I am confident, the Almighty can prove to him a great deal of his own hypocrisy even beyond his earthly comprehension.”
“It is neither necessary nor desirable that national boundaries should mark sharp differences in standards of living, that membership of a national group should entitle to a share in a cake altogether different from that in which members of other groups share.”
“It is neither poor handling nor the weather that turns the pages of a book a fine sepia. It is the reader's imagination.”
Source: The Spirit of Imagination
“It is neither safe nor prudent to do anything against conscience.”
“It is neither the best nor the worst things in a book that defy translation.”
“It is neither the statesman nor the friend who is asking your help and assistance, but simply the man.”
“It is neither trials nor relationships nor successes nor failures that define a man, but the choices he makes while handling them.”
Source: Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
“It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.”
Source: Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts
“It is nerve-wracking watching my kids' games.”
“It is never a choice between good or bad, positive or negative. It is a choice of being present to what is required of you in the moment.”
Source: Life Happens To Us: A True Story
“It is never a good idea to do anything if you do not understand the process, asking questions does not represent ignorance, it means you want to become intelligent”
“It is never a good idea to not be comfortable.”
“It is never a good practice to continue to sleep after sunrise. We should not think of staying in bed once we are awake; it increases laziness and dullness. Those who cannot decrease the amount of sleep quickly may do it in gradual stages. Those who do regular spiritual practice do not need much sleep.”
“It is never a good sign when the most exciting thing on television is a dancing Republican.”
“It is never a mistake to say good-bye.”
Source: Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut
“It is never a question of what we desire,” she said sensitively. “The path we all follow is already woven for us.”
Source: The Woven Path
“It is never a river’s fault that one cannot swim.”
“It is never a small thing to have had a dream and lived to see it fulfilled, no matter how small the dream may be.”
Source: Drifting Onward Down The Stream
“It is never a waste of time to study the history of a word.”
“It is never about how good your voice is; it is only about feeling the urge to sing, and then having the courage to do it with the voice you are given.”
Source: True To Form
“It is never about who is right or wrong, it is about what is best.”
“It is never appropriate to comment on a woman's breasts. I would never do it on the street or at a supermarket, but when I'm sitting a table signing books, sometimes I notice that a woman will have remarkable breasts. And I will maybe quietly say something about it. It's not in a sexual way, because I'm a gay man - I would never say to a man "great ass" because that would be sort of creepy.. I hope it's not creepy to quietly tell a woman she has nice breasts.”
“It is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine.”
“It is never difficult to see images – when the principle of the image is embedded in the soul.”
“It is never easy for anyone to have success in music.”
“It is never easy to define what is moral, particularly in foreign policy. But at the risk of being simplistic, it appears to me that a foreign policy that is morally right protects human rights everywhere.”
“It is never easy to demand the most from ourselves, from our lives, from our work. To encourage excellence is to go beyond the encouraged mediocrity of our society is to encourage excellence. But giving in to the fear of feeling and working to capacity is a luxury only the unintentional can afford, and the unintentional are those who do not wish to guide their own destinies.”
Source: Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
“It is never easy to endure pain nor uncomfortable situation. It is seems easy to quit to avoid the pain.If you quit you will suffer later. It is far better to endure the pain now and enjoy later. Life is all about endurance.”
“It is never easy to lose a job, but there is an upside , employment counselors say job loss provides an opportunity to find something better-SUCCESSFUL WORKFORCE RE-ENTRY STRATEGIES FOR JOBSEEKERS WITH IMPERFECT WORK HISTORIES, Author, V J SMITH BARNES AND NOBLE NOOK BOOK”
Source: WORK AT HOME MOM
“It is never easy to win but it is a lot easier to win when you play well. The key is winning golf tournaments when you are not playing so well. Managing your game is something that I feel that I am still learning to do.”
“It is never enough to just exist. Everyone exists. what matters is to live through your existence.”
Source: Of Vengeance and Ashes
“It is never good dwelling on good-byes ... it is not the being together that it prolongs, it is the parting.”
“It is never ideal to assume what anyone may be thinking or that they perceive what occurs in exactly the same way as yourself.”
Source: Life Is A Circus
“It is never ideal to be passive by accepting whatever is personally unacceptable.”
Source: Life Is A Cocktail
“It is never just a kiss.
It is the marriage
of two minds
that have decided
they can stand
each other‘s arrogance.”
Source: I'm Sorry. I Know It's Too Late... But This is How I Loved You
“It is never just disagreement but always intellectual dishonesty that is the apologist's worst enemy. And its apprentice is ignorance.”
Source: Killosophy
“It is never late, pursuit your ambitions.”
Source: Think Great: Be Great!
“It is never late to ask yourself “Am I ready to change my life, am I ready to change myself?”. However old we are, whatever we went through, it is always possible to reborn. If each day is a copy of the last one, what a pity! Every breath is a chance to reborn. But to reborn into a new life, you have to die before dying.”
“It is never late to earn a degree, masters or doctorate. Learning has no age limit. All age groups are welcome to the act of learning.”
“It is never late, you can start the movement now, the provisions have been made, the price has been paid and the gifts have been packaged. Are you willing to change?”
Source: The Prince and the Pauper
“It is never my custom to use words lightly. If twenty-seven years in prison have done anything to us, it was to use the silence of solitude to make us understand how precious words are and how real speech is in its impact on the way people live and die.”
Source: Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom
“It is never okay to use the toilet with the door open... I never want to know what comes out of there because sometimes I eat at that restaurant.”
“It is never on account of its formal nature as a psychic act that faith is conceived in Scripture to be saving. It is not, strictly speaking, even faith in Christ that saves, but Christ that saves through faith. The saving power resides exclusively, not in the act of faith or the attitude of faith or nature of faith, but in the object of faith.”
“It is never permissible to say, I say.”
“It is never persuasive to argue that you are not the kind of person who does what you are actually doing.”
Source: The Post-Birthday World