I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“It is not a virtue, but a deceptive copy and imitation of virtue, when we are led to the performance of duty by pleasure as its recompense.”
“It is not a war. It is murder.”
“It is not a waste to write beautiful prose or poetry for one person's eyes alone!”
Source: Hidden art
“It is not a weakness to feel things deeply, but a great strength.”
Source: A Gargoyle Gripe
“It is not a woman’s duty to disclose that she’s trans to every person she meets. This is not safe for a myriad of reasons. We must shift the burden of coming out from trans women, and accusing them of hiding or lying, and focus on why it is unsafe for women to be trans.”
Source: Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More
“It is not a word too much to say that the New Testament abounds with errors.”
“It is not a zero sum game. The simple idea of the gains from trade lies at the heart of the modern and the ancient economy, not the power of capital. There is nothing else to it.”
“It is not about being a hermit in the forest. It is about overpowering lust and attachment wherever you are.”
Source: Shikhandi and Other Stories They Don't Tell You
“It is not about being thin. It is about staying healthy and fit. I need to live a long time to fulfil all the things I want to do. I want to be walking around at 90.”
“It is not about Belgian colonies. It is about establishing a new state that is as large as possible and about its governance. It should be clear that in this project there can be no question of granting the Negroes the slightest form of political power. That would be ridiculous. The whites, who lead the posts, have all the power.”
“It is not about bits, bytes and protocols, but profits, losses and margins.”
“It is not about doing what's possible, it's about doing what's humane.”
Source: Earthquakin' Egalitarian: I Die Everyday So Your Children Can Live
“It is not about doing what we feel like. It is about doing what God says.”
“It is not about finding the right person. People are not that right. Even if they start out right, we soon have a litany of complaints. The only answer is to be the right person ourselves. Then everything will tend to work together in a good way.”
Source: Circles of Separation: A Spiritual Fiction Series
“It is not about finding the right person. People are not that right. Even if they start out right, we soon have a litany of complaints. The only answer is to be the right person ourselves. Then everything will tend to work together in a good way. And when it does work, don’t be waving contracts, written or invisible, in front of people. Love that controls is not love but a contract. You don’t need to jump into the driver’s seat before the other person has an opportunity. Love freely and genuinely. Love openly and with courage. And forgive, forgive, forgive. People are a mass of problems. Stop remembering them all, or there will be no room to create the beautiful moments you wish to cherish in your soul.”
Source: Circles of Separation: A Spiritual Fiction Series
“It is not about forgetting but about not letting the past define you. It is about learning from it and embracing its role as your lifetime teacher.”
Source: America's Daughter
“It is not about getting on track but instead about creating or finding the next path that brings joy, contentment, and peace.”
Source: Don't Just Fly, SOAR: The Inspiration and tools you need to rise above adversity and create a life by design
“It is not about how good your goals are, but how good you are at accomplishing them. To do so, you need to be willing to do more.”
Source: 365 Motivational Life Lessons
“It is not about how long you have been around. It is about how helpful your existence has been.”
Source: These Words Burn Like Fire
“It is not about how much money we make or how big and powerful our work appears to others, it is about the love with which we put into each act of kindness toward another human being.”
“It is not about how much money you make. The question is are you educated enough to KEEP it.”
“It is not about how much you give, it is about how much you can let go with your mind.”
“It is not about how others respect you, it is about how u respect your own self”
“It is not about knowing, but about living.”
Source: In Search of True Freedom
“It is not about learning to like this or that vegetable; but developing an overall attitude to eating that is more open to variety and less governed by the simple sugar-salt-fat palate of junk food.”
Source: First Bite: How We Learn to Eat
“It is not about making complicated decisions, it is about finding complicated problems and providing plausible solutions for them.”
Source: 365 Inspiring Life Lessons to Empower Your Mind
“It is not about me, it is about us.”
“It is not about mind-watching; but rather recognizing That which watches the mind.”
“It is not about never doubting, it is about coming out on the other side with twice the faith you had going into your doubt.”
“It is not about painting life, it is about making painting alive.”
“It is not about promoting a distinct and great American culture because today's Democrat Party does not believe in one.”
“It is not about proving people wrong or right. It is about proving yourself right by doing what is right.”
Source: Dear Daughter: Short and Sweet Messages for a Queen
“It is not about reading the Word. It is about obeying the Word.”
“It is not about sexuality that is important to most people who care, it is what we do for our community and our family, our friends and just human compassion for others that matter in the world we live in daily.”
“It is not about striving for immortality, but about accepting mortality.”
“It is not about surpassing the masters who preceded us but more about opening new artistic vistas. It is about doing the things they didn't have a chance or the time to do.”
“IT IS NOT ABOUT SYMPATHY OR LIKEABILITY, EITHER. EMPATHY IS ABOUT THE TRANSLATION OF FEELING.”
Source: Screenwriting 101 by Film Crit Hulk!
“It is not about the glory of the human form more about being human.”
“It is not about the pasture of the sheep, but about their wool.
[Lat., Non est de pastu ovium quaestio, sed de lana.]”
“It is not about what today was. It is about what tomorrow could be.”
“It is not about what you lose when it is over.
Far more, it is about what you gain during the journey!”
“It is not about where you are but in what direction you're moving. God is into character, not credentials.”
“It is not about whether you are an executive, a studio or a network. If you have a story or an idea you can build a following for it.”
“It is not about whether you call yourself a leader or not. It is about what you have to show to people as a leader. Leadership is contagious, you carry it and share it.”
“It is not about whether you have free will, rather it is about whether you have enough experience to make the best possible wilful decision in the current moment of life.”
Source: What is Mind?
“It is not about which artist is more skilled than which other artist. It is about creating what is in you to create. A lack of confidence in oneself is like a thief, It steals from the world that which might be worthy.”
“It is not about who is right and who is wrong. We are failing as one human race. Nothing seems to justify our so-called I.Q. levels. We are bent on annihilating the world by resorting to wars and violence.”
“It is not abstinence from pleasures that is best, but mastery over them without being worsted.”
“It is not absurd to suppose that the extermination of man begins with the extermination of man's germs. One has only to consider the human being himself, complete with his emotions, his passions, his laughter, his sex and his secretions, to conclude that man is nothing but a dirty little germ - an irrational virus marring a universe of transparency. Once he has been purged, once everything has been cleaned up and all infection - whether of a social or a bacillary kind - has been driven out, then only the virus of sadness will remain in a mortally clean and mortally sophisticated world.”
Source: The Transparency of Evil: Essays in Extreme Phenomena
“It is not acceptable for customers in one member state to pay the price for a company to become a bigger player in other member states. The ruling shows that in these cases it is essential that companies propose adequate remedies in order to guarantee sufficient competition from other firms.”