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 difficult to see that if everyone were to follow Paul’s personal example of celibacy, his idea of holiness, and his dream of celibate society, the human race would in no time be wiped off the face of the Earth.”
“It is not difficult to stand above the conventions when we leave no hostages among them; men can always be more unconventional than women, and a bachelor of independent means need encounter no difficulties at all.”
Source: Howards End
“It is not difficult to understand why the great God of heaven has reserved these special spirits for the final work of the kingdom prior to his millennial reign.... This generation will face trials and troubles that will exceed those of their pioneer forebears. Our generation has had periods of some respite from the foe. The future generation will have little or none....This is a chosen generation.... I believe today's [Church youth] will lead the youth of the world through the most trying time in history.”
“It is not dirt but the fear of dirt which is the sign of man's degeneration, and it is dangerous to judge a man's physical and moral sanity by outside standards.”
Source: My country and my people
“It is not disbelief that is dangerous to our society; it is belief.”
Source: George Bernard Shaw: The Collected Plays (Illustrated): 60 plays including Caesar and Cleopatra, Pygmalion, Saint Joan, The Apple Cart, Cymbeline, Androcles And The Lion, The Man Of Destiny, The Inca Of Perusalem and Macbeth Skit
“It is not discrimination to treat different things differently.”
Source: Debating Same-Sex Marriage
“It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.”
“It is not done to let anybody be too happy. The moment two people seem to be enjoying one another's company, a good hostess introduces a third element or removes the first.”
“It is not doubt, it is certainty which makes mad... But to feel in this way one must be profound, abyss, philosopher... We all fear truth.”
Source: Ecce Homo
“It is not doubt,is certitude that drives you mad.”
“It is not doubted, and you know it, that Ireland and all those islands which have received the faith, belong to the Church of Rome; if you wish to enter that Island, to drive vice out of it, to cause law to be obeyed and St Peter's Pence to be paid by every house, it will please us to assign it to you.”
“It is not down in any map; true places never are.”
Source: Moby Dick
“It is not dying, but living, that is a preparation for Death.”
Source: More Memories
“It is not earthly rank, nor birth, nor nationality, nor religious privilege, which proves that we are members of the family of God; it is love, a love that embraces all humanity.”
Source: Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing - Illustrated
“It is not earthly riches which make us or our sons happy; for they must either be lost by us in our lifetime, or be possessed when we are dead, by whom we know not, or perhaps by whom we would not.”
Source: The City of God
“It is not ease, but effort-not facility, but difficulty, makes men. There is, perhaps, no station in life in which difficulties have not to be encountered and overcome before any decided measure of success can be achieved.”
Source: Self-help: With Illustrations of Character and Conduct
“It is not easy always to be joyful, to keep in mind the duty of delight.”
“It is not easy being biracial. It is like we are a race of our own.”
Source: Why Are You Obsessed with My Race?
“It is not easy being different, you just have to accept it and say sod YOU!!!”
“It is not easy being trapped in a school that is caught between cornfields and cows.”
Source: Fading Away
“It is not easy for a man to be as great as a mountain or a forest. But that is why the creator gave them to us as teachers. Now that I am old I Iook once more toward them for lessons, instead of trying to understand the ways of men. They tell me to be patient. They tell me I cannot change what is, I can only hope to change what will become. Let the grasses grow over our scars, they say, and let flowers bloom over our wounds.”
Source: Neither Wolf Nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder
“It is not easy for a people conditioned by fear under the iron rule of the principle that might is right to free themselves from the enervating miasma of fear. Yet even under the most crushing state machinery courage rises up again and again, for fear is not the natural state of civilized man.”
Source: Freedom from Fear: And Other Writings
“It is not easy for a person to do any great harm when his tenure of office is short, whereas long possession begets tyranny.”
Source: Politics
“It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.”
“It is not easy for us to change. But it is possible and it is our glory as human beings”
Source: The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace
“It is not easy to age in harmony with one's roles.”
“It is not easy to be a follower of Christ, but when you fast and pray, the journey becomes bearable.”
Source: Prayer: An Antidote for the Inner Man
“It is not easy to be a man with growing feminism. It is ideal if women who are very successful in their careers can find a man to complement their strengths and work as a team. I think we should interview the men behind all the successful women, and find out the qualities of good men behind successful women. “Behind every successful woman is a great man.” Finding the right companion on the onset is like striking the jackpot in life.”
“It is not easy to be a pioneer - but oh, it is fascinating!”
“It is not easy to be a pioneer but oh, it is fascinating! I would not trade one moment, even the worst moment, for all the riches in the world.”
“It is not easy to be a pretty woman without causing mischief.”
“It is not easy to be a Witch, a bender, a shaper, one of the Wise; nor is it safe, comfortable, laid back, mellow, uplifting, or a guarantee of Peace of mind. It requires openness, vulnerability, courage and work. It gives no answers, only tasks to be done and questions to consider....It functions in those deeper ways of knowing which our culture has denied and for which we hunger.”
“It is not easy to be at peace in today’s troubled world. Necessarily peace is a personal acquisition. … It can be attained only through maintaining constantly a repentant attitude, seeking forgiveness of sins both large and small, and thus coming ever closer to God.”
“It is not easy to be crafty and winsome at the same time, and few accomplish it after the age of six.”
“It is not easy to be different, and even less so to be unique.”
Source: Clockwork Princess
“It is not easy to be honest because it is impossible to be complete.”
Source: The Cow
“It is not easy to be solitary unless you are also born ruthless. Every solitary repudiates someone.”
Source: Hide and Seek: A Continuing Journey
“It is not easy to be stranded between two worlds, the sad truth is that we can never feel completely comfortable in either world.”
Source: Devil's Brood
“It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but [we do know] it is our sacred duty.”
“It is not easy to be the best. You must have the courage to bear pain, disappointment, and heartbreak. You must learn how to face danger and understand fear, yet not be afraid. You establish your goal, and no matter what deters you along the way, in your every waking moment you must say to yourself, "I could do it."”
“It is not easy to be the citizen of a Superpower, nor is it getting easier. I would feel isolated with my shame if I were not sure that I belong, among millions of Americans, to a perennial minority of the nation. The obstinate bleeding hearts who will never agree that might makes right and know if the end justifies the means, the end is worthless. Power corrupts, an old truism but why does it also make the powerful so stupid? Their power schemes become unstuck in time, at cruel cost to other; then the powerful put their stupid important heads together and invent the next similar schemes [written 1987].”
Source: The Face of War
“It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.”
“It is not easy to build a great brand. It takes leadership to persuade the rest of the company to follow your vision. It takes an artistic sense of proportion and timing. It takes a ruthless willingness to distinguish yourself from competing brands and, hopefully, bury them in the process.”
“It is not easy to conceive of anything that would be more unfortunate in a community based upon the ideals of which Americans boast than any considerable development of intolerance as regards religion.”
“It is not easy to convey a sense of wonder, let alone resurrection wonder, to another. It’s the very nature of wonder to catch us off guard, to circumvent expectations and assumptions. Wonder can’t be packaged, and it can’t be worked up. It requires some sense of being there and some sense of engagement.”
“It is not easy to convey, unless one has experienced it, the dramatic feeling of sudden enlightenment that floods the mind when the right idea finally clicks into place. One immediately sees how many previously puzzling facts are neatly explained by the new hypothesis. One could kick oneself for not having the idea earlier, it now seems so obvious. Yet before, everything was in a fog.”
“It is not easy to convey, unless one has experienced it, the dramatic feeling of sudden enlightenment that floods the mind when the right idea finally clinches into place.”
“It is not easy to describe the present position of legal opinion on advertising and free speech. Only a poet can capture the essence of chaos.”
“It is not easy to determine the nature of music, or why any one should have a knowledge of it.”
Source: The Essential Aristotle
“It is not easy to distinguish between true and false affection, unless there occur one of those crises in which, as gold is tried by fire, so a faithful friendship may be tested by danger.”