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 the ambassador, it is not the messenger, but the Lord Himself that saveth His people. The Lord remaineth alone, for no man can be partner with God in forgiving sins; this office belongs solely to Christ, who taketh away the sins of the world.”
“It is not the amount of knowledge that makes a brain. It is not even the distribution of knowledge. It is the interconnectedness.”
“It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.”
“It is not the answers you give, but the questions you ask.”
“It is not the armed forces which can protect our democracy. It is the moral strength of democracy which alone can give any meaning to the efforts at military security.”
“It is not. The aspiring leader has been set up to fail. He just doesn't recognize it yet. The first few months go well, but reality soon sets in. It is not easy for one person to create change in a large corporation. After one year, the leader feels though he is trying to make innovation happen inside an organization that is, in every way, determined to fight his every move.”
Source: The Other Side of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge (Harvard Business Review
“It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time.”
“It is not the beauty of nature, but it is our dream-filled actions that create our futures.”
“It is not the bee's touching of the flower that gathers honey, but her abiding for a time upon the flower that draws out the sweet. It is not he that reads most, but he that meditates most, that will prove the choicest, sweetest, wisest and strongest Christian.”
Source: Precious remedies against Satan's devices: being a companion for Christians of all denominations
“It is not the bee's touching on the flowers that gathers the honey, but her abiding for a time upon them, and drawing out the sweet.”
“It is not the being paid money in advance that jars the sensitive artist: it is the having to work.”
“It is not the being seen of men that is wrong, but doing these things for the purpose of being seen of men. The problem with the hypocrite is his motivation.”
“It is not the being seen of men that is wrong, but doing these things for the purpose of being seen of men. The problem with the hypocrite is his motivation. He does not want to be holy; he only wants to seem to be holy. He is more concerned with his reputation for righteousness than about actually becoming righteous. The approbation of men matters more to him than the approval of God.”
“It is not the best for us to lay embago on the industries that produce temptations. What we need to do is to compete, overcome and dominate the market with the products of our endurance. No battles we face, no crown will we win. No temptations exist, no conquerors are known.”
“It is not the best thing to win every battle one is engaged in; the best thing is to win without planning to win. This is perfect victory.”
Source: The Art of War
“It is not the biggest, the brightest or the best that will survive, but those who adapt the quickest.”
“It is not the bigness of anything in this kind that can hinder its motion, if the motive faculty be answerable thereunto. We see a great ship swims as well as a small cork, and an eagle flies in the air as well as a little gnat. 'Tis likely enough that there may be means invented of journeying to the Moon; and how happy they shall be that are first successful in this attempt.”
“It is not the bigness of the words you utter, but the force with which you deliver them.”
Source: Select Works
“It is not the body's posture, but the heart's attitude that counts when we pray.”
Source: The Quotable Billy Graham
“It is not the body, nor the personality that is the true self. The true self is eternal. Even on the point of death we can say to ourselves, "my true self is free. I cannot be contained."”
“It is not the bowing, the dancing, the clapping and the singing that produce the worship, for at best they can only express that worship, but it is the worship that produces the jubilant responses.”
Source: Let Us Worship
“It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them — the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.”
“It is not the broken heart that kills, but broken pride, monseigneur.”
Source: The Complete Works of Gilbert Parker
“It is not the business of generals to shoot one another.”
“It is not the business of politicians to please everyone.”
Source: As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations
“It is not the business of religion in these days to isolate herself from the world like John the Baptist. She must go down into the world like Jesus Christ.”
Source: Speech in Season
“It is not the business of science to inherit the earth, but to inherit the moral imagination; because without that, man and beliefs and science will perish together.”
“It is not the business of the church to adapt Christ to men, but men to Christ.”
“It is not the business of the law to make anyone good or reverent or moral or clean or upright.”
Source: For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto
“It is not the business of virtue to extirpate the affections of the mind, but to regulate them.”
Source: The Spectator, no. 90-505
“It is not the career we need to conquer but our own reasons for living into it.”
“It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down.”
Source: The Complete Works of George MacDonald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Theological Writings & Essays (Illustrated): The Princess and the Goblin, Phantastes, At the Back of the North Wind, Lilith, England’s Antiphon, David Elginbrod, Malcolm, The Light Princess, The Golden Key and many more
“It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down. For the needs of today we have corresponding strength given. For the morrow we are told to trust. It is not ours yet. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.”
“It is not the cause for which men took up arms that makes a victory more just or less, it is the order that is established when arms have been laid down.”
Source: Selected Essays, 1934-1943: Historical, Political, and Moral Writings
“It is not the chains of some tyrant that robs us of freedom. Rather, it is the staleness of our attitude.”
“It is not the child as a physical but as a psychic being that can provide a strong impetus to the betterment of mankind. It is the spirit of the child that can determine the course of human progress and lead it perhaps even to a higher form of civilization.”
“It is not the Church name that matters, but a Christ like character from every Christian that makes a difference.”
“It is not the church we want, but the sacrifice; not the emotion of admiration, but the act of adoration; not the gift, but the giving.”
Source: ¬The Seven Lamps of Architecture
“It is not the circumstances that make a person a success. It is how that person responds to those circumstances”
Source: Consequences
“It is not the class you come from, but that with which you carry yourself that matters most.”
“It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.”
“It is not the colour of your skin that will make you the cream of the crop; but creativity, confidence and being content with who you are.”
“It is not the conscience which raises a blush, for a man may sincerely regret some slight fault committed in solitude, or he may suffer the deepest remorse for an undetected crime, but he will not blush... It is not the sense of guilt, but the thought that others think or know us to be guilty which crimsons the face.”
Source: The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
“It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being, but, on the contrary, their social being that determines their consciousness.”
Source: Karl Marx on Society and Social Change: With Selections by Friedrich Engels
“It is not the conservative psyche that needs analysis. Conservatives were right in the Cold War --so right that liberals are pretending they were with us all along -- and they are right about Iraq. It is Leftists who need to account for their consistently disgraceful positions throughout the Cold War and into the War on Terror.”
“It is not the constant thought of their sins, but the vision of the holiness of God that makes the saints aware of their own sinfulness.”
“It is not the constitutional prerogative of the Government to determine needs.”
“It is not the contented or the glowing who have left many of the profound testimonies of what it means to be alive. It seems that such knowledge has usually been the privileged preserve of, and the only blessing granted to, the violently miserable.”
Source: How Proust Can Change Your Life
“It is not the courage to be that we must develop as much as the courage to become. We are responsible for our destiny. The meaning of life is not located in some hidden crevice in the womb of nature but is created by free persons, who are aware that they are responsible for their own futures and have the courage to take this project into their own hands.”
Source: Living Without Religion: Eupraxophy
“It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.”
Source: The collected speeches of Margaret Thatcher