I Quotes
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“It is not the life that matters, but the journey.”
“It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past.”
Source: In Bluebeard's Castle: Some Notes Towards the Redefinition of Culture
“It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past. Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and active mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement against that past.”
Source: In Bluebeard's Castle: Some Notes Towards the Redefinition of Culture
“It is not the literal past, the 'facts' of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language.”
Source: Brian Friel in Conversation
“It is not the lives we regret not living that are the real problem. It is the regret itself. It’s the regret that makes us shrivel and wither and feel like our own and other people’s worst enemy. We can’t tell if any of those other versions would have been better or worse. Those lives are happening, it is true, but you are happening as well, and that is the happening we have to focus on.”
Source: The Midnight Library
“It is not the logical part of thinking that changes emotions but the perceptual part. If we see something differently, our emotions may alter with the altered perception. (p64)”
Source: Six Thinking Hats
“It is not the look on your face that moves God; it is the depth of your Faith.”
Source: The Essence of Faith: Daily Inspirational Quotes
“It is not the love of money that is evil—it is the lack of money that causes evil. It is working at a job we hate that is evil. Working hard yet not earning enough to provide for our families is evil. For some, being deeply in debt is evil. Fighting with people you love over money is evil. Being greedy is evil. Committing criminal or immoral acts to get money is evil. Money by itself is not evil. Money is just money.”
“It is not the lowest priced goods that are always the cheapest - the quality is, or ought to be as much an object with the purchaser, as the price.”
Source: The Quotable George Washington: The Wisdom of an American Patriot
“It is not the magnitude of our actions, but the amount of love that is put into them that matters.”
“It is not the maleness of males per SE that explains the proliferation of masculine assholes. It is not that men are assholes, as though non-asshole men have somehow overcome their inherently asshole tendencies. Rather, the influence of gender culture is just very deep. Deep gender culture, not maleness, is primarily to blame for the fact that assholes are mainly men.”
Source: Assholes: A Theory
“It is not the man speaking through the woman, it is the woman speaking through the man.”
“It is not the man that can preach the best that is the most successful, but the man who knows how to get his people together to pray.”
Source: Talks to Christians
“It is not the man who has little, but he who desires more, that is poor.”
“It is not the man who is beside himself, but he who is cool and collected,--who is master of his countenance, of his voice, of his actions, of his gestures, of every part of his play,--who can work upon others at his pleasure.”
Source: Historical & Literary Memoirs and Anecdotes, Selected from the Correspondence of Baron de Grimm and Diderot with the Duke of Saxe-Gotha, and Many Other Distinguished Persons, Between the Years of 1753 and 1790
“It is not the man who is responsible for the offerings as they become Christ's Body and Blood; it is Christ Himself who was crucified for us. The standing figure belongs to the priest who speaks these words. The power and the grace belong to God. 'This is My Body,' he says. And these words transform the offerings.”
“It is not the material which gives life form but the space between the material that gives life form.”
“It is not the measurement that is important; it is what you do with the data obtained from the measurement.”
Source: 100 IT Charms: Running Versatile IT to get Digital Ready
“It is not the mediocrity of women's education which makes their weakness; it is their weakness which necessarily causes their mediocrity.”
“It is not the mere station of life that stamps the value on us, but the manner in which we act our part.”
“It is not the mere study of the Law, but to become eminent in the profession of it, which is to yield honor and profit.”
Source: The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private, Selected and Published from the Original Manuscripts
“It is not the misuse of power that is evil; the very existence of power is an evil.”
Source: The Greening of America
“It is not the money but the self-respect and wanting to create good music.”
“It is not the monsters we should be afraid of; it is the people that don't recognize the same monsters inside of themself.”
“It is not the most brilliant that excel in film, but the most patient!”
“It is not the most distinguished achievements that men's virtues or vices may be best discovered; but very often an action of small note. An casual remark or joke shall distinguish a person's real character more than the greatest sieges, or the most important battles.”
“It is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; it is not the strongest that survives; but the species that survives is the one that is able best to adapt and adjust to the changing environment in which it finds itself.”
“It is not the most lovable individuals who stand more in need of love, but the most unlovable”
“It is not the most pleasant employment to spend eight hours a day in a counting house.”
“It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.”
“It is not the mouth that is the main thing to be looked at in prayer, but whether the heart is so full of affection and earnestness in prayer with God, that it is impossible to express their sense and desire; for then a man desires indeed, when his desires are so strong, many, and mighty, that all the words, tears, and groans that can come from the heart, cannot utter them.”
Source: The entire works of John Bunyan
“It is not the multitude of hard duties, it is not the constraint and contention that advance us in our Christian course. On the contrary, it is the yielding of our wills without restriction and without choice to tread cheerfully every day in the path in which Providence leads us. It is to seek nothing, to be discouraged by nothing, to see our duty in the present moment, and to trust all else without reserve to the will and power of God.”
“It is not the myth that falls out of date, it is the way of wording it. New voices are endlessly needed to swell their throats with song. Poetry is the unbroken lineage.”
Source: Apocalyptic Witchcraft
“It is not the nature of avarice to be satisfied with anything but money. Every passion that acts upon mankind has a peculiar mode of operation. Many of them are temporary and fluctuating; they admit of cessation and variety. But avarice is a fixed, uniform passion.”
Source: Common Sense, The Crisis, & Other Writings from the American Revolution: (Library of America Paperback Classic)
“It is not the nature of love to force a relationship, but it is the nature of love to open the way.”
“It is not the nature of man, as I see it, ever to be quite satisfied with what he has in life.... Contentment tends to breed laxity, but a healthy discontent keeps us alert to the changing needs of our time.”
Source: Two views of American labor
“It is not
the nature of mankind
to bear
such heavy burdens alone.”
Source: VERSES OF THE BROKEN: Echoes From A Fractured Mind
“It is not the nature of the task, but its consecration, that is the vital thing.”
“It is not the neutrals or the lukewarm who make history.”
“It is not the noise you make about your dreams that will make them real, it is the choice you make to make them real.”
Source: Exploring the Explosive Power of Big Dreams
“It is not the number of books you read; nor the variety of sermons which you hear; nor the amount of religious conversation in which you mix: but it is the frequency and the earnestness with which you meditate on these things, till the truth which may be in them becomes your own, and part of your own being, that ensures your spiritual growth.”
“It is not the number of days that decides the strength of the bond”
Source: Storm Warrior
“It is not the number of degrees that matters, it is the size of your thoughts.”
“It is not the number of degrees you have that matters, it is the quality of your thoughts.”
“It is not the number of facts he knows, but how much of a fact he is himself, that proves the man.”
“It is not the number of Kata you know, but the SUBSTANCE of the Kata you have acquired.”
“It is not the number of years we have behind us, but the number we have before us, that makes us careful and responsible and determined to find out the truth about everything.”
Source: Back to Methuselah
“It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.”
“It is not the object described that matters, but the light that falls on it.”
Source: Boris Pasternak: A Literary Biography
“It is not the objective proof of God's existence that we want but the experience of God's presence. That is the miracle we are really after, and that is also, I think, the miracle that we really get.”