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 very polite to interrupt a person, of course, but sometimes if the person is very unpleasant you can hardly stop yourself.”
“It is not very practical in today’s world when you tour all over the place having a big band.”
“It is not very unreasonable that the rich should contribute to the public expense, not only in proportion to their revenue, but something more than in that proportion.”
Source: An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations
“It is not viable for one country to demand a right to increase and upgrade its nuclear weapons capabilities while asking others to eliminate theirs.”
“It is not violence that best overcomes hate -- nor vengeance that most certainly heals injury.”
Source: Jane Eyre
“It is not virtue, wisdom, valour, wit,
Strength, comeliness of shape, or amplest merit,
That woman's love can win, or long inherit;
But what it is, hard is to say,
Harder to hit.”
Source: The Poetical Works of John Milton... to which is Prefixed the Life of the Author Together with
“It is not virtuous in any way to put yourself down, or to punish yourself, because you do not feel you have lived up to your best behavior at any given time.”
“It is not virtuous to be victimized by a bully, even if that bully is oneself.”
Source: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
“It is not we as individuals, then, who must bend uncomfortably around the institution of marriage; rather, it is the institution of marriage that has to bend uncomfortably around us.”
Source: Committed: A Sceptic Makes Peace With Marriage
“It is not we who seek the Way, but the Way which seeks us. That is why you are faithful to it, even while you stand waiting, so long as you are prepared, and act the moment you are confronted by its demands.”
“It is not weakness to open your heart. It does not make you less of a man to to ask for help. To turn to someone when you’re vulnerable. To need a shoulder to cry on. You don’t have to bear the weight of anything by yourself.”
Source: Rebel
“It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.”
Source: Of Human Bondage (Diversion Classics)
“It is not wealth, reputation, fame, power, success or even religiosity that glorifies God. It is weakness & surrenderness.”
“It is not well to make great changes in old age.”
“It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.”
“It is not what a man does that is of final importance, but what he is in what he does. The atmosphere produced by a man, much more than his activities, has the lasting influence.”
Source: The Quotable Oswald Chambers
“It is not what a man gets,
But what a man is,
That he should think of.
He should first think of his character,
And then of his condition.
He that has character need have no fear of his condition.
Character will draw condition after it.”
“It is not what a man is capable of doing, but what he chooses to do that is important.”
Source: Jaunten
“It is not what a man knows, but what he thinks of in time.”
“It is not what a poem says with its mouth, it’s what a poem does with its eyes.”
Source: Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures
“It is not what an artist does that counts...but what he is.”
Source: Picasso: The Cubist Portraits of Fernande Olivier
“It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you that was important.”
“It is not what happens that determines the major part of your future. What happens, happens to us all. It is what you do about what happens that counts.”
“It is not what happens that is success or failure, but what it does to the heart of man.”
Source: Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way
“It is not what happens to people that is significant, but what they think happens to them.”
Source: Books Do Furnish a Room: Book 10 of A Dance to the Music of Time
“It is not what happens to us that matters the most. It is what we do with what happens to us that makes all the difference- Sarath Jayawardana, Uncharted Horizons: A Journey of Resilience”
“it is not what happens to you, it is what happens in you.”
“It is not what he has, nor even what he does, which directly expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.”
“It is not what I do that matters, but what a sovereign God chooses to do through me. God does not want worldly successes, He wants me. He wants my heart in submission to Him. Life is not just a few years to spend on self indulgence and career advancement. It is a privilege, a responsibility, a stewardship to be lived according to a much higher calling, God's calling. This alone gives true meaning to life.”
“It is not what is happening to you but rather what is happening in you that determines whether you succeed or fail.”
Source: TAKE OFF FROM WITHIN
“it is not what men keep but what they can discard that makes them kings”
Source: boy
“It is not what Mitchem says or what Marguerite says. Not nothing. Not real or unreal. It is not simple emptiness. Not lack. Not want. Not hunger. It is not hunger. It is grief.”
Source: It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over
“It is not what people do when they work, but what they do when they don't work that causes all their troubles.”
“It is not what talents or genius a man has, but how he is to his talents, that constitutes friendship and character. The man thatstands by himself, the universe stands by him also.”
Source: Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life
“It is not what the man of science believes that distinguishes him, but how and why he believes it. His beliefs are tentative, not dogmatic; they are based on evidence, not on authority or intuition.”
Source: History of Western Philosophy
“It is not what they built. It is what they knocked down.
It is not the houses. It is the spaces between the houses.
It is not the streets that exist. It is the streets that no longer exist.”
“It is not what they say, but the reaction that tells you everything you need to know.”
“It is not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left.”
“It is not what things are objectively and in themselves, but what they are for us, in our way of looking at them, that makes us happy or the reverse.”
Source: the Wisdom of Life: Top of Schopenhauer
“It is not what to do, but how much love we put into the doing. We can do not greats, only small things with great love." - Mother Theresa”
“It is not what we believe, but why we believe it. Moral responsibility lies in diligently weighing the evidence. We must actively doubt; we have to scrutinize our views, not take them on trust. No virtue attached to blindly accepting orthodoxy, however 'venerable'.”
“It is not what we choose that is important; it is the reason we choose it.”
“It is not what we do that matters, but what a sovereign God chooses to do through us. God doesn't want our success; He wants us. He doesn't demand our achievements; He demands our obedience. The Kingdom of God is a kingdom of paradox, where through the ugly defeat of a cross, a holy God is utterly glorified. Victory comes through defeat; healing through brokenness; finding self through losing self.”
Source: Loving God
“It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.”
“It is not what we have but what we do with what we have that constitutes the value of life.”
Source: My Pillow Book
“It is not what we have but what we enjoy that constitutes our abundance.”
“It is not what we have that matters; what matters is what we give away with love.”
“It is not what we have that will make us a great nation; it is the way in which we use it.”
Source: The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations
“It is not what we learn in conversation that enriches us. It is the elation that comes of swift contact with tingling currents of thought.”
Source: American Austen: The Forgotten Writing of Agnes Repplier
“It is not what we pretend to love, but what we really love, that makes a way for us.”
Source: The Book of Maxims, Poems and Anecdotes