I Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with I. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“It is only when people can feel that their lives and the property which their industry has produced today will continue to be safe...that there can be...stability of value and...economic progress.”
“It is only when science asks why, instead of simply describing how, that it becomes more than technology. When it asks why, it discovers Relativity. When it only shows how, it invents the atom bomb, and then puts its hands over its eye and says, My God what have I done?”
Source: The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction
“It is only when someone cannot defend his opinion, and is not interested in believing the truth, that he will attempt to stifle discussion with good manners. Those who take religion, politics and sex seriously do not adhere to the general prohibition on discussing these topics. And they do not take offence when they are shown to be wrong.
If you start to feel during a discussion, that you are not so much incorrect as insensitive, then you are probably dealing with a respectable bigot.”
“It is only when the correct practice is followed for a long time, without interruptions and with a quality of positive attitude and eagerness, that it can succeed.”
“It is only when the formed learns from the unformed that there is understanding.”
“It is only when the individual is good that society will progress. When the society and the nation is based on the observance of human values.”
“It is only when the maker of things is a maker of things by vocation, and not merely holding down a job, that the price of things is approximate to their real value. . . .”
Source: Christian and Oriental Philosophy of Art
“It is only when the mind and imagination are enriched from exposure to the world of beauty, that artistic creativity and inspiration truly becomes manifest.”
“It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.”
Source: The First and Last Freedom
“It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising the sovereignty. Usurpation is then an easy attainment, and a usurper soon found. The people themselves become the willing instruments of their own debasement and ruin. Let us, then, look to the great cause, and endeavor to preserve it in full force. Let us by all wise and constitutional measures promote intelligence among the people as the best means of preserving our liberties.”
Source: Inaugural Speeches from the Presidents of the United States - Complete Edition
“It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty.”
Source: James Monroe, 1758-1831: chronology, documents, bibliographical aids
“It is only when the proper value system is well embraced by the populace that a country begins to produce God fearing leaders that are free from the mentality of eating from the national cake.”
“It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.”
“It is only when the 'sense of doership' (kartabhaav) leaves that the attentive awareness of 'I am pure Soul' sets in.”
Source: Spirituality in Speech
“It is only when the whole heart is gripped with the passion of prayer that the life-giving fire descends, for none but the earnest man gets access to the ear of God.”
Source: Purpose in Prayer
“It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are.”
Source: The Crystal Bucket
“It is only when time is converted that everything else comes out of it”
Source: No One Is Better Than You
“It is only when we are by ourselves that we can know others. When we are with other human beings we are distracted. People try and dream us into their dreams.”
“It is only when we are far enough along to realise the sorry state that most people are in that we lose our concern with what other people think.”
Source: Waldmeer
“It is only when we are fully rooted that we are really able to move.”
Source: Madeleine L'Engle's Time Quintet (A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Titling Planet, An Acceptable Time)
“It is only when we are no longer fearful that we begin to create.”
“It is only when we are ready to give up on some things in our lives that we could receive new things.”
“It is only when we are truly alone without someone else to lean on; left with our own inner solitude that we can undergo a real process of change.
The introspection that is needed to bring out the light that has dwindled down to ash and reignite the fire of our being.
So let the darkness shape you, let it reform you, let it cradle you and birth you into a new life; a new way of being.
Let the spark flame again, in the darkness is where you will find it.”
Source: Ether: Into the Nemesis
“It is only when we are very happy that we can bear to gaze merrily upon the vast and limitless expanse of water, rolling on and on with such persistent, irritating monotony, to the accompaniment of our thoughts, whether grave or gay.”
Source: The Scarlet Pimpernel
“It is only when we become aware that our time is limited that we can channel our energy into truly living”
“It is only when we can believe that we are creating the soul that life has any meaning, but when we can believe it - and I do and always have - then there is nothing we do that is without meaning and nothing that we suffer that does not hold the seed of creation in it.”
Source: From May Sarton's well: writings of May Sarton
“It is only when we dare to look inside ourselves that we find the truth to light our way forward.”
Source: Name, Claim & Reframe: Your Path to a Well-Lived Life
“It is only when we decide that 'ordinary' is an insult, that we become the exquisite miracles we were born to be.”
“It is only when we despair and don't know anymore what to do that change can be enacted - we have to go through this zero point of hopelessness.”
Source: The Courage of Hopelessness: Chronicles of a Year of Acting Dangerously
“It is only when we feel deprived that we resent giving to others. Self-care does not mean you stop caring about others; it just means you start caring more about you. Start thinking about yourself more and others less. Since you have a choice between taking care of someone else, or giving to yourself, try choosing yourself sometimes.”
Source: The Right to Innocence: Healing the Trauma of Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Therapeutic 7-Step Self-Help Program for Men and Women, Including How to Choose a Therapist and Find a Support Group
“It is only when we fight what already IS, as adversity lands on our doorstep, that we get into trouble. We cannot change what already is, no matter how hard we may try. We can accept what is, while retaining the power to choose, whether or not we allow adversity to disrupt our inner calm. -The Hidden Beauty of Adversity, Issue 4, Magnificent Metamorphosis Magazine”
“It is only when we first do what we are SUPPOSED to do, that we set ourselves to be successful at what we WANT to do”
“It is only when we go outside that comfort zone, and subject ourselves to the discomfort of considering thoughts we don’t agree with, that we can make an informed judgment on any matter.”
“It is only when we have ceased to be the followers of our followers that we comprehend how meaningless followers are.”
“It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.”
“It is only when we have renounced our preoccupation with "I," "me," "mine," that we can truly possess the world in which we live. Everything, provided that we regard nothing as property. And not only is everything ours; it is also everybody else's.”
“It is only when we love God and Christ with all of our hearts, souls, and minds that we are able to share this love with our neighbors through acts of kindness and service... When this pure love of Christ - or charity - envelops us, we think, feel, and act more like Heavenly Father and Jesus would think, feel, and act. Our motivation and heartfelt desire are like unto that of the Savior.”
“It is only when we meet the needs of the people around us that God meets our needs”
“It is only when we no longer compulsively need someone that we can have a real relationship with them.”
Source: The Integrity of the Personality
“It is only when we possess ourselves that we can give ourselves to others. If what we possess feels wrong, bad, or wicked, then we try not only to hide it from others, but we also try to hide it from ourselves.”
“It is only when we pray for something according to the will of God that we have the promise of being heard and answered.”
Source: Prayer
“It is only when we realize that life is taking us nowhere that it begins to have meaning.”
“It is only when we see the worst that Man can offer, that we begin to see the best that Man still holds. If they are blinded by greed, then it’s time to pick up our virtual stones so we can start knocking sense into ‘em...”
“It is only when we slow down, step back, and look at the bigger picture that we find resourceful and visionary solutions closer to the truth of who we are at the core.”
Source: Name, Claim & Reframe: Your Path to a Well-Lived Life
“It is only when we speak what is right that we stand a chance at night of being blown to bits in our homes. Can we call this a free country, when I am afraid to go to sleep in my own home in Mississippi?... I might not live two hours after I get back home, but I want to be a part of setting the Negro free in Mississippi.”
“It is only when we stand up, with all our failings and sufferings, and try to support others rather than withdraw into ourselves, that we can fully live the life of community.”
Source: Community and Growth
“It is only when we understand the transcendence of God that we see how amazing his immanence is, and what a huge privilege it is to be able to enjoy God's intimate friendship.”
“It is only when we want to take our lives out of the Father’s hands and have them under our own control that we find ourselves gripped with anxiety. The secret of freedom from anxiety is freedom from ourselves and abandonment of our own plans. But that spirit emerges in our lives only when our minds are filled with the knowledge that our Father can be trusted implicitly to supply everything we need.”
“It is only when you accept how different you all are, that you will be able to see how much the same you all are. Don't expect anybody to be the same as you, then you will see that you are in many ways the same as everybody.”
“It is only when you are asked to believe in Reason coming from non-reason that you must cry Halt. Human minds. They do not come from nowhere.”