I Quotes
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“It is the responsibility of the living to make meaningful the sacrifices of the dead.”
Source: The Illearth War
“It is the responsibility of the sender to make sure the receiver understands the message.”
“It is the responsibility of those of us involved in today's biomedical research enterprise to translate the remarkable scientific innovations we are witnessing into health gains for the nation. At no other time has the need for a robust, bidirectional information flow between basic and translational scientists been so necessary.”
“It is the responsibility, yet the individual choice, of each of us to use the light we have to dispel the work of darkness, because if we do not, the power of falsehood rises. Through our inaction it becomes stronger, and a more potent force. It can even lead to the dimming of the light of all humanity born on this planet. That is why we struggle. That is why we fight to contribute to the confirmation of what is good, to seal our compact with love within our own lives and within our world.”
Source: Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America
“It is the responsiblity of every human to know their actions and the consequences of their actions and to ask questions and to question things when they are wrong.”
Source: Here Comes Trouble
“It is the restraint of patience that yields the magnificent in life.”
“It is the restrictions placed on vice by our social code which makes its pursuit so peculiarly agreeable.”
Source: Pagan Papers
“It is the resurrection that makes Good Friday good.”
“It is the retention by twentieth-century, Atom-Age men of the Neolithic point of view that says: You stay in your village and I will stay in mine. If your sheep eat our grass we will kill you, or we may kill you anyhow to get all the grass for our own sheep. Anyone who tries to make us change our ways is a witch and we will kill him. Keep out of our village.”
“It is the return of a dog to his vomit.”
Source: Confessions
“It is the Revolution, the magical word, the word that is going to change everything, that is going to bring us immense delight and a quick death.”
Source: The Labyrinth of Solitude: And the Other Mexico ; Return to the Labyrinth of Solitude ; Mexico and the United States ; The Philanthropic Ogre
“It is the right of a woman to handle her responsibilities with dignity and pride.”
Source: Woman of Virtue: Power-Filled Quotes for a Powerful Woman
“It is the right of our people to organize to oppose any law and any part of the Constitution with which they are not in sympathy.”
“It is the right of war for conquerors to treat those whom they have conquered according to their pleasure.”
“It is the right to bear arms which is the problem. I think if the Founding Fathers knew what was happening they would be turning in their graves with embarrassment at how that law has been interpreted.”
“It is the road you take that decides your destiny and not your destiny that decides the road you take.”
Source: The Flight Of Ambition
“It is the role of a parent to stand in front of their children, and protect them even if their legs were to give out at any moment - Master Makarov”
“It is the role of good journalism to take on powerful abusers, and when powerful abusers are taken on, there's always a bad reaction. So we see that controversy, and we believe that is a good thing to engage in.”
“It is the role of the artistic coder to question the coding languages, both through self-reflection and by using them for unintended purposes. These coders introduce multiplicity where none existed and challenge definitions of intent for the entire environment of programming language, machine and system.”
“It is the role of the poet to look at what is happening in the world and to know that quite other things are happening.”
“It is the roof that fights the rain, but the builder who gets all the glory.”
“It is the root of all religion that a man knows that he is nothing in order to thank God that he is something.”
“It is the rooted instinct in men to admire what is better and more beautiful than themselves.”
Source: Essays, English and American: With Introductions and Notes
“It is the roots which give a tree strength, not its branches.”
“It is the rub that polishes the jewel,” Enso Roshi says. “Nobody ever gets to nirvana without going through samsara. Nobody ever gets to heaven, without going through hell. The center of all things, the truth, is surrounded by demons.”
Source: All That Is Unspoken
“It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy's one, to surround him; if five to one, to attack him; if twice as numerous, to divide our army into two.”
Source: The Art of War
“It is the rule in war, if ten times the enemy's strength, surround them; if five times, attack them; if double, be able to divide them; if equal, engage them; if fewer, defend against them; if weaker, be able to avoid them.”
“It is the rule of law alone which hinders the rulers from turning themselves into the worst gangsters.”
Source: Planned Chaos
“It is the rule of rules, and the general law of all laws, that every person should observe those of the place where he is.”
Source: The Essays of Michael de Montaigne
“It is the rule which says that the other rules of scientific procedure must be designed in such a way that they do not protect any statement in science against falsification.”
Source: The Logic of Scientific Discovery
“It is the Sacrament of Love that excites the soul to ardent prayer. It stirs up the virtue of impetration and, as it were, forces God to grant our petition. It deepens the abyss of humility, above all it enkindles the flame of love in the heart; hence the Sacrament is the Gift of gifts, and the Grace of graces”
“It is the safeguard of the strongest that he lives under a government which is obliged to respect the voice of the weakest.”
“It is the saint's duty, and should be their care, not only to believe that God is Almighty, but also to strongly believe that His almighty power is engaged for our defense and help in all of our straits and temptations.”
“It is the saints who know what being in love is all about. Earthly love pales by comparison.”
Source: Fire Within: St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, and the Gospel, on Prayer
“It is the same for all men. None of us can escape this shadow of the father, even if that shadow fills us with fear, even if it has no name or face. To be worthy of that man, to prove something to that man, to exorcise the memory of that man from every corner of our life--however it affects us, the shadow of that man cannot be denied.”
Source: Letters to My Son: A Father's Wisdom on Manhood, Life, and Love
“It is the same game that Moonlight Graham played in 1905. It is a living part of history, like calico dresses, stone crockery, and threshing crews eating at outdoor tables. It continually reminds us of what was, like an Indian-head penny in a handful of new coins.”
Source: Shoeless Joe
“It is the same in all wars; the soldiers do the fighting, the journalists do the shouting, and no true patriot ever gets near a front-line trench, except on the briefest of propaganda tours.”
Source: Homage to Catalonia / Down and Out in Paris and London
“It is the same in life: sometimes it is more difficult to make a scene than to die.”
Source: The Collected Edition: The ministry of fear
“It is the same in love as in war; a fortress that parleys is half taken.”
“It is the same India which has withstood the shocks of centuries, of hundreds of foreign invasions of hundreds of upheavals of manners and customs. It is the same land which stands firmer than any rock in the world, with its undying vigour, indestructible life. Its life is of the same nature as the soul, without beginning and without end, immortal; and we are the children of such a country.”
Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
“It is the same life that emerges in joy through the dust of the earth into numberless waves of flower.”
“It is the same to them whether you warn them or do not warn them; they will not believe. God has set a seal on their hearts and on their hearing. And on their hearts is a veil; Great is the chastisement they incur.”
Source: The Doctrine of Election
“It is the same way with dating. The time you are most prepared for dating is when you don't need anyone to complete you, fulfill you, or instill in you a sense of worth or purpose.”
Source: Waiting and Dating: A Sensible Guide to a Fulfilling Love Relationship
“It is the same with everything else, with food, with pleasures, with sleep; with everything there is a limit to what is necessary. After this "sin" begins. This is something that must be grasped, a "sin" is something which is not necessary.”
“It is the same with people as it is with riding a bike. Only when moving can one comfortably maintain one's balance.”
“It is the same with understanding as with eyes; to a certain size and make, just so much light is necessary, and no more. Whatever is beyond brings darkness and confusion.”
“It is the same woman, I know, for she is always creeping, and most women do not creep by daylight.”
Source: Collected Works of Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Short Stories, Novels, Poems and Essays: The Yellow Wallpaper, What Diantha Did, Women and Economics, The Crux, Moving the Mountain, Herland and other works from the prominent American feminist, sociologist and novelist
“It is the same: a chosen one is a man whom God's finger crushes against the wall.”
“It is the satisfaction of doing it for yourself and motivating others to work with you in bringing it about. It is about the fun, innovation, creativity with the rewards being far greater than purely financial.”
“It is the satisfaction we derive from 'going there' in contrast to the satisfaction derived from 'getting there.' Recreation provides 'the pause that refreshes.' It recreates creators.”
Source: The Democratic Corporation: A Radical Prescription for Recreating Corporate America and Rediscovering Success