S Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with S. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Sometimes we mistake patience for weakness, but the patient person often realizes that it's much more important for another person to discover his or her own gifts and shortcomings--the patient person doesn't feel a need to "fix" other people, and sometimes will let certain things slide until the other person recognizes the problems. Patient parents often let their kids make the same mistake two or three times because they know that a lesson learned oneself is almost always preferable to a lesson given to us by an authority figure like a parent.”
“Sometimes we misunderstand what films can do. We just throw a whole book in there, with people just talking, talking, and talking. The picture can tell, the frame can tell.”
“Sometimes we must accept something that is not there but in our dreams always”
“Sometimes we must accept something what is not there but in our dreams always”
“Sometimes we must allow our locked-and-tethered inner demon a short glimpse beyond the bars,” thought Mario, “lest we forget the full extent of our virtue. One’s power does not reside in the length of their demon’s claw, but in the strength of its manacle. The unleashed demon is worthless, lest it’s controlled.”
Source: The Underworld Rhapsody
“Sometimes we must choose to congratulate and support those who are doing well. Instead of choosing to do what they are doing. Because they were praised in cooking, now suddenly everyone wants to be chefs . We need to understand that sometimes it is not the recipe but the cooker. We lose our success and opportunities by not sticking to our own lane , but by trying to do what everyone who is doing well did.”
“Sometimes we must do for others what God puts on our hearts to do . . . But things don't always work out the way we expect or hope they will. We can't always be assured that the person we're trying to help will accept our love and help. And we can never expect them to appreciate what we try to do for them. We just have to do our best and leave the rest to God.”
Source: Johnny Cornflakes: A Story about Loving the Unloved
“Sometimes we must do what we can to keep our mistakes a secret, don't we?”
Source: The Golden Spoon
“Sometimes, we must experience heartbreak to fully admire the warmth and brilliance that shines ahead.”
“Sometimes we must gravitate towards madness before we can levitate on greatness.”
“Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Whenever men or women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe.”
Source: From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences
“Sometimes we must leave our true homes for something greater to come.”
Source: Aizai the Forgotten
“Sometimes we must take the most important journey’s in isolation; alone except for the experience itself.”
Source: The Eighth Page: A Christmas Journey
“Sometimes, we must travel on the longest path to our sacred-destination.”
Source: Think Great: Be Great!
“Sometimes we must undergo hardships, breakups, and narcissistic wounds, which shatter the flattering image that we had of ourselves, in order to discover two truths: that we are not who we thought we were; and that the loss of a cherished pleasure is not necessarily the loss of true happiness and well-being.”
“Sometimes we must walk the same path together, but we must always remember that we are also walking our own paths alone. At some point the path we share will divide. We must continue on our separate paths. Think fondly of the time we shared, as we continue on our own paths. And it is true that paths may often cross more than once, but they will always split at some point. Our main focus must be to reach the end of our own path and to become masters of our own destinies.”
“Sometimes we must yield control to others and accept our vulnerability so we can be healed.”
Source: Healing Hearts: A Memoir of a Female Heart Surgeon
“Sometimes we need a personal crisis to reinforce in our minds what we really value and cherish. The scriptures are filled with examples of people facing crises before learning how to better serve God and others. Perhaps if you, too, search your hearts and courageously assess the priorities in your life, you may discover, as I did, that you need a better balance among your priorities.”
“Sometimes we need a wise guide to peel back the ceiling of our lives to remind us that infinity never places any limits on our skies.”
“sometimes we need all the glue we can get, just to hold ourselves together.”
“Sometimes we need divine will to protect us from our free will. Divine intervention is never a heavenly punishment or transcendental prank. It is a safeguard for our highest good.”
“Sometimes we need enemies more than we need friends. Mandy Walker”
Source: Public Battles, Private Wars
“Sometimes we need help from a god”
“Sometimes, we need little lies to save our pride. And sometimes we need big lies to save our souls.”
Source: Ember
“Sometimes we need someone to just listen. Not to try and fix anything or offer alternatives, but to just be there… to listen. An ear that listens can be medicine for a heart that hurts.”
“Sometimes we need the salt of tears to remind us how to savor the sweetness of life.”
“Sometimes, we need to accept that life doesn’t always go the way we planned.”
“Sometimes we need to attempt things that don’t make sense to anyone but ourselves.”
Source: Westland
“Sometimes we need to be a primary source to a situation in order to believe something. People’s words are just theories and do not reveal the full truth about something.”
Source: Watch Out! It's Nolan! (A Courageous Tale About a Boy Who Overcame His Bullies by Being Fearless and Standing up for Himself).
“Sometimes we need to be apart to understand just how much we truly love each other .”
“Sometimes we need to be drawn to a place so dark that we have no choice but to trust our hearts to illuminate the way.”
“Sometimes we need to be knocked down in a place so dark that we have no choice but to trust our heart to illuminate the way.”
“Sometimes we need to create reasons to laugh or even smile or else the day will be a total waste”
“Sometimes we need to die before we learn why we live.”
Source: The Image: A Quantum Portal Has Opened
“Sometimes we need to examine who we are,
what we stand for and the people we allow in our lives.”
Source: The Screen Saver
“Sometimes we need to feel bad to know what it's like to feel good...”
Source: The Real Verdict: My Quest for the Freedom I Never Had
“Sometimes we need to get distracted from our focus to allow for more exploration.”
“Sometimes we need to get distracted from our focus to allow for more exploration ‑ RL philosophy.”
“Sometimes we need to get over ourselves and actually realize that sometimes, God has a better plan. God's ways are higher than ours.”
“Sometimes we need to hear our deficiencies, plain and straight. If we always hear how great we are it’s easy to become complacent.”
Source: UNDERR8TED: The Route That Caught an NFL Dream
“Sometimes we need to just brush away our pride, break down the walls around our hearts, and open up to those we truly care for.”
“Sometimes we need to let go of things in our lives to make room for better things. Stress less and live more. Don't waste your energy, when you have the choice to be happy.”
“Sometimes we need to lose our way.... to find our way”
“Sometimes, we need to make decisions based not on what we wanted in the past but on what we need now—what we must do to move forward. This could require us to leave behind things that are important to us. It might involve a sacrifice for someone we love. It doesn’t mean that you are weak or are giving up. It’s okay to quit, to stop doing something and try something else. Instead, it shows that you are adapting, learning, and possibly even growing. And that you are strong enough to embrace change even though it’s scary.”
Source: Life in Rotations: From Persecuted Iranian to Proud Canadian
“Sometimes we need to open our eyes wide and intentionally look for Jesus, in the midst of our own worlds.”
“Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue.”
Source: Moral Compass: Stories for a Life's Journey
“Sometimes we need to remove ourselves. To occasionally stand away from the noise. To silence the chatter that never sleeps. To take a moment from the voices that never really speak.”
“Sometimes we need to sacrifice things and set aside our own pleasure for the good of our loved ones simply because we love them.”
“Sometimes we need to speak oddly to see clearly.”
Source: The Subject of Experience
“Sometimes, we need to step away from technology to reconnect with yourself.”