S Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with S. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Sometimes we need to take back and take a look at ourselves, a look at where we are”
“Sometimes we need to take big risks if we want to find out who we are, and what we were put on this planet for.”
“Sometimes we need to tell ourselves that we're not going to do certain things, just in order to stay sane.”
“Sometimes we need to think from a different perspective in order to reach the next level of our lives. In other words, an opportunity we view as pointless might actually be what we need to help us move forward.”
“Sometimes we only see how people are different from us, but if you look hard enough, you can see how much we're all alike.”
“Sometimes, we only truly find ourselves when we have lost ourselves first.”
“Sometimes we open the next chapter in our life’s book and find ourselves on the other side of the world. But sometimes the next chapter allows us the gift of turning back a few pages and rediscovering something new in the words of our life. It requires only an adventurous spirit and an openness to revisit the places that inform who we are today.”
Source: Dream, Plan, and Go: A Travel Guide to Inspire Your Independent Adventure
“Sometimes we ought to follow our instincts, or intuition and allow our imagination to take its role of leading us to freedom.”
Source: Destiny of Liberty
“Sometimes we overcomplicate living the gospel.”
“Sometimes we overcomplicate living the gospel. Consistency in acting in accordance with the Lord’s will is key.”
“Sometimes we overemphasize the political system. There are other ways to make a difference. There's technology, there's media, there's business.”
“Sometimes we owe a friend to the lucky circumstance that we give him no cause for envy.”
“Sometimes we pay too much attention in Washington to public relations, as opposed to the substance.”
“Sometimes we place faith in the wrong people for the right reasons. We're too blind to their faults, and they're too blind to appreciate us.
—Brighton Hayes”
Source: Heartstrings
“Sometimes we plan a trip to one place, but something takes us to another”
“Sometimes we plow through our days without really Thinking at all. We just Act unconsciously. On autopilot. Spinning and spinning and hoping we get lucky. However, jumping straight to Action isn’t always most effective. Taking the time to ask questions and Think is where the magic happens, because this process creates new awareness.
Thoughtful questions include, but aren’t limited to, the following:
• What choices do I have?
• What’s in my control?
• What would a successful outcome look like?
• What obstacles are getting in the way?
• How can I address those obstacles?”
Source: Thoughtfully Fit: Your Training Plan for Life and Business Success
“Sometimes we praise the way things used to be in order to blame the present, and we esteem what is no longer in order to scorn what is.”
“Sometimes we pray earnestly, other times we only make a slight mention of a thing and with great expectation, we await the answers to our request. Yet, we are blown away at the fulfillment of the very thing for which we pulled on heaven. You know why? In those moments we see the magnanimity of GOD's unfailing mercy to undeserving men like us.”
“Sometimes we prefer not deciding because it relieves us of the fear of making the wrong decision. But how many times is not deciding actually making the very decision that we're trying to avoid making?”
“Sometimes, we push away healing because pain is the only binder to all that we have lost forever. Sometimes we resist finding light because we have made a home in the darkness. It's then that stars explode to awaken dreams in our eyes.”
“Sometimes we push ourselves. We take a workout and we use it as a way to crack open our shell, let the pain rush in and push out the stagnant wounds of the heart. Sometimes a workout sets you free.”
“Sometimes we put more value in predicting and controlling than in having peace of mind.”
Source: Love is letting go of fear
“Sometimes we put so much pressure on ourselves with any kind of job we have that we kind of forget that we do this because it's supposed to be fun because we love it.”
“Sometimes we question things that we have done in our lives but how many times do we question what we haven't done in someone else's?”
“Sometimes we question why we're in the jobs we have, relationships, cities, families even. The question shouldn't be why? But what's the lesson in everything we go through. Getting the lessons allows us to move on. When we focus on the why, we stay stuck because we miss the lessons and as a result, keep repeating the same habits and situations until we learn the lessons we're supposed to learn from our experiences in life.”
“Sometimes we rain on our own parade just by failing to rein in our emotions.”
“Sometimes we're born into situations, he'd said. We have to decide if we're gonna be a part of it or if we're gonna put an end to it.”
Source: Christmas in Dogtown
“Sometimes we’re caught off guard and asked to do something we may not want to do, something outside our comfort zone—a favor, a challenge. We could be mocked or ridiculed. Or maybe we’ll doubt ourselves, but we can’t let fear rule. Sometimes in life, we have to dance.”
Source: First and Goal: What Football Taught Me About Never Giving Up
“Sometimes we’re persuaded to relinquish control, and when this happens, time becomes more synchronic and coincidence more profound. It’s the same cosmic force, but without so many restrictions. This is when guardian angels can roll up their sleeves to say, ‘Now we’ve got food and shelter done, let’s get to work!”
Source: Magic
“Sometimes we're so concerned about giving our children what we never had growing up, that we neglect to give them what we DID have growing up.”
“Sometimes we’re so wrapped up in our own story that we don’t see how we’re supporting character’s in someone else’s.”
“Sometimes we read or hear too much news that makes us fearful or suspicious of others. We can forget that most of the people that we know, or at least encounter regularly, are decent and friendly.”
“Sometimes we reduce our worth cause we think we can not get something better”
“Sometimes we remain true to a cause simply because its opponents are unfailingly tasteless.”
“Sometimes we remember onlywhen we see the pass, and the pass is remember when our eyes are open”
“Sometimes we represent our weakness as if it were bad. We don’t think it’s okay to be weak…We have been injured in many ways and our real self houses all of the evidence of those injuries. The pain, the brokenness and the emotional underdevelopment we all possess is part of who we really are.”
Source: Changes That Heal: How to Understand the Past to Ensure a Healthier Future
“Sometimes we reveal ourselves when we are least like ourselves.”
“Sometimes we say we want an end to hate or racism or sexism. But we all participate in keeping these structures alive. If everyone decided to relinquish the past what would happen to people who feel that there hasn't been proper atonement made to them? And what happens to the person who feels that the constant atonement is their identity?”
“Sometimes we scratch, claw and climb so hard to conquer a mountain that, once achieved, we cling to its summit much too long and it ultimately instigates our fall. As we dangle by our fingertips we grasp and claw at what’s no more; with a fear of falling into the dim unknown. But, ironically, it’s in that very moment that we are empowered to choose. We can stay cliff hanging in our darkened fears clinging to a time that has past us by or we can faithfully and freely fall into the hands of a new destiny. Sometimes, persevering...is simply having the courage to let go. ~Jason Versey”
Source: A Walk with Prudence
“Sometimes we see best when we close our eyes.”
“Sometimes we see the Civil War in movies and imagine these neatly aligned rows of men with muskets, walking in line to shoot each other. In reality the things that fascinated me were how absolutely ruthless and violent so many engagements were, how much suffering and how men were not prepared.”
“Sometimes we seek that which we are not yet ready to find.”
Source: Rebel Angels
“Sometimes we self-sabotage just when things seem to be going smoothly. Perhaps this is a way to express our fear about whether it is okay for us to have a better life. We are bound to feel anxious as we leave behind old notions of our unworthiness. The challenge is not to be fearless, but to develop strategies of acknowledging our fears and finding out how we can allay them.”
Source: Beyond Survival: A Writing Journey for Healing Childhood Sexual Abuse
“Sometimes we set boundaries for ourselves in life, or even worse, we allow others to do so. In many cases, these boundaries are just in our mind and need to be pushed away.”
“Sometimes we set off down a road thinkin' we're goin' one place and we end up another. But that's okay. The important thing is to start.”
Source: Out of The Easy
“Sometimes we should cherish weekends because weekdays are so stressful. Maintaining balance between pleasure and pain.”
“Sometimes we should express our gratitude for the small and simple things like the scent of the rain, the taste of your favorite food, or the sound of a loved one's voice.”
“Sometimes we should let thing happen and never try to control it. Every action has some a positive motive behind it.”
“Sometimes we shrink from leadership because our pride makes us afraid of failure. That's not humility.”
“Sometimes we sit around waiting for a change from someone or a situation but sometimes you just need to change your direction and approach.”