W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Whatever soul I had, Katie, I think I placed it in your keeping twenty years ago. And now, it's as if...every time we kiss, you give a little piece of it back.”
“Whatever sphere of the human mind you may select for your special study, whether it be language, or religion, or mythology, or philosophy, whether it be laws or customs, primitive art or primitive science, everywhere, you have to go to India, whether you like it or not, because some of the most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India, and in India only.”
Source: India: What Can it Teach Us?
“Whatever sphere we may be in, there is a profound joy in the realization that we are helping to form the structure of the new world. This is creative courage, however minor or fortuitous our creations may be.”
Source: The Courage to Create
“Whatever spiteful fools may say, Each jealous ranting yelper, No woman ever went astray, Without a man to help her”
Source: The Lincoln treasury
“Whatever sport you choose, do it because you love it, and don't expect to be an expert first thing. It takes time to do well at anything, but if you love it, you'll stick with it.”
“Whatever sport you're looking at, it's usually the team that makes the least mistakes that has the most success.”
“Whatever starts in California unfortunately has an inclination to spread.”
“Whatever state I am in, I see it as a state of mind to be accepted as it is.”
“Whatever statesman or sage will effect reforms upon a gigantic or godlike scale must begin with the young.”
Source: Thoughts
“Whatever steals your voice hates when you use it.”
Source: Copycat Crush: A Gritty Urban Thriller About Imitation, Theft, and a Man Who Loves You So Hard He Becomes Your Biggest Hater
“whatever stories we make up about ourselves, others will tell a different one.”
Source: Losing our Marbles?
“Whatever storm was brewing, I'd find it and fight it. If it was the price of being with Curran, then I would pay it. He was worth it.”
“Whatever story you create in your life, you deserve your own “Karma” be it good or bad…. - Cocoy McCoy -”
“Whatever story you want to tell, tell it at the right size.”
“Whatever story you're telling in Louisiana, the landscape is going to become a character in it.”
“Whatever story you're telling, it will be more interesting if, at the end you add, "and then everything burst into flames.”
“Whatever strength, courage... madness keeps us going, we find it, in times like these. You have it, soldier. It's what kept you alive all this time.”
Source: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 screenplay
“Whatever strength the masses have is due entirely to ahimsa, however imperfect or defective its practice might have been.”
Source: Gandhi on Nehru
“Whatever strengthens our local attachments is favorable both to individual and national character, our home, our birthplace, our native land. Think for a while what the virtues are which arise out of the feelings connected with these words, and if you have any intellectual eyes, you will then perceive the connection between topography and patriotism.”
Source: The Doctor, &c
“Whatever stress some may lay upon it, a death-bed repentance is but a weak and slender plank to trust our all on.”
Source: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy: Gentleman & A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy
“Whatever struggle happened between brothers, let us forget about it and turn the page forever and live united.”
“Whatever subject I preach, I do not stop until I reach the Savior, the Lord Jesus, for in Him are all things.”
“Whatever subject stays in the process of editing and copy editing by unqualified contributors every day and every time can never be reliable and notable; even one cites authentic sources. Wikipedia falls under such quality of context without a doubt.”
“Whatever subjectivity we are going to talk about is going to be in an intersubjectivity of human beings that have a certain nature and have certain needs to be met and have to figure out how exactly to do that.”
“Whatever success I have achieved, whatever positions of leadership I have held have depended less on Ivy League degrees or SAT scores or GPAs and have instead been due to that sense of connection and empathy, the special obligation I felt as a black man like you to help those who need it most, people who didn't have the opportunities that I had because there, but for the grace of God go I. I might have been in their shoes. I might have been in prison. I might have been unemployed. I might not have been able to support a family. And that motivates me.”
“Whatever success I may have attained is due to the fact that since I was old enough to work at all, my ambition has never deserted me.”
“Whatever success I've achieved has come from pretty much doing the opposite of what I've been told or expected to do.”
“Whatever success I've had it is because I've tried to understand the situation of the player. I think the coach's duty is to avoid complicating matters.”
“Whatever success I've had so far has been assimilated into my body and mind.”
“Whatever success I've had, I always like to top it.”
“Whatever success people have in a field, it's a result of hard work. If you ultimately succeed in one place, you must have worked hard there or somewhere else.”
“Whatever success we have had in maintaining our culture has been instrumental in Intel's success in surviving strategic inflection points.”
“Whatever suffering there is in this world,all arises from desiring only myself to be happy.And whatever joy there is in this world,all arises from desiring to share my happiness with everyone.”
“Whatever sympathy I feel towards religions, whatever admiration for some of their adherents, whatever historical or biological necessity I see in them, whatever metaphorical truth, I cannot accept them as credible explanations of reality; and they are incredible to me in proportion to the degree that they require my belief in positive human attributes and intervenient powers in their divinities.”
Source: The Aristos
“Whatever system of governance is eventually adopted, it is important that it carries the people with it. We need to convey the message that safeguarding our common property, humankind, will require developing in each of us a new loyalty: a loyalty to mankind. It calls for the nurturing of a feeling of belonging to the human race. We have to become world citizens.”
Source: A Quest for Global Peace: Rotblat and Ikeda on War, Ethics and the Nuclear Threat
“Whatever talent a person has should be dedicated to the rest of humanity - indeed to all living beings. Therein lies fulfillment. All men are kin. They are of the same likeness, the same build, molded out of the same material, with the same divine essence in each. Service to man will help your divinity to blossom, for it will gladden your heart and make you feel that life has been worth while. Service to man is service to God, for He is in every man, and every living being, in every stone and stump. Offer your talents at the feet of God. Let every act be a flower, free from the creeping worms of envy and egoism and full of the fragrance of love and sacrifice.”
“Whatever talent I had, I'm sure it helped that my parents were in the business and that I grew up around actors, comedians and directors.”
“Whatever talents I possess may suddenly diminish or suddenly increase. I can with ease become an ordinary fool. I may be one now. But it doesn't do to upset one's own vanity.”
Source: The collected letters
“Whatever task you undertake, do it with all your heart and soul. Always be courteous, never be discouraged. Beware of him who promises something for nothing. Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures. Do not look for approval except the consciousness of doing your best.”
“Whatever team you go to, you want to have guys who help you be successful there.”
“Whatever tension is on set can end up on your face.”
“Whatever territory you choose to explore and then invest all your time into it, you will be amazed how easy it is to become great.”
Source: How To Become Great Through Time Conversion: Are you wasting time, spending time or investing time?
“Whatever that ["transfiguration" by Bob Dylan] means, it's true that the poetic brilliance of the early career would never really reappear.”
“Whatever that be which thinks, understands, wills, and acts, it is something celestial and divine.”
“Whatever that detail is, it cannot just be assumed that when you touched her vagina and it was wet, it meant she wanted to have sex.
Consent does not work that way.”
Source: Dr T: A Guide to Sexual Health and Pleasure
“Whatever that is ahead it's not of importance to me. What is important to me is that which is not ahead.”
“Whatever that place is, I don't much care -- not unless a book has happened there.”
“Whatever that thing is that white people like in blacks, I don't have it. Maybe it's my arrogance or my self-assurance or the way I carry myself, but whatever it is, I don't have it.”
“Whatever that thought was that just popped into your head. That's your answer. That's divine intervention, beta. The rest is all courage and choice.”
Source: A Bollywood Affair
“Whatever the 25 guys on the roster, it’s my job to get the most out of those guys.”