W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“When people reject you, do not be discouraged because you can still fulfill your God given purpose without them. Remember that your destiny is not tied to any human being, but designed especially for you by your Creator.”
“When people rely on surface appearances and false racial stereotypes, rather than in-depth knowledge of others at the level of the heart, mind and spirit, their ability to assess and understand people accurately is compromised.”
“When people reproach us, they only increase their own failings even as they are disclaiming them.”
“When people respect someone as a person, they admire her. When they respect her as a friend, they love her. When they respect her as a leader, they follow her.”
Source: The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership Workbook: Revised and Updated
“When people respond too quickly, they often respond to the wrong issue. Listening helps us focus on the heart of the conflict. When we listen, understand, and respect each other's ideas, we can then find a solution in which both of us are winners.”
“When people restrain themselves out of fear, their lives are by necessity diminished. They become rigid and defensive, and their self stops growing.”
Source: Flow: the psychology of optimal experience
“When people riot, there are generally much deeper reasons for the rioting than what is being reported by the corporate media.”
“When people run a business and open their door to the public, they must serve the public. That doesn't mean they can't say whatever they want to say. It doesn't mean they can't believe whatever they want to believe. Those are protected also. But businesses must serve the public. And that's a principle that we fought for in this country over many, many decades, when some were invoking religious freedom as an excuse to deny people on the basis of their race, on the basis of their religion, on the basis of sex and on the basis now of sexual orientation. Let's not confuse one thing with the other.”
“When people run in circles it's a very very... mad world.”
“When people run out of probable things to do, they do improbable things.”
Source: Skinflick
“When people’s parallel truth collides with their real truth, they may have a hard time in subduing all the fanciful items and characters of their invented world. (“The day the mirror was talking back”)”
“When people said schooldays were the best days of your life, I remember thinking: 'Tell me it's not true. This cannot be it.' I don't think my life has ever been that bad again. It hasn't always been easy but at least I have been free.”
“When people saw what had happened to my son, men stood up who had never stood up before.”
“When people say " I just don't have enough time " they mean " I prioritized something else.”
“When people say "clearly" something that means there's a huge crack in their argument and they know things aren't clear at all.”
Source: The Truth: (Discworld Novel 25)
“When people say "How do you write a book, how does it all happen?" I say, you line things up, and you line them up as actually as you possibly can, but sooner or later the book has got momentum and it's moving along under that momentum. It's like a sculpture, if you're working with the grain of the wood, the wood will start defining what shape it's going to become.”
“When people say "it's always the last place you look". Of course it is. Why would you keep looking after you've found it?”
“When people say "Let it go," what they really mean is "Get over it," and that's not a helpful thing to say. It's not a matter of letting go - you would if you could. Instead of "Let it go," we should probably say "Let it be"; this recognizes that the mind won't let go and the problem may not go away, and it allows you to form a healthier relationship with what's bothering you.”
“When people say "the body," frequently they mean the literal body, the physical body.”
“When people say "the people" or "the public" as though it's the final repository of all morality, I sometimes flinch.”
“When people say "What do you want people to get from this movie?" I say, "Well, it depends on what they bring to it." I don't try to decide what people should get from it or why. I don't do a part for those kinds of reasons.”
“When people say 'I want to be like you', I tell them if you want to be like me, then be yourself.”
“When people say 'I'm not a prude, but ...' what they mean is 'I am a prude, and ...'.”
“When people say 'marriage' to me... It's always a means to an end. Everyone's so in a rush to define the relationship.”
“When people say 'What are underground comics?' I think the best way you can define them is just the absolute freedom involved... we didn't have anyone standing over us.”
“When people say 'You're so beautiful' it makes me want to kill myself! As an actress you want to be seen for what you do, for the characters you can play, otherwise I'd be a model”
“When people say (nice) things you take them as compliments and it's nice, but it won't help you win your next game. The thing I am trying to keep in mind is that relying on my past performance will not make me win my next game, it'll only get in my way.”
“When people say a knight's job is all glory, I laugh and laugh and laugh. Often I can stop laughing before they edge away and talk about soothing drinks.”
Source: Protector of the Small Quartet
“When people say a knight's job is all glory, I laugh, and laugh, and laugh.”
Source: Squire: Book 3 of the Protector of the Small Quartet
“When people say ceramics is therapeutic and seductive, I think it's really about the wheel. Nothing I've done has that feeling; I feel like I'm fighting with the material the whole time. It doesn't want to be vague. It doesn't want to be asymmetrical. It doesn't want to have different clays combined. It doesn't want to do any of the things I make it do.”
“When people say do you believe in God? what do they mean by it? Do I believe in some spiritual force in the world? In a way, yes. People have thoughts, emotions. If you want to call that a spiritual force, okay. But unless there's some clarification of what we're supposed to believe in or disbelieve in, I can't answer.”
“When people say England, they sometimes mean Great Britain, sometimes the United Kingdom, sometimes the British Isles, - but never England.”
Source: How to be an Alien: A Handbook for Beginners and Advanced Pupils
“When people say formula, there's almost a little bit of a negative construct to it. It's nice when people describe someone as a "hit factory," but it makes it sound like you're just making baked beans or something.”
“When people say God blessed me with a beautiful jump shot, it really pisses me off. I tell those people, 'Don't undermine the work I've put in every day.' Not some days. Every day.”
“When people say I can't or I musn't, I always say I can and I will.”
“When people say I don't see you enough, well just because you don't see me don't mean I don't exist or just 'cause you haven't heard me don't mean I haven't been making noise. But if I keep making noise, you'll pick up.”
“When people say, “I’m anxious, depressed, or I need to work on my mental health.” Don’t question it. Don’t tease them. Don’t diminish their issues because you want something from them and their mental health limits their ability to deliver. It was hard enough for them to acknowledge and share. If you do not understand because you’ve never experienced mental health issues, go educate yourself. Do not look to them for everything you need to know about mental health. They are learning too. Do the work to understand.”
“When people say I'm powerful, it scares me in a way. If you saw what I see when I wake up in the morning, you wouldn't think that either.”
“When people say "If I only knew then what I know now" makes me wonder why they aren't using that wisdom now.”
“When people say impossible, they usually mean improbable.”
Source: Siege and Storm
“When people say it's a funny thing about them, you will probably be able to control your hysterics. They are only getting ready to announce the shattering fact that they don't like something. And it's not going to be something that's really quite awful, like suttee or apartheid; it's going to be something small.”
Source: I Didn't Come Here to Argue
“When people say money doesn't matter, it sure as hell does when you're able to show your mother a beach house and then hand her the keys to it. That was one of the happiest moments of my life.”
“When people say negative things or speculate, you can't help but feel hurt.”
“When people say no to me, I say, "Don't say no to me. There is a waywe can work this out."”
“When people say of their tragedies, 'I don't often think of it now,' what they mean is it has entered permanently into their thoughts, and colors everything.”
Source: The Bay of Noon
“When people say, "Oh you're so cocky. You're so arrogant," I feel like they're telling me that I think too highly of myself. My question for them is: "Who are you to tell me that I need to think less of myself?”
Source: My Fight / Your Fight
“When people say our love won't last forever, it sounds like they think anything will.”
“When people say spirituality in the U.S. it usually refers to the phantom limb that they develop in the absence of culture.”
“When people say stuff like, "Oh, that's soft rock. I don't listen to that," I find that elitist. It's music-racist.”
“When people say that a certain sport is not a sport - have them play that sport and see if they can do it. Golf is one of the hardest sports you've ever played. Bowling is all about concentration, it's all about focus, it's all about aim.”