W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“When spectators and fans say about drunken brawls, violence, and dog fights, "Well, football players are prone to these things - that's why we admire them," they are encouraging terribly detrimental behavior. You might even say - a la Roman gladiators - they are egging on this behavior.”
“When speculation has done its worst, two and two still make four.”
“When speech comes from a quiet heart, it has the strength of the orchid, and the fragrance of rock.”
“When speech is divorced from speaker and word from meaning, what is left is just ritual, language as ritual.”
“When speech is given to a soul holy and true, time, and its dome of ages, becomes as a mighty whispering-gallery, round which the imprisoned utterance runs, and reverberates forever.”
Source: Endeavours after the Christian life: discourses
“When speed dating I'm seeking my equal or at least one in the making.”
“When speed gets in the blood, one must drive to live.”
“When sperm and egg unite, something goes from inanimate to animate. It is life.”
“When spiders unite, they can tie down a lion.”
“When spirit calls, do not harden your heart but heed to heavenly voice.”
“When Spirit talks, it's time to listen.”
“When spiritual friends share their stories, the others listen without working. They rest. There’s nothing to fix, nothing to improve. A spiritual community feels undisturbed quiet as they listen, certainly burdened . . . but still resting in the knowledge that the life within, the passion for holiness, is indestructible. It needs only to be nourished and released.”
Source: Becoming a True Spiritual Community: A Profound Vision of What the Church Can Be
“When spiritual leaders have done their jobs, the people around them have encountered God and obeyed his will.”
Source: Spiritual Leadership: Moving People on to God's Agenda
“When spiritual seeking becomes too complicated, its exercies too elaborated, its doctrines too esoteric, it becomes also too artificial and the resulting achievements too fabricated. It is the beginners and intermediates who carry this heavy and unnecessary burden, who involve themselves to the point of becoming neurotics.”
“When spiritual, metaphysical, material, or immaterial events come into my life, I can only fix them by way of painting.”
Source: Max Beckmann On My Painting
“When spiritualism dawned, suddenly women who wanted to engage in the civic and religious and political culture were becoming transmediums.”
“When spirituality becomes spiritualization, life in the body becomes carnality. When ministers and priests live their ministry mostly in their heads and relate to the Gospel as a set of valuable ideas to be announced, the body quickly takes revenge by screaming loudly for affection and intimacy. Christian leaders are called to live the Incarnation, that is, to live in the body, not only in their own bodies but also in the corporate body of the community, and to discover there the presence of the Holy Spirit.”
Source: In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership
“When spontaneous demoralizing thoughts seep into your conscience, don't trip...allowing them to fester. These are random tests of your conviction and determination. Large or small, your reaction to such intrusions is a defining moment for which no one else, but you, can mitigate.”
Source: From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence
“When spring came, even the false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest.”
Source: Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition
“When spring is here the sketcher begins to look over his equipment and relishes in anticipation the soothing hours he will spend in the open, warmed by the sun, fanned by the breeze, charmed by the manifold delights of nature.”
“When Spring is old, and dewy windsBlow from the south, with odors sweet,I see my love, in shadowy groves,Speed down dark aisles on shining feet.”
“When Spring unlocks the flowers To paint the laughing soil; When summer's balmy breezes Refresh the mower's toil; When winter holds in frosty chains The fallow and the flood; In God the earth rejoices still, And owns her Maker good.”
“When springs dawns, she brings new light and life to the world in every way. This is a lovely time for starting new things and creating new conditions.”
Source: Apple Cider Vinegar Handbook: Recipes for Natural Living
“When St Genesius, the patron saint of actors, refused to act in a Roman play that ridiculed Christianity, the legend goes, the producers executed him. It reminds some people of Broadway today.”
“When St. Teresa of Avila says, 'Our life in this world is like a night in a second class hotel' I agree with her absolutely; and I think it's almost insulting to God and man to suggest that trivial events should give rise to deep concern on his part.”
“When stability becomes a habit, maturity and clarity follow.”
Source: Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom
“When stakeholders see that the board possesses relevant expertise, it instills confidence in their ability to make sound decisions and protect shareholder interests.”
Source: Board Room Blitz: Mastering the Art of Corporate Governance
“When stamping out a fire, be sure you are not wearing wooden shoes.”
Source: Specks of Shadows, Flecks of Light
“When standing face to face with myself, I far too often refuse to look in the mirror. When standing face to face with God, there is no place where a mirror is not.”
“When Star Wars became a hit and I had a chance to make the other movies, I had to figure out a way to bring Ben back, but a lot of the issues he had to deal with were carried by Yoda. In a sense, I combined Yoda with the spirit of Ben. I wanted Ben to have some kind of influence, but I didn't want it to be a direct influence where he could help Luke. So Ben has managed to keep his identity after he became one with the Force. One of the things he was doing on Tatooine besides watching over Luke was learning how to keep his identity after he became part of the Force.”
“When Stark isn't off sulking somewhere, or whatever he's doing when he won't return my calls, I alternate between the two. That usually works well, though occasionally an idea for the wrong guy drifts through my mind.”
“When stars are in the quiet skies, Then most I pine for thee; Bend on me, then, thy tender eyes, As stars look on the sea.”
“When stars collide, like you and I, no shadow blocks the sun" - The One”
“When stars refuse to shine it is the moon that gets all the glory.”
“When stars shine, they bring forth the light in darkness. Be that type of a star!”
“When stars shine, they bring light in darkness. Be that type of a star!”
“When starting a new business, people get blinders on. They have an idea, they stick to the idea, but they don't test it or check with their potential audience to see if this is a good idea. It happens all the time. Talk to your customers, see what they like and what you can change or not change.”
“When starting a relationship in Business or Personal Be in it to win it.Be present,be consistent and remind YOUR focus of your desire.~bns”
“When starting at the bottom, be willing to learn from those at the top.”
Source: Rumsfeld's Rules: Leadership Lessons in Business, Politics, War, and Life
“When starting out, don't worry about not having enough money. Limited funds are a blessing, not a curse. Nothing encourages creative thinking in quite the same way.”
Source: Life's Little Instruction Book: Simple Wisdom and a Little Humor for Living a Happy and Rewarding Life
“When starting to think about any novel, part of the motive is: I'm going to show them, this time.”
“When state and government have gone, laws must go. People who speak of 'laws' in a communistic society, think perhaps only of those general rules of sensible and noble conduct which every good man finds it easy to observe. But in that case they use a wrong word. A law is a rule connected with an apparatus to compel obedience. Behind the law stand the court, the sheriff, the police, the hangman, etc., and who wants them? None, we guess.”
Source: The Social Monster: A Paper on Communism and Anarchism
“When state and religion are one, religion becomes a means for the powerful to remain in power.”
“When State Way Gardens and The Robert Taylor Homes were being torn down, it seemed like a perfect opportunity to use that as a backdrop for the development of a super hero narrative.”
“When states are democratically governed according to law, there are no demagogues, and the best citizens are securely in the saddle; but where the laws are not sovereign, there you find demagogues. The people become a monarch... such people, in its role as a monarch, not being controlled by law, aims at sole power and becomes like a master.”
Source: Politics
“When statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties, they lead their country by a short route to chaos.”
Source: A Man For All Seasons
“When steam first began to pump and wheels go round at so many revolutions per minute, what are called business habits were intended to make the life of man run in harmony with the steam engine, and his movement rival the train in punctuality.”
“When Steampunk meets adventure and adventure meets comedy and comedy meets ingenuity and ingenuity meets charm and charm meets wonder and wonder meets pleasure the result is a Triumph. Dr Grordbort is the future. And the past. Which makes an ideal present.”
“When Stephen King elaborated on his inspirations for his novel "Carrie" he draws from a time when he was a young man, and describes his impression when he came upon a statue of Christ on the cross, hanging there in misery, and he thought "If THAT guy ever came back, he probably wouldn't be in a saving mood."”
Source: On writing: a memoir of the craft
“When Stephen talked about stalking chamois his whole expression changed. The features became more aquiline, the nose sharpened, the chin narrowed, and his eyes-steel blue - somehow took on the cold brilliance of a northern sky. I am being very frank about my husband. He attracted me at those times, and he repelled me too. This man, I told myself when I first met him, is a perfectionist. And he has no compassion. Gratified like all women who find themselves sought after and desired - a mutual love for Sibelius had been our common ground at our first encounter - after a few weeks in his company I shut my eyes to further judgment, because being with him gave me pleasure. It flattered my self-esteem. The perfectionist, admired by other women, now sought me. Marriage was in every sense a coup. It was only afterwards that I knew myself deceived. ("The Chamois")”
Source: Echoes from the Macabre: Selected Stories