W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“When the State silences freedom of assembly and freedom to dissent, it silences the people it is sworn to protect.”
Source: Kent State
“When the State withers, humanity flowers.”
Source: The Wanting Seed
“When the Statist makes a wrong decision, its impact is far-reaching, for he uses the power of government to impose his decision on as many individuals and businesses as possible, which distorts the free market itself.”
“When the statistics have a face, poverty becomes personal.”
Source: Radically Ordinary
“When the status and power of women is greater so also is the nation’s general quality of life; when they are lower, so is the quality of life for all.”
Source: The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics: Easyread Large Edition
“When the steede is stolne, shut the stable durre.”
Source: The Proverbs and Epigrams of John Heywood (A. D. 1562).
“When the sting of pride begins to register mentally or emotionally, it is often met with a deliberate denial intended to camouflage and avoid the guilt.”
Source: Who Told You That?: Validating the Voices and Qualifying Your Choices
“When the stock market crash, a lot of people realized that the American dream was not all it was cracked up to be. They'd been living for this thing and it was kind of a façade. It wasn't real.”
“When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the princes of greed. He said, 'Look, here's what happened.'”
“When the stocks go up, the cocks go up!”
“When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.”
Source: The Sacred Writings of Saint Jerome (Annotated Edition)
“When the stories come easily and the writing process doesn't feel laboring, that's usually a good sign for me.”
“When the stories of our life no longer bind us, we discover within them something greater. We discover that within the very limitations of form, of our maleness and femaleness, of our parenthood and our childhood, of gravity on the earth and the changing of the seasons, is the freedom and harmony we have sought for so long. Our individual life is an expression of the whole mystery, and in it we can rest in the center of the movement, the center of all worlds.”
“When the storm brews and the waves swell, only an experienced captain can control the ship and save it.”
“When the storm comes all the way to you, ask God to make a way for you.”
“When the storm comes, the formidable oak breaks easily, but the flowing willow bends and sways in the wind. When the storm's over, the willow straightens up again and regenerates. It sheds its damaged branches and leaves to reduce its overall burden and recover. Recovery takes time, and the willow allows it.”
Source: Sense of Home
“When the storm has passed, put your energy into rebuilding your life, don't waste time looking back.”
“When the storm in your life deafens the voice of God, lean in closer; that's when He's whispering.”
Source: Daddy's Little Girl: A Father's Prayer
“When the storm in your life drowns out the voice of God, lean in closer; that's when He’s whispering.”
Source: A TALK WITH GOD TODAY: SPIRITUAL GROWTH IN 4 WEEKS
“When the storm rages in the dark night, a voice on the wind will ask, “Who are you?”, and the quality and depth of your answer will determine whether you stand firm or flounder.”
Source: The Talk: A Young Person's Guide to Life's Big Questions
“When the storm rips you to pieces, you have to decide how to put yourself back together again.”
“When the storm rips you to pieces, you get to decide how to put yourself back together again.”
“When the storm runs out of breath, a rainbow is born.”
“When the storm starts, there is nothing more humiliating than taking shelter in a port you once despised!”
“When the storms of life come, if they come to me personally, to my family or to the world, I want to be strong enough to stand and be a strength to somebody else, be shelter for somebody else.”
“When the storms of life hit, you have to anchor down with your feet firmly planted on the ground. The winds will blow, the trees will shake but you my dear, will not break!”
“When the storms of life strike, it's what happens in you that will determine what happens to you.”
“When the storms to you, pray for the strength to sail through.”
Source: Prayer: An Antidote for the Inner Man
“When the stormy winds of life threaten to knock you down, may you have the courage to spread your wings and fly!”
“When the story is good enough, people can watch something three times the length of an opera.”
“When the story of these times gets written, we want it to say that we did all we could, and it was more than anyone could have imagined.”
“When the storyteller tells the truth, she reminds us that human beings are more alike than unalike... A story is what it's like to be a human being-to be knocked down and to miraculously arise. Each one of us has arisen, awakened. We do rise.”
“When the storytellers are silenced, the tyrants grow louder. Never stop telling the truth, even in metaphor.”
“When the storytelling goes bad in a society, the result is decadence.”
“When the stranger becomes family,
Politicians will lose their job.
When love overwhelms all rigidity,
Arms dealers will mourn and sob.”
Source: Giants in Jeans: 100 Sonnets of United Earth
“When the Stranger says: "What is the meaning of this city? Do you huddle close together because you love each other?" What will you answer? "We all dwell together To make money from each other"? or "This is a community"? Oh my soul, be prepared for the coming of the Stranger. Be prepared for him who knows how to ask questions.”
“When the string breaks while working, there is still the rope. When the oars wear out, there is still the tree, " she recited. "You feel you can't go on, but you will.”
Source: The Island of Sea Women
“When the striving ceases, there is life waiting as a gift.”
“When the Strokes first started playing gigs, instead of getting into a costume for the shows, we talked about how we should dress every day, in real life, like we're playing onstage. I don't really care about clothes, but it's about wearing something that gives you social confidence. Or maybe helps you pick up chicks.”
“When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door.”
“When the strong help the weak, it makes us all stronger”
“When the strongest nation in the world can be tied up for years in a war with no end in sight, when the richest nation in the world can't manage its own economy, when the nation with the greatest tradition of the rule of law is plagued by unprecedented lawlessness, and when the President of the United States cannot travel abroad or to any major city at home without fear of a hostile demonstration - then it's time for new leadership for the United States of America.”
“When the student has her voice under complete control, it is safe to take up the lyric repertoire of Mendelssohn, Old English Songs, etc. How simple and charming they are!”
“When the student is ready, the teacher appears.”
“When the student is ready the teacher will appear.”
“When the student is ready, the messenger appears.”
“When the students are occupied, they're not juvenile delinquents. I believe that education is a capital investment.”
“When the students in the South, the blacks, started demonstrating, that was the beginning of the time of students becoming a social force around the world.”
“When the students were asked to identify their race on a pretest questionnaire, that simple act was sufficient to prime them with all the negative stereotypes associated with African Americans and academic achievement. If a white student from a prestigious private high school gets a higher SAT score than a black student from an inner-city school, is it because she’s truly a better student, or is it because to be white and to attend a prestigious high school is to be constantly primed with the idea of “smart”?”
“When the study of the arts leads to the adoration of the formula (heaven forbid), we shall be lost.”