W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“When we are calling to God to turn the eye of His favor towards us He is calling to us to turn the eye of our obedience towards Him.”
Source: The New Matthew Henry Commentary: The Classic Work with Updated Language
“When we are capable of living in the moment free from the tyranny of "shoulds," free from the nagging sensation that this moment isn't right, we will have peaceful hearts.”
“When we are caught up in a destructive emotion, we lose one of our greatest assets: our independence.”
“When we are centered in joy, we attain our wisdom.”
Source: A Woman's Worth
“When we are certain that the way to accomplish our own wishes is to help others, we have no regrets.”
Source: Ruling Your World: Ancient Strategies For Modern Life
“When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own interests.”
Source: Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals
“When we are children, we often have no real responsibilities. We don’t have to earn money to buy food or pay the rent. Because of this, when we are children, we can dream big because there are no obstacles to stop us. We imagine the life we want to have when we become adults. As we grow, the responsibilities pile up. We need to get good grades in school. We want to make enough money to buy something we desire. We get married and have to raise a family. The accompanying stresses also pile on. All of them grind us down little by little until we either have to alter our original dream of what our life would be like or defer the date we expect to achieve our goal.”
Source: What Faith Has Taught Me: Spiritual Insights
“When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.”
Source: The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chonicle:
“When we are children, people show us so many things that we lose the profound sense of seeing... And just how could adults show us the world they have lost! They know; they think they know; they say they know.”
“When we are children, we have a tranquil acceptance of mystery which is driven out of us later on, by curiosity and education and experience. But it is possible to find one's way back. With affection and respect, I disagree totally with Penelope Lively's conviction about the 'absolute impossibility of recovering a child's vision.' There _are_ ways, imperfect, partial, fleeting, of looking again at a mystery through the eyes we used to have. Children are not different animals. They are us, not yet wearing our heavy jacket of time.”
“When we are clear enough about our own point of view, we can find help in the methods of Eastern Christianity or in the ways of the Far East, perhaps by consulting the I Ching or through mandala contemplation; we may even find help in the ways of shamanism or Islam. If we are clear about where we stand and the direction we must take, such methods may be useful in order to follow our own way to the end.”
Source: The Other Side of Silence: Meditation for the Twenty-First Century
“When we are close to someone, in a physical way, for an extended period of time, our actual body will grieve if they are no longer available to us. Our body has its own memory.”
“When we are collecting books, we are collecting happiness.”
Source: Penny wise and book foolish
“When we are conditioned to think gender is binary, we become quite prejudiced to anyone who does not conform to what our ideas of gender are. This births all kinds of prejudice, including sexism, homophobia and transphobia.”
“When we are confident, all we need is a little support.”
“When we are confronted by failure and mistakes, we can leave them behind and go on with our lives.”
“When we are confronted with stressful and difficult situations, focusing more on aspects that we can control—or at least influence—can alter our emotional response to the situation.”
Source: Strong Minds: How to Unlock the Power of Elite Sports Psychology to Accomplish Anything
“When we are connected to the source, we will not be afraid of any task set before us.”
Source: The Prince and the Pauper
“When we are conscious of our personal uniqueness and our universal nature we express ourselves creatively. In this way we fulfill our dreams and our life purpose.”
“When we are conscious of the least comparative merit in ourselves, we should take as much care to conceal the value we set upon it, as if it were a real defect; to be elated or vain upon it is showing your money before people in want.”
Source: An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Comedian
“When we are consciously aware of being used as broken bread and poured out wine, we have yet another level to reach - a level where all awareness of ourselves and what God is doing through us is completely eliminated. A saint is never consciously a saint - a saint is consciously dependent on God.”
Source: My Utmost for His Highest
“When we are constantly recreating our basic patterns of behavior and thought, we never have to leap into fresh air or onto fresh grass. Instead, we wrap ourselves in our own dark environment, where our only companion is the smell of our own sweat. In the cocoon, there is no dance, no walking or breathing. It is comfortable and sleepy, an intense and very familiar home.”
“When we are consumed with that thing we are waiting for, it's become an idol. As daughters of Christ and as ministry leaders, there's no place for idols in our hearts. God is pretty clear on that... God wants all of us focused on Him, not on what we are waiting for, whether it's a child, a ministry opportunity, or an escape. These are all good, but not if they take God off the throne of our lives. Not if they steal our hearts.”
Source: Whole: Hope for the Broken Pastor's Wife
“When we are content, our daily actions are infused with a quiet satisfaction that we share with those around us.
We become aware of and responsible for other people's well being and they, in turn, for ours.
Hygge captures a way of being with other people, caring for them and ourselves.”
Source: The Book of Hygge: The Danish Art of Living Well
“When we are convinced of some great truths, and feel our convictions keenly, we must not fear to express it, although others have said it before us. Every thought is new when an author expresses it in a manner peculiar to himself.”
Source: La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims
“When we are covering our service member by the shield of prayer, we are engaging God's defense system of protection.”
Source: Faith Steps for Military Families: Spiritual Readiness Through the Psalms of Ascent
“When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become.”
Source: Can You Drink the Cup?
“When we are dead : it is the living only who cannot be forgiven the living only from whom men's indulgence and reverence are held off, like the rain by the hard east wind .”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)
“When we are dead we are praised by those who survive us, though we frequently have no other merit than that of being no longer alive.”
“When we are dead; rugs are no richer than a quick-thorn bed.”
“When we are dealing with death we are constantly being dragged down by the event: Humor diverts our attention and lifts our sagging spirits.”
“When we are dealing with human beings, no truth has reality by itself; it is always dependent upon the reality of the immediate relationship.”
Source: Existence
“When we are dealt a difficult hand of cards and find ourselves hitting a wall after having tried every tool in the tool chest, sometimes all we can do is sit in the pain and surrender. It’s in the surrender that we may just meet a peace that transcends our understanding.”
Source: Hope For Secondhand Suffering: Tools For The Heart When You Can't Fix Your Loved One's Pain
“When we are debating an issue, loyalty means giving me your honest opinion, whether you think I'll like it or not. Disagreement, at this state, stimulates me. But once a decision is made, the debate ends. From that point on, loyalty means executing the decision as if it were your own.”
“When we are deeply passionate about something, the obstacles or challenges are diminished by sheer will and desire.”
Source: The Art of Being: 8 Ways to Optimize Your Presence & Essence for Positive Impact
“When we are depressed, our thinking blocks us from being aware of our needs, and then being able to take action to meet our needs.”
Source: Getting Past the Pain Between Us: Healing and Reconciliation Without Compromise
“When we are devoted to the development of kindness, it becomes our ready response, so that reacting from compassion, from caring, is not a question of giving ourselves a lecture: 'I don't really feel like it, but I'd better be helpful, or what would people think?'”
Source: The Force of Kindness: Change Your Life with Love and Compassion
“When we are disconnected from love, nothing works well. We might create businesses and make money but it will cost too much. If we lack joy, peace, health, and calmness, there's not a lot to be gained from being wealthy.”
Source: Beautiful Money: The 4-Week Total Wealth Makeover
“When we are disconnected from our deep healing, introspective power of our Wild Woman, our Knowing Self, and by default, our Divine Power, we become empty. We develop a spiritual hole where our Divine Self used to reside.”
Source: When She Wakes, She Will Move Mountains - 5 Steps to Reconnecting With Your Wild Authentic Inner Queen
“When we are driven by ego and a relentless need to succeed, it’s easy to blindly neglect the relationships, self-care and truth that will create joy and authentic fulfillment in our lives.”
Source: Worthy: The POWER of Wholeness
“When we are duly apprized of our absolute dependence upon him and of our obligations to him as our Creator, Benefactor, and Lawgiver, sin will appear exceedingly sinful, and will bring a burden upon the conscience, which can only be removed by faith in the Redeemer.”
Source: Memoirs of the Life of William Grimshaw
“When we are eager to be shy and humble about our accomplishments, we lose confidence in our abilities.”
“When we are enclosed by misperceptions and unable to break free into clear communication or mutual understanding, we must demine the brushwoods of controversial and thorny issues. ("Imbroglio")”
“When we are enjoying the conscious presence of God, we are fulfilling the tenets of our salvation.”
“When we are exalted by ideas, we do not owe this to Plato, but to the idea, to which also Plato was debtor.”
Source: Representative Men: Seven Lectures
“When we are expecting only suffering, the least joy surprises us: Suffering itself becomes the greatest of joys when we seek it as a precious treasure.”
“When we are faced with circumstances, He gives us the Power to endure! When we are faced with loss, He grants us the Poise to hold on. When we come across failure, He installs back in us the Potential to rise up again. When we meet death, He gave us the Pleasure to be carried up into the Lovely coasts of eternity!”
Source: The Great Hand Book of Quotes
“When we are faced with problems, we should first proffer not just solutions but actionable solutions. Good solutions are actionable solutions.”
“When we are fairly observant and overly patient, a vibration of happiness might crop up unwittingly, as we capture the “timelessness” of a lucky moment and a sparkle of a stray instant, unexpectedly, enraptures our life in a blaze of color and splendor. ( "Happy days are back again" )”
“When we are fearful and worried all the time, we are living as if we don't believe that we have a strong and able Shepherd who is tenderhearted toward us, who only leads us to good places, who protects us and lovingly watches over us.”