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 still young, it is “all things are possible" that is settled in our minds but we ignore that Old-Age and Death are also possible. Meanwhile, let us be active under God's will.”
Source: The Inspirer, Book of Quotes
“When we are stirred to lament the loss of the gods, it is more than likely the gods who are doing the stirring.”
“When we are straight we never have to be scare from the darkness, because the sun will always shine in our Heart.”
“When we are stricken and cannot bear our lives any longer, then a tree has something to say to us: Be still! Be still! Look at me! Life is not easy, life is not difficult. Those are childish thoughts. . . . Home is neither here nor there. Home is within you, or home is nowhere at all.”
“When we are strong, we are always much greater than the things that happen to us.”
Source: Seeds
“When we are struck at without a reason, we should strike back again very hard; I am sure we should - so hard as to teach the person who struck us never to do it again.”
Source: Jane Eyre
“When we are stuck in a rut we are being invited to grow and expand.”
Source: Reinventing You: Simple Steps to Transform Your Body, Mind, & Spirit
“When we are succeeding - that is, when we have begun to overcome our self-doubt and self-sabotage, when we are advancing in our craft and evolving to a higher level - that's when panic strikes. When we experience panic, it means that we're about to cross a threshold. We're poised on the doorstep of a higher plane.”
“When we are such as He can love without impediment, we shall in fact be happy.”
Source: A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis
“When we are suddenly released from an acute absorbing bodily pain, our heart and senses leap out in new freedom; we think even the noise of streets harmonious, and are ready to hug the tradesman who is wrapping up our change.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)
“When we are sure that we are on the right road there is no need to plan our journey too far ahead. No need to burden ourselves with doubts and fears as to the obstacles that may bar our progress. We cannot take more than one step at a time.”
Source: The Optimistic Life
“When we are surrounded by such diversity - in nature, in culture, in human spirit - how can we stand not to acknowledge it?”
“When we are talking about cash flow - once again, nature is a great teacher. Cash is simply the base resource with which most activities predicate. In nature, cash is symbolized by water. Rarely is anything in nature ever lacking water. Even in the deserts, the life forms that live and grow there have figured out ‘cash flow’ or ‘water flow’…. They’ve figured out how to manage the flow of water relative to the tasks and objectives which require its use. If a cactus in the desert can figure out how to manage the flow of water relative to the tasks and objectives which require its use… then we can figure out how to manage the flow of cash relative to the tasks and objectives which require its use. If nature can invest wisely, so can we.”
“When we are telling something about others, we are telling a lot about ourselves too.
"The Sun rises and sets each day." This sounds like a statement about the Sun. But it is actually a statement about us, about our planet. It tells that we and our planet is moving, not the Sun.”
“When we are thirsty, we drink the white waters of the pool, the sweetness of our mournful childhood.”
“When we are “time traveling”, we may trip over problems from the past which distort our memory. If we are weary of dealing with lost causes or lame ducks in our history, we have to make up our mind and give up destructive thinking patterns. At that juncture, time has come to go back to the future. ( “A glimpse of the future" )”
“When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.”
“When we are together, we are not just stronger; we are invincible.”
Source: Beyond the Bouquet: A Symphony of Love in Fifty Movements
“When we are totally faithful to our own individuality, we are actually following a very intricate design. This kind of freedom is the opposite of "just anything".”
Source: Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art
“When we are touched by a song, it is because the artist cannot hide himself.”
“When we are touched by something it's as if we're being brushed by an angel's wings.”
Source: Conversations with Rita Dove
“When we are trapped in fear we see everything in binary terms: us or them, fight or flight.”
Source: Our Malady: Lessons in Liberty from a Hospital Diary
“When we are true to ourselves, all that is toxic and burdensome simply falls away”
Source: Stop Eating Your Stress!: Discover the Secret to Inner Calm, Comfort & True Nourishment On and Off Your Plate
“When we are truly able to see and understand life, its reality, its value and beauty as well as its troubles, we are able to accept life dynamically and walk its path with appreciation and gratitude. This way of life is Buddhism.”
“When we are truly confident and secure, the opinions of others cannot control us.”
Source: Never Give Up: Relentless Determination to Overcome Life's Challenges
“When we are truly in this interior simplicity our whole appearance is franker, more natural. This true simplicity. . . makes us conscious of a certain openness, gentleness, innocence, gaiety, and serenity. O, how amiable this simplicity is! Who will give it to me? I leave all for this. It is the pearl of the Gospel.”
“When we are truly passionate about something we are contagious.”
“When we are unable to change an event that has already been written in the stars, we are always presented the opportunity to surrender to the heart and find a new pathway to peace. Understanding Divine Reason allows us to honor God’s Divine Plan.”
“When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.”
“When we are unable to love and appreciate ourselves and our efforts, we run away from our mistakes and failures, rather than learning from them.”
“When we are unable to receive, we deny someone else the pleasure of giving.”
“When we are unable to shine that natural light within, it burns us from our very core.”
“When we are unaware of the substance and importance of our choices, we may fall victim to errors of omission or missed opportunities. If awareness arrives too late, the actions we have not taken or the words that were left unspoken may squeeze us into an irreversible void. Lateness can imply irredeemable failure. ("Island of regret.- Island of remorse.")”
“When we are under a tree, we are under a temple, a temple of countless goodnesses!”
“When we are underconfident, we desire to be accepted unconditionally. That way no matter how much goes wrong and how little we accomplish, we are still guaranteed a place in society. Those who are so damaged in confidence and self-esteem that they assume they will never get anything right, and never accomplish anything of note, demand not only a place in society, but one equal to those who get things right and accomplish things. Although a defensive outlook, this viewpoint is projected forward as a pre-emptive strike on feelings of inadequacy, regret and doubt.
When enough people gather who have this viewpoint, we create a society where social factors - being nice, novelty of approach, possessions owned, ironic or unusual lifestyles - become more important than ability. If you want to know how the path to Idiocracy is paved, this is it. Natural selection now favors the social, not the competent, and so society breeds future generations of incompetent (but very sociable) people.”
“When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose.”
“When we are unduly impatient with an omniscient God's timing, we really are suggesting that we know what's best. Strange isn't it-we who wear wrist watches seek to counsel Him who oversees cosmic clocks and calendars.”
“When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, that petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of the reality.”
Source: Walden or, Life in the Woods
“When we are unwilling to draw clear moral lines between free societies and fear societies, when we are unwilling to call the former good and the latter evil, we will not be able to advance the cause of peace because peace cannot be disconnected from freedom.”
“When we are upset, it’s easy to blame others. However, the true cause of our feelings is within us. For example, imagine yourself as a glass of water. Now, imagine past negative experiences as sediment at the bottom of your glass. Next, think of others as spoons. When one stirs, the sediment clouds your water. It may appear that the spoon caused the water to cloud – but if there were no sediment, the water would remain clear no matter what. The key, then, is to identify our sediment and actively work to remove it.”
“When we are using this term 'basic goodness,' we are talking about our inherent completeness.”
“When we are very young children we know how to feel. It's innate. But as we lead a lifetime, we pick up so many thoughts, impressions, feelings, and ideas, that our sensitivity goes away.”
“When we are very young, our parents inadvertently program us to be what we eventually become.”
Source: Somewhere in Heaven My Mother Is Smiling
“When we are very young, our parents inadvertently program us to be what we eventually become. ~ Peggy Toney Horton”
Source: Somewhere in Heaven My Mother Is Smiling
“When we are very young, we tend to regard the ability to use a colon much as a budding pianist regards the ability to play with crossed hands: many of us, when we are older, regard it as a proof of literary skill, maturity, even of sophistication; and many; whether young, not so young, or old, employ it gauchely, haphazardly, or at best inconsistently.”
Source: You Have a Point There: A Guide to Punctuation and Its Allies
“When we are victorious on a world scale I think we shall use gold for the purpose of building public lavatories in the streets of some of the largest cities of the world.”
“When we are vulnerable, I believe we are our truest selves. Emotion is all about vulnerability, and that is why, in the cheesiest sense, it is so beautiful.”
Source: The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love With Me
“When we are walking our chosen path, we walk elegantly, emanating light.”
“When we are weak, then are we strong. When most empty of self, we are most full of God.”
Source: A Commentary on the Epistle to the Ephesians
“When we are weak, we can still be strong. When we're under the greatest stress and facing the greatest challenges, it may be the best day of our lives, for God is working to make us into the people he wants us to be.”