W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“When we digital artists talk about painting on the computer, that is exactly what we do. The paints we use are pixels, the brush we use is a pressure sensitive pen. The colors are the same as painters use, and how we get to the final image is the same gut wrenching way.”
“When we direct our thoughts in a positive direction, we sense the infinite power in the universe and feel that nothing is going to hamper our spirit and progress, as the universe will provide us with all the right possibilities in life.”
Source: Living with Consciousness: Everyday Inspirations for Spiritual Growth and Personal Fulfillment
“When we direct our thoughts properly i.e. 'Things could be worse but aren't', we can control our emotions... i.e. and feel relieved, grateful, satisfied, hopeful and happy”
“When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.”
“When we discern that people are not going on spiritually and allow the discernment to turn to criticism, we block our way to God. God never gives us discernment in order that we may criticize, but that we may intercede”
Source: My Utmost for His Highest: The Golden Book of Oswald Chambers : Features the Author's Daily Prayers
“When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.”
“When we discover New Earth - a planet we could call home - the question of the plurality of worlds will come front and center, reminding us yet again that we are not the center of the universe.”
Source: The Life of Super-Earths: How the Hunt for Alien Worlds and Artificial Cells Will Revolutionize Life on Our Planet
“When we discover that nothing and no one has the power to define or confine our inner light, then we understand that no one can limit our divine plans.”
“When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.”
“When we discover the secret of being inwardly at worship while outwardly at work, we find that the soul's silence brings us to God and God to us. Silence takes us beyond the limits of consciousness and into the heart and mind and will of God.”
Source: Holy Silence
“When we discover this and give our lives to it, we are leaders. This is the Path of Leadership. Whatever our age or phase of life, we must enter and stay on the Path of Leadership. The future of the world depends upon it-upon you.”
“When we discover Zen practice, we may hold out a hope that it is going to solve our problems and make our life perfect. But Zen practice simply returns us to life as it is. Being our lives more and more is what Zen practice is about.
Our lives are simply what they are, and Zen helps us to recognize that fact. The thought "If I do this practice patiently enough, everything will be different" is simply another belief system, another version of the promise that is never kept.”
Source: Nothing Special: A Zen Buddhist Guide to Awakening Through Daily Life's Feelings, Relationships, and Work
“When we discovered cubism, we did not have the aim of discovering cubism. We only wanted to express what was in us.”
“When we discriminate against the very people on whom we ought to have compassion, we lose empathy, become callous, and erode our own humanity.”
Source: Called for Life: How Loving Our Neighbor Led Us into the Heart of the Ebola Epidemic
“When we discuss those we love with those who do not love them, the end of love is near.”
Source: Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin
“When we dislike someone, or feel threatened by someone, the natural tendency is to focus on something we dislike about the person, something that irritates us. Unfortunately, when we do this--instead of seeing the deeper beauty of the person and giving them energy--we take energy away and actually do them harm. All they know is that they suddenly feel less beautiful and less confident, and it is because we sapped their energy.”
Source: The celestine prophecy: an adventure
“When we disrespect a person, we disrespect God”
“When we do 'Sports Illustrated,' it starts the night before. You do a St. Tropez tan that night, then baby oil gel, then body color.”
“When we do align with it, we thrive. And when we do not, we suffer. This is not "punishment." It is merely the Law of Cause and Effect. With each thought we think, we either align with universal love, or we disconnect ourselves from it. Whichever is our choice determines whether we then feel connected to, or disconnected, from our own true Selves.”
“When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.”
“When we do cross paths with people whose beliefs and attitudes conflict with our own, we are rarely challenged.”
Source: How We Know What Isn't So
“When we do fantasy, we must not lose sight of reality.”
“When we do for others, we can't help but be touched by the love and generosity we thought we were giving away.”
“When we do get a little time off, I tend to watch movies, go to dinners, and keep it low-key.”
“When we do get to the point where things aren't good, we know how to smarten up and fix it before it gets ugly.”
“When we do go to combat, it should be with a defined mission and a plan for withdrawal.”
“When we do in Grenada what the Soviet Union did in Czechoslovakia and Afghanistan, we lose moral authority and credibility.”
“When we do more than we are paid to do, eventually we will be paid more for what we do.”
“When we do not accept the reality,
we wait for the impossible to happen..”
Source: I Lost My Soul
“When we do not adore God, we adore something else. Money and power are false idols which often take the place of God.”
Source: The Spirit of St Francis: Inspiring Words on Faith, Love and Creation
“When we do not do the one thing we ought to do, we have no time for anything else - we are the busiest people in the world.”
Source: Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer
“When we do not expect anything we can be ourselves.”
Source: Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen – The Final Teachings of Shunryu Suzuki to Empower Your Freedom
“When we do not expect anything we can be ourselves. That is our way, to live fully in each moment of time.”
“When we do not express ourselves, do not assert our being, do not stand up for our values in contexts where it is appropriate to do so, we inflict wounds on our sense of self. The world does not do it to us, we do it to ourselves.”
Source: Six Pillars of Self-Esteem
“When we do not fully and equally represent the masculine and the feminine in church and civic leadership, we cannot represent the human experience or Jesus.”
Source: Sex, God, and the Conservative Church
“When we do not know a person - and also when we do - we have to judge his size by the size and nature of his achievements, as compared with the achievements of others in his special line of business - there is no other way.”
Source: What Is Man? and Other Philosophical Writings
“When we do not know our heart’s reason
Perhaps living inside the cell of its prison
Is the best way to breathe for the life of love
With tears of the void from a distance above”
“When we do not know the truth of a thing, it is good that there should exist a common error which determines the mind of man, as, for example, the moon, to which is attributed the change of seasons, the progress of diseases, etc. For the chief malady of man is a restless curiosity about things which he cannot understand; and it is not so bad for him to be in error as to be curious to no purpose.”
Source: Pascal's Pensees
“When we do not know who we are, how do we relate to other nations as their equal, how do we know what our fair share is in international trade, how do we even know what’s best for us come election time.”
Source: Manila Was A Long Time Ago - Official
“When we do not know why the photographer has taken a picture and when we do not know why we are looking at it, all of a sudden we discover something that we start seeing. I like this confusion.”
Source: Saul Leiter
“When we do not love, we sleep, we are children of the dust - but love, and you are a god, you are pure, as on the first day of creation.”
“When we do not profess Jesus Christ, we profess the worldliness of the devil, a demonic worldliness.”
“When we do not reject our suffering, or add anything to it, pain is simply pain. It is what we add to our pain that turns it into suffering.”
Source: Zen and the Art of Falling in Love
“When we do our best to treat others with kindness, it’s often a struggle to determine which actions best express our love and care for ourselves.”
Source: Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
“When we do plant medicine, and we see love, we realize right then and there that it was never apart from us, that in fact it was a part of us.”
“When we do something we're not proud of, a lot of people don't want to look at that, people may say "what people don't know won't hurt them."”
“When we do the hard, intimate work of friendship, we bring a little more of the divine into daily life.”
Source: Cold Tangerines: Celebrating the Extraordinary Nature of Everyday Life
“When we do things that are controlling, whether intentional or not, we are not going to get those long-term outcomes.”
“When we do those things, we’re actually filling a void in our lives with debt. It’s a slow but sure self-destructive process, and one that will lead us step by step into total depression and poverty. What we should learn is to try and respond to this kind of situation in a way that will bring light and prosperity into our lives, not more chaos.”
Source: Secrets of Jewish Wealth Revealed!
“When we do what God wants us to do, we are blessed, we are spiritually healthy.”
Source: Miller 3-in-1: Blue Like Jazz, Through Painted Deserts, Searching for God