W Quotes
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“We are not free to use today, or to promise tomorrow, because we are already mortgaged to yesterday.”
Source: The Later Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1843-1871
“We are not free to walk on our neighbor's toes.”
“We are not free, it was not intended we should be. A book of rules is placed in our cradle, and we never get rid of it until we reach our graves. Then we are free, and only then.”
“We are not freer if we do not commit ourselves. We do not progress without committing ourselves.”
Source: Analyze, Act, Advance: Reflections and cutting-edge strategies to build in your life, your family, your organization, and your community a virtuous ... renewal, and continuous improvement
“We are not from here, my dear. So:
Let the flames take over our bodies,
‘cause I wanna merely burn with you.
And we can dance until we become ashes,
but don’t you dare leave me when we
become pointless dust.
Because this is when we can
finally blow away with the wind,
back to that place where love
was once real...”
“We are not getting rid of carriers any time soon. This is both because of their utility and also because of their role in Navy culture and in the defense-industrial complex. It is an academic debate.”
“We are not gods Pontius, we are monsters!”
“We are not going back to the failed policies of the past. We are fighting for the middle class!”
“We are not going back. Not only are we not going to retreat on women's rights, we are going to expand them. We are going forward, not backward.”
“We are not going back. We are not returning to the days of back-room abortions, when countless women died or were maimed. The decision about abortion must remain a decision for the woman, her family and a physician to make, not the government.”
“We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.”
Source: Siddhartha: An Indian Tale
“We are not going into government with Sinn Fein.”
“We are not going through an "economy crisis"; we are going through a "spiritual transition". On a deeper level, the collective conscious of humanity is awakening.”
Source: A Ticket to Prosperity
“We are not going to allow to a dictator who is sitting on us to determine the means of confrontation against him. We are not asking his approval to be free. I hope Robert Mugabe, a sick and old man, you are listening. We mean business.”
“We are not going to always agree with each other, but we should have the dignity to always respect each other’s freedom of speech and of choice. Democracy is practiced when we have respect for human rights.”
“We are not going to be able to operate our Spaceship Earth successfully nor for much longer unless we see it as a whole spaceship and our fate as common. It has to be everybody or nobody.”
Source: World Game Series: Document 1
“We are not going to be able to rebuild Afghanistan into a Jeffersonian democracy.”
“We are not going to build a pressure in Mexico. We're not building walls to retain our people.”
“We are not going to change the whole world, but we can change ourselves and feel free as birds. We can be serene even in the midst of calamities and, by our serenity, make others more tranquil. Serenity is contagious. If we smile at someone, he or she will smile back. And a smile costs nothing. We should plague everyone with joy. If we are to die in a minute, why not die happily, laughing? (136-137)”
Source: Integral Yoga: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
“We are not going to damage our safety and our security. We're not going to give those extremists the privilege to come so freely to Israel in order to carry out more attacks against us and kill us one day after another.”
“We are not going to deal with the violence in our communities, our homes, and our nation, until we learn to deal with the basic ethic of how we resolve our disputes and to place an emphasis on peace in the way we relate to one another.”
“We are not going to die." Butters stared up at me, pale, his eyes terrified. "We're not?" No. And do you know why?" He shook his head. "Because Thomas is too pretty to die. And because I'm too stubborn to die." I hauled on the shirt even harder. "And most of all because tomorrow is Oktoberfest, Butters, and polka will never die.”
Source: Dead Beat: The Dresden Files, Book Seven
“We are not going to dwell on those things that divide us. We are going to rejoice in those things that keep us together to make this a better country - to reach down and back to touch every young person in need!”
“We are not going to eliminate imperialism by shouting insults at it.”
“We are not going to finance elections when we need to fight to win back occupied territory.”
“We are not going to have a situation where our education spending goes back to its lowest level since the year 2000 despite a larger population and more kids to educate. We know that the single most important thing in terms of how well we can compete around the world is the quality of our workforce. We can't do that to our kids.”
“We are not going to keep the window open forever.”
“We are not going to let Donald Trump bankrupt America the way he bankrupted his casinos.”
“We are not going to Mars.”
“We are not going to move this world by criticism of it nor conformity to it, but by the combustion within it of lives ignited by the Spirit of God.”
“We are not going to stop here on planet Earth. We're going to move out to other planetary bodies.”
“We are not going to succeed because Taliban are masters of guerrilla warfare”
“We are not going to succeed in everything we attempt in life. That's a guarantee. In fact, the more we do in life, the more chance there is not to succeed in some things. But what a rich life we are having! Win or lose, we just keep winning.”
“We are not going to toy with our religion or any other. Nor are we going to barter. We are here to extend our hands to build peace and harmony.”
“We are not going to waste our reserves and burn them for any political ambitions. We will act very carefully.”
“We are not going to win because you have a new head coach, any more than you are going to fix a flat tire by changing the driver. We will win the minute all of us get rid of excuses as to why we can't win and stop wallowing in self-pity.”
“We are not good at recognizing distant threats even if their probability is 100%. Society ignoring [peak oil] is like the people of Pompeii ignoring the rumblings below Vesuvius.”
“We are not governed by armies or police, but by ideas.”
“We are not grand because we are at the top of the food chain or because we can alter our environment - the environment will outlast us with its unfathomable forces and unyielding powers. But rather than be bound and defeated by our insignificance, we are bold because we exercise our will anyway, despite the ephemeral and delicate presence we have in this desert, on this planet, in this universe.”
Source: 127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
“We are not greatly pleased that our friends should respect our good qualities if they venture to perceive our faults.”
Source: La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims
“We are not guilty because we are depraved; we are depraved because we are guilty”
“we are not halves of each other... we come here to love the whole of one another”
Source: wild spirit, soft heart
“We are not hated because we practice democracy, value freedom, or uphold human rights. We are hated because our government denies these things to people in Third World countries whose resources are coveted by multinational corporations. That hatred we have sown has come back to haunt us in the form of terrorism....”
“We are not heading for an eternal void and an eternal silence but we are on our way to an encounter, an encounter with Him who created us and loves us more than mother and father.”
“We are not heavenly destined for a particular road; every road is our destiny; every path and every passage is our fate.”
“We are not held accountable for how the economy ravages Congo. Governments aren't held accountable for foreign policies that they exercise there. There are no institutional structures to render justice. The press is very limited. There's very little transparency. You find a symmetry in certain basic human tendencies, and these tendencies are not always noble or beautiful. I think we have an instinct to turn away from that, to not acknowledge it, while it is something that's a part of us. There's a certain tragic and sad side to human nature that, in our quest for beauty, we ignore.”
“We are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past, but by the love we're not extending in the present.”
“We are not helpless victims unable to make decisions - we have the power to shape our own futures.”
Source: Disrupt With Impact: Achieve Business Success in an Unpredictable World
“We are not helpless. We all have the ability to make this world a better place. We can start with small steps, one day at a time.”
“We are not helpless...Many times in our lives we’ve been powerless, but not this night. Right now we have the power to choose the manner in which we die. If you have been a master of nothing else in all your days, you are now a master of this moment. And I for one am going to give such an answer to this insult that others will dearly regret not being by my side to see it!”