W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“When you self-publish a book, not only are you competing with millions of other books, you're also at a disadvantage because your book is self-published, and a lot of readers are unwilling to even try your book, because they've had so many bad experiences.”
Source: The Ugly Truth About Self-Publishing: Not another cookie-cutter contemporary romance
“When you selflessly offer whatever you have – your art, your time, your wealth – to make the world a better place, there is nothing to achieve, nothing to prove, nothing to claim and nowhere to reach. Then all you are doing is giving, offering, whatever is flowing through you. Try being this way for a day or just for an hour perhaps. You will see how happy you are. You will realize that this is a beautiful place to be in. You will realize that you are a mere instrument for divinity to work through you. When you are in that place then none of the worldly measures matter to you…success, failure, reward, recognition, victory, defeat…nothing is relevant anymore. You are truly living then because you are giving!”
“When you sell a man a book you don't sell him just 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life.”
“When you sell a man a book you don’t sell him just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life. Love and friendship and humour and ships at sea by night - there’s all heaven and earth in a book, a real book I mean.”
Source: Parnassus On Wheels
“When you sell a man a book you don't sell just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life. Love and friendship and humour and ships at sea by night - there's all heaven and earth in a book, a real book.”
Source: Parnassus On Wheels
“When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life.”
“When you sell a product or service, you're making a promise to your audience. If you don't understand your audience, you'll never be able to keep that promise and you'll ultimately let them down.”
“When you sell in desperation, you always sell cheap.”
Source: One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In
“When you sell on price, you are a commodity. When you sell on value, you are a resource.”
“When you sell options, you get paid for assuming risk. That can be a profitable business, but it does not mix well with the risks inherent in a leveraged portfolio.”
Source: Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve
“When you send a clerk on business to a distant province, a man of rigid morals is not your best choice.”
“When you send off a short story, it sits on the editor's desk in the same pile with stories by the most famous and honored names in present-day writing-and it's not going to be accepted unless it's as good as theirs. (And it'll probably have to be better.)”
“When you send out a feedback form to your customers and they share their opinions with you, don’t just ignore them. It’s time for you to make a decision based on what your customers have just shared with you.”
Source: Market Research Like a Pro
“When you send out a powerful thought into the universe, you send out ripples to all parts of it which come back to you, reflecting what it is you sent out.”
“When you send out real love, real love will return to you.”
Source: The Complete Game of Life and How to Play It: The Classic Text with Commentary, Study Questions, Action Items, and Much Mor
“When you sense you need courage, you are going to next level of life.”
Source: Wealth of Words
“When you sense yourself about to commit an unfriendly act, talk yourself out of it by asking yourself two questions and making two statements. They won't all apply at the same time, but at least one of them should work.
- Will this fix anything?
- Is this how I want to be remembered?
- You are welcome here.
- I should be helping you.”
Source: The Likeability Factor: How to Boost Your L-Factor and Achieve Your Life's Dreams
“When you separate an entwined particle and you move both parts away from the other, even at opposite ends of the universe, if you alter or affect one, the other will be identically altered or affected. Spooky. (Adam in Only Lovers Left Alive)”
“When you separate yourself from the pack by cultivating the values and priorities that lead to greatness, mountains of adversity and hardship become speed bumps, and that makes it easier to adapt to the road ahead and build the new life or sense of self you crave.”
Source: Never Finished: Unshackle Your Mind and Win the War Within
“When you serve lobster, you've taken a being's life away. Therefore if you create a recipe, you have to be very dedicated to elevate the lobster, to make it good and tasty of course, but at the end of the day it's a matter of paying homage.”
“When you serve others, when you make somebody else’s life better, when you lift up people, when you help heal those that are hurting, not only are they being blessed, but you’re being blessed.”
“When you serve people, God will send people to bless you”
“When you serve your mother and father it is okay to try to correct them once in a while. But if you see that they are not going to listen to you, keep your respect for them and don't distance yourself from them. Work without complaining.”
“When you serve your passions, proficiency gradually takes over and becomes habitual.”
“When you set a goal for yourself, design some plans to make it happen and put those plans into action they seem to take on a life of their own.”
Source: Road Work: Images And Insights Of A Modern Day Explorer
“When you set a goal, write it down and then it's like making a promise to yourself.”
“When you set a play in the French Quarter in New Orleans, it's hard not to acknowledge the whole African-American, French, white mixing of races. That's what the French Quarter is: it's a Creole community.”
“When you set about your composing, it may be necessary for your ease, and better distillation of wit, to put on your worst clothes, and the worse the better; for an author, like a limbeck, will yield the better for having a rag about him: besides that, I have observed a gardener cut the outward rind of a tree (which is the surtout of it) to make it bear well; and this is a natural account of the usual poverty of poets, and is an argument why wits, of all men living, ought to be ill clad.”
Source: The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D. ...: With Notes, Historical and Critical
“When you set aside the mantle of control in the painting process, images arise from ancient layers of the psyche.”
Source: Life, Paint and Passion: Reclaiming the Magic of Spontaneous
“When you set down the path to create art, whatever sort of art it is, understand that the path is neither short not easy. That means you must determine if the route is worth the effort. If it's not, dream bigger.”
“When you set goals, do not forsake them. Keep your eyes, mind, and hands-on them until they manifest.”
Source: 365 Motivational Life Lessons
“When you set goals, something inside of you starts saying, "Let's go, let's go," and ceilings start to move up.”
Source: See You at the Top
“When you set goals, you have to keep them always in mind.”
Source: You Can Make It Happen: A Nine-Step Plan for Success
“When you set man against the vastness of the cosmos, the only thing left is humility, a virtue he often discards in the heat of ambition.”
“When you set out for Ithaca, ask that your way be long”
“When you set out on your journey to Ithaca, pray that the road is long, full of adventure, full of knowledge.”
“When you set out to take Vienna, take Vienna.”
“When you set your mind to achieve something, you must allow yourself the opportunity to get it done.”
Source: What Makes You Great?
“When you set yourself on fire, people love to come and see you burn.”
“When you settle for anything short of the best life God wants to offer you, then you have been tempted to remain safe and the accountability for not changing your life becomes your prison of regret.”
“When you sever ties with the unit purely for self-serving intentions, you are likely to find yourself stranded and struggling to survive; fighting to keep your head above water. What’s more, there is no one to save you because you’ve turned your back on your comrades and snubbed your support system.”
Source: The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity
“When you shake a soda bottle, don’t be surprised when it explodes all over you.”
Source: Quote: +/-
“When you shake you ass, they notice fast. And some mistakes were built to last.”
“When you share love, you spread happiness.
But when you spread sadness, you cause suffering.”
“When you share something good with a friend, you somehow get more then if you kept it to yourself.”
“When you share the gospel, you're not calling people to a better way of life, you're proclaiming to them eternal life.”
“When you share work, and you have the opportunity of seeing people you like doing what they do best, and you also interchange socially with them, it's very addictive.”
“When you share your feelings, skip over the emotion that first comes to you, your go-to emotion, and lead with others. ... More specifically, if you are used to leading with big, powerful feelings, like anger, or indignation, soften up - reach for and lead with your vulnerability. Find the hurt. Conversely, if you lead with small, timid, insecure feelings, find your power. Where is your anger, the part of you that says "Enough"?
Here's the principle: Changing your stance changes the dance between you.”
Source: Us: Getting Past You and Me to Build a More Loving Relationship
“When you share your feelings, you can get the comfort and support you need to feel better. The next time you feel sad or hopeless, who do you feel safe talking to about your feelings (family, friend, school counselor or social worker)? When and how can you talk to them?”
Source: Sadness is a Dark Cloud
“When you share your knowledge and your work with others, you receive an education in return.”
Source: Show Your Work!