W Quotes
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“Where one is hopelessly undecided as to what to say, there (as Confucius would have said, if they had given him the opportunity) silence is golden.”
Source: The Letters of Lewis Carroll: ca. 1837-1885
“Where one is present, God is the second, and where there are two, God is the third.”
“Where one leaves a shopping cart in a parking lot says a lot about their character...or lack thereof.”
Source: Time For Dervin - Living Large In Geiggityville
“Where one man reads the Bible, a hundred read you and me.”
Source: Moody's Anecdotes
“Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who have shaped it by impulse and circumstances.”
“Where one sees a dead end, another sees a freeway without a speed limit. That's what separates the entrepreneur or small business owner from the rest of the world.”
Source: The Overlooked Expert
“Where one should see only what is beautiful, our public looks only for what is true.”
“Where one stands on an issue depends on where one sits.”
Source: Courts and their Judgements: Premises, Prerequisites, Consequences
“Where orthodoxy is optional, orthodoxy will sooner or later be proscribed.”
Source: The Best of
“Where Ostara is the time of light’s arrival, Beltane is what grows from its warmth.”
Source: Runic Book of Days: A Guide to Living the Annual Cycle of Rune Magick
“Where other men blindly follow the truth, Remember, nothing is true.
Where other men are limited by morality or law, Remember, everything is permitted.
We work in the dark to serve the light.”
“Where others fear trade and economic growth, we see opportunities for creating new wealth and undreamed-of opportunities for millions in our own land and beyond. Where others seek to throw up barriers, we seek to bring them down; where others take counsel of their fears, we follow our hopes.”
Source: Presidential address: State of the Union, Monday, January 25, 1988
“Where others have hearts, he carries a tumor of rotten principles.”
“Where others only see coal, I see diamonds.
Where others only see clouds, I see sunshine.
Where others only see storms, I see rainbows.
Where others only see thorns, I see roses.
Where others only see seeds, I see harvests.
Where others only see catapillars, I see butterflies.
Where others only see cubs, I see lions.
Where others only see darkness, I see stars.
Where others only see wood, I see fire.
Where others only see sparks, I see flames.
Where others only see winters, I see summers.
Where others only see frowns, I see smiles.
Where others only see sorrows, I see joys.
Where others only see nights, I sees days.
Where others only see burdens, I see blessings.
Where others only see hindrances, I see helpers.
Where others only see enemies, I sees friends.
Where others only see choas, I sees opportunity.
Where others only see losses, I see gains.
Where others only see crosses, I sees crowns.
Where others only see warriors, I see generals.
Where others only see learners, I see teachers.
Where others only see followers, I see leaders.
Where others only see scholars, I see professors.
Where others only see soldiers, I sees commanders.
Where others only see preachers, I see popes.
Where others only see priests, I see prophets.
Where others only see lawyers, I see judges.
Where others only see students, I see masters.
Where others only see outlaws, I see conquerors.”
“Where others see attitude, true leaders recognize pain disguised as defense.”
“Where others see but the dawn coming over the hill, I see the soul of God shouting for joy.”
“Where our joy is, there should our work be.”
“Where our knowledge of beauty harmonizes with the ludus naturae, sorcery begins.No, not spoon-bending or horoscopy, not the Golden Dawn or make-believe shamanism, astral projection or the Satanic Mass--if it's mumbo jumbo you want go for the real stuff, banking, politics, social science--not that weak blavatskian crap.”
“Where our language suggests a body and there is none: there, we should like to say, is a spirit.”
Source: Philosophical Investigations
“Where our words reach the sky, our heart opens. Everything expands in this subtle awareness. Voices need not be heard as they are felt without a sound.”
Source: Sutras of the Heart: Spiritual Poetry to Nourish the Soul
“Where our work is, there let our joy be.”
“Where pain predominates, agony can be a valued teacher.
— Dosadi aphorism”
Source: The Dosadi Experiment
“Where parents do too much for their children, the children will not do much for themselves.”
Source: Selected Writings of Elbert Hubbard: Olympians
“Where passion for God is weak, zeal for missions will be weak.”
Source: Let the Nations Be Glad!: The Supremacy of God in Missions
“Where passion leads or prudence points the way.”
Source: Sermons, and other remains, ... now first collected and arranged, ... with an introductory memoir by ... P. Hall, etc. (P. Barton's sermon at the consecration of Bishop Lowth.).
“Where past generations had film cameras, scrapbooks, notebooks, and that part of the brain which stores memories, we now have a smartphone app for every conceivable recording need. The thing is, all that time you spend logging and then curating the quotidian aspects of your daily life is time taken away from actually doing things.”
“Where peace
And rest can never dwell, hope never comes,
That comes to all.”
“Where penury is felt the thought is chain'd,
And sweet colloquial pleasures are but few.”
Source: William Cowper: The Task and Selected Other Poems
“Where people are making a living by killing others and hating on others. Being mean to others is a career these days. People are being paid to be mean, vile and cruel to someone. Those people are happy In pushing someone to the edge to be unhappy and miserable, because of their words or action. The very same people who preach be kind to others everyday. Choose to do better. Be careful, before you choose to support someone for being mean to others. They might be earning in recruiting you to hate. Being evil might be a good trend ,but it is a bad trait .”
“Where people are really attached, poverty itself is wealth.”
Source: Northanger abbey
“Where people are using phones in rural areas their risk of brain cancer is higher than in urban areas.”
“Where people aren't as deeply reliant on fossil fuel as in the United States, it's far easier for them to imagine change on this scale. When you go to Europe, they're much more ready. They use half the amount of energy per capita that we use. They can imagine using less than that. They see the benefits. They're ready to go.”
“Where people aren't having any fun, they seldom produce good work.”
Source: The Unpublished David Ogilvy
“Where people of goodwill get together and transcend their differences for the common good, peaceful and just solutions can be found even for those problems which seem most intractable.”
Source: Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations
“Where people really base their principles has nothing to do with the color of someone's skin, it has to do with money and their class.”
“Where perception is, there also are pain and pleasure, and where these are, there, of necessity, is desire.”
“Where persons love little, do little, and give little, we may shrewdly suspect that they have never had much affliction of heart for their sins and that they think they owe but very little to divine grace.”
Source: The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 14: Sermons 788 to 847
“Where philanthropy falls, philosophy picks up”
“Where philosophy ends, poetry must commence. There should not be a common point of view, a natural manner of thinking which standsin contrast to art and liberal education, or mere living; that is, one should not conceive of a realm of crudeness beyond the boundaries of education. Every conscious link of an organism should not perceive its limits without a feeling for its unity in relation to the whole. For example, philosophy should not only be contrasted to non-philosophy, but also to poetry.”
“Where Picasso paints cause, Repin paints effect. Repin predigests art for the spectator and provides a short cut to the pleasure of art that is necessarily difficult in genuine art. Repin, or kitsch, is synthetic art.”
Source: Art and Culture: Critical Essays
“Where pity is, for pity makes the world
Soft to the weak and noble for the strong.”
“Where politics are a nuisance and dialogue is abusive, everyone hands out their two cents but no one cares about nuance: Remove this snare on the truth then let silence cure our confusion.”
“Where politics is concerned, I think poets have to be pragmatists, philosophical pragmatists.”
“Where possible Paul avoids quoting the teaching of Jesus, in fact even mentioning it. If we had to rely on Paul, we should not know that Jesus taught in parables, had delivered the sermon on the mount, and had taught His disciples the 'Our Father.' Even where they are specially relevant, Paul passes over the words of the Lord.”
“Where possible, if there's something that is highly likely to kill you, the studios won't insure us to do [the stunts]. But where we are insurable, Len likes to make us do that. He likes to see actors' faces and have everybody know that that is them doing it. Yeah, I definitely got some bruises on this one.”
“Where poverty ceases, avarice begins.”
Source: Lost Illusions
“Where power is absent we may find the robe of genius, but we miss the throne.”
Source: Imaginary conversations of Greeks and Romans
“Where power is concerned, there’s no judgement, no duality, no left and right, no yin and yang, no ‘good’ vs. ‘evil.’
Universally speaking, all that matters is power, pure and simple. This is why in world mythology the seemingly antithetical archetypes of creation and destruction are often wedded in the same god or goddess.”
Source: Get Out of Here Alive: Inner Alchemy & Immortality
“Where prayer, amulets and incantations work it is only a manifestation of the patient's belief.”
“Where prejudice exists it always discolors our thoughts.”
Source: Bite-Size Twain: Wit and Wisdom from the Literary Legend