W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Whether we like to admit it or not, as artists, we do project our own worldview on to what we do.”
“Whether we live for seconds or a hundred years, none of us goes before our time. We're all here to do something, and once we've done it, we go back from whence we came.”
“Whether we live in poverty or prosperity, we can still live generously.”
“Whether we live in transcendence or existential despair is simply a matter of which type of myth - religious or deprived - predominantly composes our world.”
Source: More Than Allegory: On Religious Myth, Truth And Belief
“Whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.”
Source: Treatises III.
“Whether we live to a vigorous old age lies not so much in our stars or in our genes but in ourselves.”
“Whether we live together in confidence and cohesion; with more faith and pride in ourselves and less self-doubt and hesitation; strong in the conviction that the destiny of Canada is to unite, not divide; sharing in cooperation, not in separation or in conflict; respecting our past and welcoming our future.”
“Whether we look at capitalism, taxes, business, or government, the data show a clear and consistent pattern: 70 percent of Americans support the free enterprise system and are unsupportive of big government.”
Source: The Battle: How the Fight Between Free Enterprise and Big Government Will Shape America's Future
“Whether we love humanity or not, we must realize that we are part of it. My future depends entirely on the future of humanity, and so I am compelled to take care of humanity. That is why being compassionate is actually in my own best interest. And a symptom of my own peace of mind is that I can share comfort with others around me.”
“Whether we love, or close our hearts to love, is a mental choice we make, every moment of every day.”
Source: A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles
“Whether we meditate individually or collectively, there is one thing we absolutely must do: we have to meditate consciously. Making an unconscious effort is like forcing oneself to play football in spite of one's utmost unwillingness. One plays, but gets no joy. Conscious effort is like playing football most willingly. One gets real joy. Similarly, conscious meditation gives us inner Delight from the soul.”
“Whether we perceive that the changes caused by a life event are exciting and that we can handle them - or we believe that they're overwhelming and beyond our ability to cope effectively - determines if we'll adapt smoothly and enjoy the excitement of a new experience or will feel stressed out by it.”
Source: The Passionate Life : Creating Vitality & Joy at Any Age
“Whether we’re communicating with a human or a machine, the goal is to create a shared understanding of the world. That’s the point behind both the rules governing polite conversation and how a user-friendly machine should work.”
Source: User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play
“Whether we’re eating or working or meditating or listening or talking, the reason that we’re here in this world at all is to study ourselves. In fact, it has been said that studying ourselves provides all the books we need.”
Source: When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
“Whether we realise it or not, most of us define ourselves by opposing rather than by favouring something or someone. To put it another way, it is easier to react than to act.”
“Whether we regard the Women's Liberation movement as a serious threat, a passing convulsion, or a fashionable idiocy, it is a movement that mounts an attack on practically everything that women value today and introduces the language and sentiments of political confrontation into the area of personal relationships.”
“Whether we remain the ash or become the phoenix is up to us.”
“Whether we report Iran to the council or not, I believe the only way forward is through diplomacy.”
“Whether we "spiritualize" our life or "secularize" our religion, whether we invite men to a spiritual banquet or simply join them at the secular one, the real life of the world, for which we are told God gave his only begotten Son, remains hopelessly beyond our religious grasp.”
Source: For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy
“Whether we stay or whether we go - to be courageous is to stay close to the way we are made.”
“Whether we think of, or speak to, God, whether we act or suffer for him, all is prayer, when we have no other object than his love, and the desire of pleasing him.”
Source: The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A. M.
“Whether we trek, crawl, or fly, we are bound to arrive where we ought to.”
Source: Song of a Nature Lover
“Whether we turn to the declarations of the past, or to the professions of the present, the conduct of the nation seems equally hideous and revolting. America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future.”
“Whether we wake or we sleep, Whether we carol or weep, The Sun with his Planets in chime, Marketh the going of Time.”
Source: Letters and Literary Remains: The mighty magician. Such stuff as dreams are made of. The downfall and death of King Oedipus. Agamemnon, Rubáiyat of Omar Khayyám. Saláman and Absal. Bredfield hall. Chronomoros. Virgil's garden. Translation from Petrarch. P
“Whether we walk among our people or alone among the hills, happiness in life's walking depends on how we feel about others in our hearts.”
Source: The Seven Paths: Changing One's Way of Walking in the World
“Whether we want them or not, the New Year will bring new challenges; whether we seize them or not, the New year will bring new opportunities.”
“Whether we want to own up to it or not, the welfare state has done what Jim Crow, gross discrimination and poverty could not have done. It has contributed to the breakdown of the black family structure and has helped establish a set of values alien to traditional values of high moral standards, hard work and achievement.”
“Whether we will philosophize or we won't philosophize, we must philosophize.”
“Whether we wish it or not, we may soon have to make a clear choice between the special nation to which we pledge our allegiance and the broad humanity of which we are born a part. This choice is implicit in the world to come. We have a little time in which we can make the choice intelligently. Failing that, the choice will be made for us in the confusion of war, from which the world will emerge unified--the unity of total desolation.”
Source: The Wild Flag: Editorials from the New Yorker on Federal World Government and Other Matters
“Whether we wound or are wounded, the blood that flows is red.”
“Whether we write lyrics or craft legislation, sell homes or teach classes, design spaces or open franchises, prayer is a critical part of the creative process. Don’t just brainstorm; praystorm.”
“Whether we're a preschooler or a young teen, a graduating college senior or a retired person, we human beings all want to know that we're acceptable, that our being alive somehow makes a difference in the lives of others.”
Source: Wisdom from the World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember
“Whether we're conscious of it or not, our work and personal lives are made up of daily rituals, including when we eat our meals, how we shower or groom, or how we approach our daily descent into the digital world of email communication.”
“Whether we're fighting climate change or going to space, everything is moved forward by computers, and we don't have enough people who can code”
“Whether we're fighting climate change or going to space, everything is moved forward by computers, and we don't have enough people who can code. Teaching young people to code early on can help build skills and confidence and energize the classroom with learning-by-doing opportunities. I learned how to fly a hot air balloon when I was 30,000 feet up and my life was in the balance: you can learn skills at any age but why wait when we can teach everyone to code now!”
“Whether we're in retreat or out in the world, we should try to develop the quality of awareness as much as possible.”
“Whether we're on the path toward victory or defeat is determined by the very next choice we make. Not the choices from yesterday. Not the choices five minutes ago.”
Source: Made to Crave: Satisfying Your Deepest Desire with God, Not Food
“Whether we're prepared or not, life has a habit of thrusting situations upon us.”
“Whether we're talking about fish species, pigs, or some other eaten animal, is such suffering the most important thing in the world? Obviously not. But that's not the question. Is it more important that sushi, bacon, or chicken nuggets? That's the question.”
“Whether we're talking about race or gender or class, popular culture is where the pedagogy is, it's where the learning is.”
“Whether we're talking about what the role of the government is, what you think of the United Nations, political leaders or how to respond to [Hurricane] Katrina and whether it had anything to do with race, across a wide variety of issues we see differences between mainstream black and white American opinion that dwarfs anything in American public opinion, period. Democrat versus Republican, men versus women, conservative versus liberal, the black/white divide is the biggest, one of the biggest in the world, and certainly the largest gap in the United States.”
“Whether weapons exist in Iraq, Saddam Hussein or post-Saddam Hussein, it is a serious enough issue that require that we continue to go and make sure that Iraq does not have weapons.”
“Whether well or not, I do not know. But know that you have cut off your right hand with your left. [A Roman Senator to Valentinian III after the latter had murdered the general Aetius.]”
Source: The Fragmentary History of Priscus: Attila, the Huns and the Roman Empire, AD 430-476
“Whether we’re talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down.”
“Whether what you learned was objectively true or false, the conclusions that you made about yourself, your environment, and other people will be replayed in your life because they become a part of who you are.”
Source: Lies We Tell Ourselves: The Psychology of Self-Deception
“Whether when I was a child and fought the British in the Monkey brigade, or when I was a girl and wanted to have children, or when I was a woman and devoted myself to my father, making my husband angry. Each time I stayed involved all the way in my decision, and took the consequences. Even if I was fighting for things that didn't concern India.”
“Whether wine is a nourishment, medicine or poison is a matter of dosage”
“whether with a lover
or
none.
i reek of love.
i stink of love.”
Source: Nejma
“Whether with a new acquaintance or an existing relationship, stay open to the possibility that your perceptions aren’t entirely accurate; it just may give you the opportunity to strengthen the bond.”
Source: The 11 Laws of Likability: Relationship Networking . . . Because People Do Business with People They Like
“Whether with Reason, or with Instinct blest, Know, all enjoy that pow'r which suits them best.”
Source: The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., with Notes and Illustrations, by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks by William Roscoe, Esq