W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith, I consider a capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile.”
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.”
Source: Mother Night: A Novel
“We are what we pretend to be.”
Source: Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut
“We are what we read -- and the power of books to transform the minds and personalities of their readers can give cause for anxiety as well as for celebration.”
Source: Forbidden Rites: A Necromancer's Manual of the Fifteenth Century
“We are what we remember. If we lose our memory, we lose our identity and our identity is the accumulation of our experiences. When we walk down the memory lane, it can be unconsciously, willingly, selectively, impetuously or sometimes grudgingly. By following our stream of consciousness we look for lost time and things past. Some reminiscences become anchor points that can take another scope with the wisdom of hindsight. ("Walking down the memory lane" )”
“We are what we repeatedly do,' Aristotle said. 'Therefore, excellence is not an act, but a habit.' The stoics add to that that we are a product of our thoughts: 'Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind'; Marcus Aurelius put it. Think about your activities of the last week, as well as what you have planned for today and the week that follows. The person you'd like to be...how close do your actions actually correspond to him or her? Which fire are you feeding? Which person are you becoming?”
Source: The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
“We are what we repeatedly do but we can be perceived by what we repeatedly say.”
“We are what we repeatedly do.”
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is a habit.”
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.”
“We are what we repeatedly do... excellence, therefore, isn't just an act, but a habit and life isn't just a series of events, but an ongoing process of self-definition.”
“We are what we see. We are products of our surroundings.”
“We are what we seem to be.”
“We are what we think about. When we stay fixed on one person, thought or situation, we get caught in the grip of self-centered thoughts. The more we give attention to that which is upsetting, the more strength it has to rule our lives.”
“We are what we think. Think great, be great.”
“We are what we think we are”
“We are what we think we are so let's start thinking good about ourselves.”
“We are what we think we are. The habitual inclination of our thoughts determines our talents and abilities, and our personality. So whatever you want to be, start to develop that pattern now.”
“We are what we think, and all that we are rises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world. Speak and act with a pure mind and happiness will follow.”
“We are what we think, having become what we thought.”
Source: Going on Being: The Foundation of Buddhist Thought:
“We are what we think.”
Source: Zen Dogs
“We are what we wear, we wear what we are”
“We are what we were at birth, and each trait has remained in conformity with earth's and with heaven's logic: Be the devil's tool, resort to black magic, None can diverge from the ends which Heaven foreordained.”
Source: Complete Poems
“We are where centuries only count as seconds, and after a thousand lives, our eyes begin to open.”
Source: Plays:
“We are where our thoughts have taken us.”
“We are where we are, not where we might have been. We fix the problem starting from this spot, not from where we’d like to be.”
Source: The Unused Path: Skills for living an authentic life
“We are where we are only & only because of our own imagination, or lack thereof!!”
Source: The Twelfth Preamble: To all the authors to be!
“We are where we are, however we got here. What matters is where we go next.”
Source: Warm Bodies and The New Hunger: A Special 5th Anniversary Edition
“We are where we have to be just now.”
Source: SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE
“We are whirling through endless space with an inconceivable speed, all around us everything is spinning, everything is moving, everywhere is energy. There mart be some way of availing ourselves of this energy more directly. Then; with the light obtained from the medium, with the power derived from it, with every form of energy obtained without effort, from the store forever inexhaustible, humanity will advance with giant strides. The mere contemplation of these magnificent possibilities expand our minds, strengthens our hopes and and fills our hearts with supreme delight.”
“We are who others are. We cannot exist in this world devoid of other people’s grace. There will always be a time when we have to face others, whether we like it or not. From the minute we are born, we have to face the embrace of our mother and father. To us, they are other people; they are not you, even though parts of them live through you. From the time you are born, you have unequivocally entered a social contract with your mother and father – that you will live in this world.”
Source: The Why Of Life: Why We Live Without Purpose and How to Find Meaning in a Pointless Life
“We are who our daughters will become.”
Source: Reclaiming Femininity: Saving Women's Traditions & Our Future
“We are who people think we are.”
“We are who we are, and we are strong.”
Source: Silver Silence
“We are who we are because of the darkness we’ve survived”
Source: A Goblin of the Glade
“We are who we are because of who we were”
“We are who we are because somebody loved us.”
Source: Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud, a Memoir
“We are who we are," I said. "And we'll be who we'll be. A book can make us feel that, but it can't invent that. It's already inside us.”
“We are who we are, and when you accept people instead of trying to change them to fit your needs, your relationships can fully blossom.”
“We are who we are, because of those we choose to love and because of those who love us.”
Source: The Winter Ghosts
“We are who we are. People who are older have the advantage of more experience. But you don't have to despair just because you're young. If young age is the problem, you can take comfort in the fact that it gets better with each passing day.”
“We are who we know best.”
Source: The Seasons' Journey: A serendipitous rock opera.
“We are who we love. A part of us leaves with the ones that go, pieces ripped from us in the worst ways, but part of them stays with us as well.”
Source: Seventhblade
“We are who we practice being. Build good habits.”
Source: Brotherhood is a VERB!: Not Just Another Damn Leadership Book
“We are who we're going to be when we're very old, and when we're very old we are who we were when we were 8.”
“We are whole”
Source: Fool's Errand
“We are whom we trust with our deepest secrets, whom we cherish and hold close in the deep abyss of the night, whom we protect with our lives, love with our hearts and entrust with our souls...”
“We are wide open and vulnerable and in all likelihood an activist judge will strike down our Defense of Marriage Act, our state law against gay marriage, this year. And in all likelihood, we will have gay marriage in 2004 in Minnesota , if we don't get this amendment on the ballot for November.”
“We are wide-eyed in contemplating the possibility that life may exist elsewhere in the universe, but we wear blinders when contemplating the possibilities of life on earth.”