W Quotes
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“We cannot ensure that women will be free of discrimination in the workplace and everywhere as long as women are not universally defended under our Constitution. As it stands now, the equal rights of women are subject to interpretation of law. That is a risk our mothers, sisters and daughters cannot afford.”
“We cannot enter into alliance with neighbouring princes until we are acquainted with their designs. We are not fit to lead an army on the march unless we are familiar with the face of the country - its mountains and forests, its pitfalls and precipices, its marshes and swamps. We shall be unable to turn natural advantages to account unless we make use of local guides.”
Source: The Complete Art of War
“We cannot enter into alliances until we are acquainted with the designs of our neighbors. We are not fit to lead an army on the march unless we are familiar with the face of the country.”
Source: The Art of War
“We cannot enter into the presence of God while we are rebelling against God.”
“We cannot enter the realm of the heart where one gender, representing half of the human race, is subordinated, suppressed, or forgotten. In fact, such a system negatively affects both men and women, holding us all back from true integration, collaboration, and union.”
Source: The Global Heart Awakens: Humanity's Rite of Passage from the Love of Power to the Power of Love
“We cannot eradicate global drug markets, but we can certainly regulate them as we have done with alcohol and tobacco markets. Drug abuse, alcoholism and tobacco should be treated as public health problems, not criminal justice issues.”
“We cannot eradicate violence if we do not build strong, inclusive communities.”
“We cannot erase the past, but we can accept it as history.”
Source: The 5 Love Languages/The 5 Love Languages for Men Set
“We cannot erase what has been done. We can apologize for it. We can express our outrage. We can say to the American people and to the people of the world, this is not our way and we do not condone it, but we cannot change it and we cannot erase it.”
“We cannot escape fear. We can only transform it into a companion that accompanies us on all our exciting adventures.”
“We cannot escape from our daily routine, because it will go with us wherever we go.... God must be sought and found in the things of our world. By regarding our daily duties as something performed for the honour and glory of God, we can convert what was hitherto soul-killing monotony, to a living worship of God in all our actions. Everyday life must become itself our prayer.”
“We cannot escape history.”
“We cannot escape most of the crises in our lives, nor should we. In fact, these events frequently provide the energy for movement on our spiritual journey, even when we are stuck along the way... we ask questions about our own life. We wonder about meaning. Our present view may become inadequate. We ask deeper questions. Even joyful experiences can propel us forward.”
Source: The Critical Journey: Stages in the Life of Faith
“We cannot escape our destiny, nor should we try to do so. The leadership of the free world was thrust upon us two centuries ago in that little hall of Philadelphia. In the days following World War II, when the economic strength and power of America was all that stood between the world and the return to the dark ages, Pope Pius XII said, 'The American people have a great genius for splendid and unselfish actions. Into the hands of America God has placed the destinies of an afflicted mankind.' We are indeed, and we are today, the last best hope of man on earth.”
“We cannot escape that Hollywood is in the middle of a wave of technological change. The current angst over all the implications of new entertainment technology is nothing new.”
“We cannot escape the clear fact that what is going to win in this world is reason, if this ever becomes a reasonable world.”
“We cannot escape the conclusion that because of performance in the pre-existence some of us are born as Chinese, some as Japanese, some as Indians, some as Negroes, some as Americans, some as Latter-day Saints. These are rewards and punishments, fully in harmony with His established policy in dealing with sinners and saints, rewarding all according to their deeds”
“We cannot escape the longing, no matter what life we choose. We’re either longing for people, places or times gone by, which are essentially the same things: memories. And, whether or not we travel, the older we get, the more memories we collect. Nostalgia is simply the result of aging and liking the life you’ve lived. Be happy you can feel it—it’s a good sign.”
“We cannot escape what the prophets of God did not escape. If we bear it patiently and remain strong and united, Allah (God) says in the Qur'an that He loves those who are patient and steadfast under trial. We want to be those whom Allah (God) loves.”
“We cannot establish proper, healthy human integration, without first decolonizing the world.”
Source: Nazmahal: Palace of Grace
“We cannot evangelize until we have been evangelized. This happens most powerfully through solitary prayer.”
Source: Blessings: Reflections on the Beatitudes
“We cannot even let the other person into our hearts or minds unless we empty ourselves. We can truly listen to him or truly hear her only out of emptiness.”
“We cannot even recollect the actions of our infancy, our childhood is like something written on a slate and rubbed off.”
“We cannot even reproduce our thoughts entirely in words.”
“We cannot even think, without leaving a mark somewhere on the cosmos.”
Source: The Pyramid
“We cannot ever change what we have done. We might as well wish to change those things that have been done to us. And if we could, then we would not be who we are or become who we must become. Everything happens for a reason. We all have a path to tread and it is not a path of our choosing.”
Source: From Whence The Rivers Run
“We cannot ever stop dreaming just as we cannot ever stop breathing.”
“We cannot evolve faster than our language. The edge of being is the edge of meaning, and somehow we have to push the edge of meaning. We have to extend it.”
“We cannot excuse the fact that he [Donald Trump] is running for president. He's a frontrunner.”
“We cannot exercise our faith beyond what we believe to be possible.”
“We cannot exist as a little island of well-being in a world where two-thirds of the people go to bed hungry every night.”
“We cannot expect in the immediate future that all women who seek it will achieve full equality of opportunity. But if women are tostart moving towards that goal, we must believe in ourselves or no one else will believe in us; we must match our aspirations with the competence, courage and determination to succeed.”
“We cannot expect miracles of mindfulness in our own lives without preparation, commitment & continuing to energetically progress along our spiritual way.”
“We cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws.”
Source: Songs of the Doomed
“We cannot expect that everyone, to use the phrase of a decade ago, will talk sense to the American people. But we can hope that fewer people will listen to nonsense. And the notion that this Nation is headed for defeat through deficit, or that strength is but a matter of slogans, is nothing but just plain nonsense.”
“We cannot expect that millions are practicing real yoga just because millions of people claim to be doing yoga all over the globe. What has spread all over the world is not yoga. It is not even non-yoga; it is un-yoga.”
“We cannot expect to be in control of the circumstances in our lives when we cannot control our minds for five minutes. Meditation is the daily minimum requirement that will prevent us from breaking down and falling apart at the most inopportune moments. It is the art of listening. It is a practice which enables us to tune in and fine-tune the key areas of our lives: the mind and the spirit.”
“We cannot expect to have smooth sailing in the ocean of life. Tough times forge men and women to build strength and character.
Then with the renewed toughness, one can navigate the turbulence in the ocean of life.
So, don't you dare think of giving up. This too shall pass. And you will do just fine. Keep going!”
“We cannot expect to lift others unless we stand on higher ground ourselves.”
“We cannot expect too little from man nor too much from God.”
Source: An Account of the Life and Death of Mr. Philip Henry, Minister of the Gospel, Near Whitchurch in Shropshire, who Dyed June 24, 1696 in the Sixty Fifth Year of His Age: With Dr. Bates's Dedication
“We cannot expect you to be with us all the time, but perhaps you could be good enough to keep in touch now and again.”
“We cannot experience free joy and happiness without experiencing the depths of pain.”
Source: This Undeserved Life: Uncovering The Gifts of Grief and The Fullness of Life
“We cannot experience greater financial prosperity while telling ourselves how hard it is to pay the bills or to make ends meet. This situation may be the current state of your reality but if you want it to be different you have to be different and that all starts with your inner conversations.”
Source: Reboot Your Money Mindset: Surprising Strategies For Mastering Wealth
“We cannot express the light in nature because we have not the sun. We can only express the light we have in ourselves.”
“We cannot face up to what lies ahead, without facing up to what lies within.”
“We cannot fail in following nature.”
Source: Montaigne's Essays: Top Essays
“We cannot fail to win unless we fail to try.”
Source: Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
“We cannot fall if we take the right steps.”
“We cannot fall into the trap of separating our sexuality from spirituality. Witchcraft in particular is decidedly carnal in nature, and the power that it offers is just as legitimate for us as for anyone else.”
Source: The Satyr's Kiss: Queer Men, Sex Magic & Modern Witchcraft
“We cannot fathom the marvelous complexity of an organic being; but on the hypothesis here advanced this complexity is much increased. Each living creature must be looked at as a microcosm--a little universe, formed of a host of self-propagating organisms, inconceivably minute and as numerous as the stars in heaven.”
Source: Darwin on Evolution: Words of Wisdom from the Father of Evolution