W Quotes
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“We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.”
Source: Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think
“We often pride ourselves on even the most criminal passions, but envy is a timid and shamefaced passion we never dare to acknowledge.”
“We often promise our friend to hold there hand in time of need and crisis but maximum fails to keep it. Who don't fail is your true friend. Learn to keep the promise. Friendship is ever thing.”
“We often put off doing something for as long as possible, then as we finally make the decision and step into the action, we're surprised by its relative ease. We're left to wonder why we dreaded it until we realize that most of life's actions are within our reach, but decisions take willpower.”
“We often quarrel with the unfortunate to get rid of pitying them.”
“We often reach for anger to protect ourselves from experiences more vulnerable feelings, like sadness or fear.”
Source: We Don't Talk About Carol
“We often read the Bible as if it were fundamentally about us: our improvement, our life, our triumph, our victory, our faith, our holiness, our godliness.”
“We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us.”
“We often regret we did not do otherwise, when that very otherwise would, in all probability, have done for us.”
Source: Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think
“We often reject evidence that contradicts our core beliefs because of discomfort and the fear of change; we fear acknowledging our agreement in these contradictions, sometimes for a lifetime, because new evidence would crumble the foundations we once stood upon as absolute.
We face these contradictions every day, and every day we dismiss them to the wind.”
“We often repent of our first thoughts, and scarce ever of our second.”
“We often repent of what we have said, but never, never, of that which we have not.”
Source: The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, contin
“We often reward mediocrity because it is comforting. If they can do it, anyone can do it.”
“We often rush through the experiences that have the greatest shift.”
“We often say 'love' when we really mean, and are acting out, an addiction-a sterile, ingrown dependency relationship, with another person serving as the object of our need for security.”
“We often say a lot about ourselves by saying only a few words, or nothing at all.”
“We often say God is never late, but generally He isn’t early either. Why? Because He uses times of waiting to stretch our faith in Him and to bring about change and growth in our lives.”
“We often say that psi is like musical ability: it is widely distributed in the populate, and everyone has some ability and can participate to some extent - in the same way that the most nonmusical person can learn to play a little Mozart on the piano. On the other hand, there is no substitute for innate talent, and there is no substitute for practice.”
Source: Limitless Mind: A Guide to Remote Viewing and Transformation of Consciousness
“We often say that someone has exceptional political or social savvy, but what specific cognitive skills allow these people to handle interpersonal situations so effectively? Typically, socially skilled people are exceptional at recognizing underlying agendas, anticipating the probable effects and likely unintended consequences of a chosen course of action. These specific capabilities determine one's "people smarts."”
“We often say that the earth is a sphere, but to be precise, the term sphere refers only to the surface. The correct mathematical term for the solid earth is a ball.”
“We often say that we fear no invasion from the south, but the armies of the south have already crossed the border - American enterprise, American capital is taking rapid possession of our mines and our water power, our oil areas and our timber limits.”
Source: The Imperialist
“We often say, and you have heard the expression as it has already been referred to in this conference, that "as man now is, God once was, and as God now is, man may become." The only way man may become as God now is, is through fulfilling the laws of celestial marriage and the laws of the gospel, as I have just read to you the word of the Lord from the D&C. Can we afford to overlook such opportunities for exaltation? Temple marriage is not just another form of church wedding; it is a divine covenant with the Lord that if we are faithful to the end, we may become as God now is.”
“We often see a temper of the times connection, and it's just like a fairy tale. It's not true.”
“We often see malefactors, when they are led to execution, put on resolution and a contempt of death which, in truth, is nothing else but fearing to look it in the face--so that this pretended bravery may very truly be said to do the same good office to their mind that the blindfold does to their eyes.”
“We often see people every day searching in the wrong places for the things they desire. Too many of our fellow humans try to find peace and happiness in drugs, alcohol, and sensual excitement. And it doesn't work. If we desire peace, the first place to look is within ourselves. Peace isn't an external condition as much as an internal context.”
“We often seek beauty in the outside, in the unknown, and often lack to realize the sheer beauty right in front of our very eyes, back home.”
“We often seek immediate financial gratification through labor, unaware of the immense wealth-generating potential that lies in knowledge and informed decision-making. By cultivating their intellectual capacity and making conscious choices, they can unlock a pathway to greater financial prosperity and personal fulfillment.”
Source: Science Behind A Perfect Life
“We often seem to be swimming through such a miasma of sexual violence - in advertising, television programming, heavy metal, rap, films, and worst of all, in the home - that even First Amendment absolutists sometimes daydream about how nice it would be to have government-as-nanny just outlaw all this effluent.”
“We often select envenomed praise which, by a reaction upon those we praise, shows faults we could not have shown by other means.”
“We often settle for what's available and what's available isn't always great. You are destined to achieve greatness!”
“We often shared words, but more precious were the moments we shared in silence.”
“We often shed tears that deceive ourselves after deceiving others.”
“We often sometimes forget that- prior to the invention of removable pipe- there really were no English Bibles. We have treasures, we have Bibles in every size and shape and color. But there's a failure to recognize what's contained inside the cover of the Bible. We grow apathetic, and I think that the issue is reacting to the Word of God. Not just carrying, but get back into the Word of God and then get the Word of God into us. It's all about mining the scripture, memorizing the scripture, and meditating with our scripture.”
“We often sow the seeds of problems through our prejudices and perceptions. Sometimes, all it takes is a
shift in perspective and a deeper
understanding of the intricate connections
and unfolding of events to unravel these complexities.”
Source: I Saw The Devil
“We often speak of "deep ecology," but this is also Deep Eco-Psychology: how the environment can remind us of, and help mend, mental and psychic wounds.”
“We often speak of Anglican "comprehensiveness." If this is a way of making relativism palatable or a means of accommodating all shades of opinion with no regard for truth, then it needs to be rejected. If by comprehensive we mean the priority of a dialectic quest over precision and immediate closure, then we are speaking of the Anglican consciousness at its best.”
Source: What Is Anglicanism?
“We often speak of love as if each of us is thinking about the same thing, but love to some is a flickering flame, while to others, it is a raging inferno.”
“We often speak of love when we really should be speaking of the drive to dominate or to master, so as to confirm ourselves as active agents, in control of our own destinies and worthy of respect from others.”
“We often spend so much time coping with problems along our path that we forget why we are on that path in the first place. The result is that we only have a dim, or even inaccurate, view of what's really important to us.”
“We often stayed in bars until the early morning hours.
I loved to rest my head on the counter and listen to you for hours.
A little drunk, we walked through streeets full of sleepy people going to work.
We didn't want to become thos people.
We wanted wine and travel.
I drink it in Munich - you, I don't know where.”
Source: Diši, da prođe
“We often suffer more from our fears, than from the dangers of our situation.”
“We often suffer more from our response to a difficulty, than from the difficulty itself. Panic and anxiety don't lessen what we are facing, they magnify it.”
Source: Ageless Wisdom: A Treasury of Quotes to Motivate & Inspire
“We often surround ourselves with the people we most want to live with, thus forming a club or clique, not a community. Anyone can form a club; it takes grace, shared vision, and hard work to form a community.”
“We often take for granted that our lights will come on when we flip the light switch, but the reality is that our reliability standards and the current state of the transmission grid leave us all vulnerable to blackouts.”
“We often take for granted the notion that some people are insiders, while others are outsiders. But such a notion is a social contrivance, that, like virtually every public construct, is a legacy of a primordial and tribal mentality.”
Source: The Mythology of Transgression: Homosexuality as Metaphor
“We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.”
“We often talk about being kind, but how do we define "kind" at its very root? Where is the root and what is the root of "kind" and "kindness"? I truly believe that kindness is rooted in the acceptance of the flaws of life, the acceptance of the turns life has taken which we couldn't have planned for and that we didn't hope for. Kindness is rooted in the acceptance of the fact that life is a wild thing that cannot ever be caged. Some people are going to get married and divorced seven times before they find the one they are meant to be with; that's okay. Some people are going to be born with disabilities; that's okay. Some people are born in heaven while others are born in hell; both are okay. Some people are born in hell later ending up in heaven while others are born in heaven later ending up in hell; it's all okay. Life, whether belonging to you or to others, is never going to be a painting fitting into your prepared picture frame. How dare we come into this monstrous, joyous, incredible, terrible world, thinking that we can dictate what's wrong and right, what's better and what's lesser? Come into this world with your wings and your claws and your paws and your laughters! With your feathers and your fur! Because you're going to need all of it! And when you look at other people, sometimes they are going to be donning feathers and other times they are going to be clawing things, jumping in and out, screaming or laughing or crying or being quiet; it's all okay. Because we are ALL living with this monstrous and beautiful creature called Life! So, kindness is the realisation of this, the readiness to see this in others, the willingness to embrace everything that happens-- whether it is happening to yourself or to other people. Kindness is waking up to the true and full nature of life, looking her in the eyes, and being ready to embrace her.”
“We often talk about "getting out of our comfort zone," but rarely about entering someone else's.”
Source: A Dog Walks Into a Nursing Home: Lessons in the Good Life from an Unlikely Teacher
“We often talk about how we are God's "hands and feet," which is true. That being said, we can't fall into the trap of thinking God needs us like we need Him. He's God - which makes the reality that He wants to use us and be in relationship with us an even sweeter, more profound truth.”
“We often talk about the world as if it was originally a safe place. Get real!”