Y Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with Y. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“You can only actually help someone who wants to be helped.”
Source: Me Before You: A Novel
“You can only afford so much grief in La Louisiane, that much Genevieve has learned by now.”
Source: Pelican Girls
“You can only afford to be generous if you actually have some money in the bank to give. In the same way, if your only source of love and meaning is your spouse, then anytime he or she fails you, it will not just cause grief but a psychological cataclysm. If, however, you know something of the work of the Spirit in your life, you have enough love "in the bank" to be generous to your spouse even when you are not getting much affection or kindness at the moment.”
“You can only alter your own condition.”
“You can only analyze the data you
have. Be strategic about what to
gather and how to store it”
“You can only anticipate what someone is going to do if you know exactly what that someone has just done.' --Skulduggery”
Source: Skulduggery Pleasant -
“You can only anticipate what someone is going to do if you know know exactly what that someone has just done - Skulduggery Pleasant.”
Source: Skulduggery Pleasant
“You can only appreciate nature by feeling and seeing it with the heart and the eyes of a child.”
Source: Song of a Nature Lover
“You can only apprehend the Infinite by a faculty that is superior to reason.”
“You can only arrive at mastery by practicing the techniques you have learned, facing challenges and apprehending them, using to the fullest the tools you have been taught, until they shatter in your hands and you are left in the midst of wreckage absolute... I cannot create masters. I have never known how to create masters. Go, then, and fail... You have been shaped into something that may emerge from the wreckage, determined to remake your Art. I cannot create masters, but if you had not been taught, your chances would be less. The higher road begins after the Art seems to fail you; though the reality will be that it was you who failed your Art.”
Source: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality
“You can only ask to be respected if you respect yourself.”
“You can only aspire to what you see. That's why role modeling is important”
“You can only avoid responsibility for so long. The catalyst ended up being the law coming down and finally saying, 'You guys suspended judgement and that's fine, because we're not.”
“You can only be a control freak when you have weak people around you.”
“You can only be a good father in relationship to your childhood.”
“You can only be a 'Human Being' if you are a 'Divine Being' first !”
“You can only be a virgin once. There can only be one first time.”
“You can only be afraid of what you think you know.”
“You can only be among those who experience victory if you put God in charge of your fighting strategy.”
Source: A Manual for Victory
“You can only be as good as you dare to be bad.”
“You can only be brave by being afraid. Embrace what you are scared of and shift its energy to destroy your fears.”
“You can only be called a hypocrite if you judge others first.”
“You can only be close to yourself when you live far away from your arrogance.”
“You can only be connected to others if you are connected to yourself and the truth inside.”
“You can only be embarrassed if you allow yourself to be embarrassed. If you embrace it and just accept that you're kind of a klutz, and you're able to make it into comedy gold.”
“You can only be free as an artist if you're free as a person.”
“You can only be free if I am free.”
Source: Attorney for the Damned: Clarence Darrow in the Courtroom
“You can only be fulfilled and accomplished in life when you effectively maximize yourself”
“You can only be fulfilled in life when you achieve your purpose”
“You can only be funny if you have matters of great importance on your mind.”
“You can only be great at the big things by being great at the little things. Do something little with greatness today.”
“You can only be in a bad mood for so long before you have to face up to the fact that it isn't a bad mood at all; it's just your sucky personality.”
Source: The Complete Jessica Darling Series: Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings, Charmed Thirds, Fourth Comings, Perfect Fifths
“You can only be jealous of someone who has something you think you ought to have yourself.”
“You can only be loved to the extent that you are known.”
Source: Plan B: What Do You Do When God Doesn't Show Up the Way You Thought He Would?
“You can only be lucky if you have a place to record.”
“You can only be really happy when you become what you really are.”
“You can only be stupid when you're young.”
“You can only be sure of someone if you keep them in the drawer.”
Source: Yet Another New Land
“You can only be this high-powered mojo rock band for so long, then you just can't look people in the eye. So, we've projected our own demise.”
“You can only be twice someone’s age once.”
Source: N for Nigger: Aphorisms for Grown Children and Childish Grown-ups
“you can only be what you are
and can never be what you aren't
otherwise you will not be who you are”
“You can only be you when you do your best. When you don't do your best you are denying yourself the right to be you. That's a seed that you should really nurture in your mind. You don't need knowledge or great philosophical concepts. You don't need the acceptance of others. You express your own divinity by being alive and by loving yourself and others.”
“You can only be young once. But you can always be immature.”
“You can only be your best self. When I initially got on the air, I would look around me and watch people that I thought were really good and try to be like they were. And I got to a point where I realized, "I can't be them." I can only be the best that Abby can be. And as long as I'm myself and I'm genuine and I'm real, then I think that's all you can do.”
“You can only be yourself.”
“You can only become great at something you are willing to sacrifice for”
“You can only become great at that thing you're willing to sacrifice for.”
“You can only become great through the power of time conversion.”
Source: How To Become Great Through Time Conversion: Are you wasting time, spending time or investing time?
“You can only become the observer of life, if you can perceive the world with the mind and not with the sensory organs.”
“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.”