Y Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with Y. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“You don't actually know much about tigers, do you?"
"Orange and white stripes, long tails, and an excessive love for frosted cereal.”
Source: Dead Eye
“You don't actually lay the foundation for a better society, you are the foundation for a better society, for a humane society.”
Source: Dervish Advaitam: Gospel of Sacred Feminines and Holy Fathers
“You don't always get your dreams come to you in FULL DEFINITION. It usually comes in bits and pieces of the picture you've conceived in your mind; but it certainly comes. And when it comes, even blurry in LOW DEFINITION, and you recognize it, all you've got to do is make a little tweaks here and there and then you can fine tune it to the BEST DEFINITION.
You however, have to DREAM!”
“You don’t always have to change the whole world,” Paige murmured, “just a small part of it, and sometimes those changes are small but it doesn’t make them less important. Without the cog, the wheel wouldn’t move.”
Source: Sleepless in Manhattan
“You don't always have to move on from your past, but you do need to find a way to move forward.”
“You don't always have to see the stars. Sometimes it's enough to know that they're there.”
Source: Catch a Falling Star
“You don't always have to struggle to find a purpose, sometimes a purpose comes right in front of you and wants you to own it!”
“You don't always have to teach the the corrective lesson. Sometimes you can teach the lesson of patience and non-engagement.”
Source: Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life
“You don't always have to understand someone in order to love them.”
“you don't always have to win a pageant to wear a crown”
Source: Dumplin'
“You don't always keep on the top", she began again. "My life, my career has been like a roller coaster. I've either been an enormous success or just a down-and-out failure, which is silly because everybody always asks me, 'How does it feel to make a comeback?' And I don't know where I've been! I haven't been away." She paused, and Vangkilde waited. "It's lonely and cold on the top...lonely and cold," she said very quietly.”
Source: Judy Garland
“You don't always need people to take care of you. Sometimes you need people so you can take care of them.”
Source: Cinderella Dressed in Ashes
“You don’t always need to speak. Just because something can be said doesn’t mean it should be. Not every situation needs your opinion, not every moment needs a reaction. Sometimes, silence is your smartest move — not out of fear, but out of clarity. It gives you space to think, to listen, to understand what’s really going on beneath the surface. Words can build or break — and once spoken, you can’t take them back.
Holding back isn’t suppression; it’s choosing not to waste energy where it won’t be valued or understood. It’s knowing the difference between what’s helpful and what’s just noise. In personal life, in work, in conflict — people who master silence often see more, understand more, and carry fewer regrets. In a world that’s quick to react, real strength is choosing to stay quiet — not because you have nothing to say, but because you know not everything needs to be said.”
“You don't always need to understand why something had to happen.
Sometimes just accept it and move on.”
“You don't always recognize a new beginning while it's happening.
You just feel something shift and suddenly, the life you tolerated no longer fits.”
“You don't always recognize a new beginning while it's happening.
You just feel something shift and suddenly, the life you tolerated no longer fits.
Annam M. Gordon”
Source: The Hidden WEIGHT of Ordinary DAYS: You’ll Find Strength Where You Were Shattered
“You don't appreciate a faithful husband when you've got one,' said Tommy.
'All my friends tell me you never know with husbands,' said Tuppance.
'You have the wrong kind of friends,' said Tommy.”
Source: Postern of Fate
“You don’t appreciate the fact that madmen are very lucky.”
Source: Enrico IV - Diana e la Tuda
“You don't appreciate the things that come easy. The things we fight for are the things we keep with us forever.”
Source: Wide Open
“You don't ask for all that you get. You don't get all that you ask for. That shouldn't stop you from working the hardest for what you wan't the most.”
“You don’t ask for permission when you own the permit.”
“You don't ask questions of an attic”
Source: Animal Dreams
“You don't ask the sun why you orbit, you just orbit. You let the gravitational waves of the baseball season pull you in and you surrender yourself, happily.”
Source: Clubbie: A Minor League Baseball Memoir
“You don’t beat tactics, you re-engineer situations so human defaults can’t quietly decide.”
“You don't beat terrorists by bombing and shooting. All that does is increase work for the recruitment officers for terrorists.”
“You don’t become confident by shouting affirmations in the mirror, but by having a stack of undeniable proof that you are who you say you are.”
“You don’t become free by being perfect, you become free by being honest about who you are.”
Source: Be You!: What They Hate in You Is Missing in Them
“You don't become mature just because you stop having fun in life.”
“You don’t become one by eating flesh.
You eat flesh because you’ve become one.”
Source: The Pale Hunger
“You don't become perfect by not making mistakes. You do that by learning from them.”
“You don't become satisfied because you have a golden spoon in your palm; you become satisfied when it begins to feed you... Use it!”
Source: Daily Drive 365
“You don't become the best if you aren't willing to stick your hand in the fire.”
Source: First Year
“You don’t become the person you wish to become; you become the person you choose to become. True leadership does not come true wishes; it comes by choices!”
Source: Leaders' Watchwords
“You don't become wealthy unless you care about money. And you don't stop caring about money just because you're rich.”
Source: The Well
“You don't believe He knows what's best for you: that rest will make you more productive and more spiritually healthy.”
Source: Weird: Because Normal Isn't Working
“You don't believe in ghosts?" Zoey asked, surprised. "What about your witch balls?"
"That's just a story. Real life is scary enough.”
Source: Other Birds
“You don't believe in it, you say. Well you're right, in a way. Only Evil and Greater Evil exist and beyond them, in the shadows, lurks True Evil. True Evil, Geralt, is something you can barely imagine, even if you believe nothing can still surprise you. And sometimes, True Evil seizes you by the throat and demands you choose between it and another, slightly lesser, Evil.”
Source: The Last Wish
“You don’t believe in leprechauns.
A myth you say they be.
You don’t believe in pots-o-gold,
or four-leaf-clover tea.
You don’t believe the rainbow’s end
alights on treasured finds.
They are illusions meant for fools
you say ‘ave lost their minds.
You don’t believe in whispering
your wishes to the wind,
where on St. Patrick’s holiday
they blow t’wards Ireland.
You don’t believe in magic spells
or longings coming true.
Yet, head-to-toe you dress in green
on Patty’s Day, you do.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“You don’t believe me about Luke,” Annabeth said, “but we’ll see him again. He’s in trouble, Percy. He’s under Kronos’s spell.”
I didn’t feel like arguing, though it made me mad. How could she still have feelings for that creep? How could she possibly make excuses for him? He deserved that fall. He deserved… okay, I'll say it. He deserved to die. Unlike Bianca. Unlike Zoё. Luke couldn’t be alive. It wouldn’t be fair.”
Source: The Titan’s Curse
“You don't believe that I could care about you, even after you betrayed me?' He watches me with his cat eyes. 'I'm still your father.'
'You're my father's murderer,' I blurt out.
'I can be both,' Madoc says, smiling, showing those teeth.
I tried to rattle him, but I succeeded only in rattling myself.”
Source: The Wicked King
“You don't believe the sky is falling until a chunk of it falls on you.”
Source: The Testaments
“You don't belong in Jack's world, and he doesn't belong in yours. My advice is to get out while you can."
I glared at him with a mixture of disbelief and annoyance. "You think you know everything about me, but I'm not a nice girl. I've done bad things. I've been arrested, handcuffed, and interrogated in the police station as an accessory to crime. I've broken laws. I've been threatened, kidnapped, tied up, and was an active participant in a high-speed car chase. I know who Jack is. I have a good idea about what he does. And I can make my own decision about whether we're good together or not, which, by the way, we are, subject to smoothing out a few wrinkles."
George chuckled. "So, you're saying that what you see isn't what you get. You're no lightweight."
"Damn right.”
Source: 'Til Heist Do Us Part
“You don't belong to someone who considers you as an option!”
“You don't best seek a new form of truth if still stuck in the idea of an old falsehood having power or light.”
“You don't blame your shadow for the shape of your body, just the same, don't blame others for the shape of your experience.”
“You don't build a business. You build people, and people build the business.”
“You don't build a family by tearing down another one.”
“You don’t build AI to replace human intelligence. You build it to discover what human intelligence was trying to become all along.”
“You don’t build the bridge after you cross the canyon, for if you do there will be neither bridge nor crossing. However, the canyon will remain.”
“You don’t build wealth from what you earn. You build it from what you own.”
Source: Your Business Venture: The Prep. The Pitch. The Funding.