Quotes 1441 till 1460 of 3904.
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If you purify your soul of attachment to and desire for things, you will understand them spiritually. If you deny your appetite for them, you will enjoy their truth, understanding what is certain in them.
St. John of the Cross
Spanish mystic, a Roman Catholic saint, a Carmelite friar and a priest (1542 - 1591) -
If you put yourself in a position where you have to stretch outside your comfort zone, then you are forced to expand your consciousness.
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If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings.
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If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.
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If you reveal your secret to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.
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If you see in any given situation only what everybody else can see, you can be said to be so much a representative of your culture that you are a victim of it.
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If you see the magic in a fairy tale, you can face the future.
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If you sell a physical product, you have a lot of Q4 upside and unpredictability, but now you have to manage your cash to get to Q4 so that you can invest in building inventory to over-perform.
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If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you.
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If you spend your whole life being depressed about life, you're wasting it.
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If you take guns away from legal gun owners, then the only people who would have guns would be the bad guys. Even a pacifist would get violent if someone were trying to kill him or her. You would fight for your life, whatever your beliefs.
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If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you'll find you've done it.
Saint Joan (1924) -
If you talk to most athletes, the place you're most comfortable is your playing field. I'm not so comfortable at a podium or talking about events.
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If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again. You think the death penalty is a good idea? Persuade your fellow citizens to adopt it. You want a right to abortion? Persuade your fellow citizens and enact it. That's flexibility.
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If you think dope is for kicks and for thrills, you're out of your mind. There are more kicks the fuck to be had in a good case of paralytic polio or by living in an iron lung. If you think you need stuff to play music or sing, you're crazy. It can fix you so you can't play nothing or sing nothing.
Lady Sings the Blues -
If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.
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If you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don't understand the problems and you don't understand the technology.
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If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.
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If you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you'll understand both.
The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma -
If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper - and despise it.
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