Quotes on Ifs

If you're in a good profession, it's hard to get bored, because you're never finished - there will always be work you haven't done.

If you give appreciation to people, you win their goodwill.

If you talk to your children, you can help them keep their lives together. If you talk to them skillfully, you can help them to build future dreams.

If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution.

I wanted to see my name on the cover of a book. If your name is in the Library of Congress, you're immortal.

If an opportunity scares you, that's God's way of saying you should jump at it.

You would know the secret of death. But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heath of life? The owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light. If you would indeed behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life. For life and death are one, even as the river and sea are one. For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun?

I suppose if a man has something once, always something of it remains.

Success is achieved and maintained by those who try, and keep trying, for there is nothing to lose by trying and a great deal to gain if successful. By all means TRY! Do it NOW!!!

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.

Do not worry about your originality. You could not get rid of it even if you wanted to.

If it doesn't feel right, don't do it. That is the lesson, and that lesson alone will save you a lot of grief.

If today were your last, would you do what you're doing? Or would you love more, give more, forgive more? Then do so! Forgive and give as if it were your last opportunity. Love like there's no tomorrow, and if tomorrow comes, love again.

Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrow.

If I was your wife Sir, I'd poison you! Madam, if you were my wife, I'd let you!

Everybody tells me that I never look as if I'm suffering. But, when I watch videotapes of a race, I always remember the pain I had to endure.

If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add: 'All the time.'

Your fellow man is your mirror. If your own face is clean, the image you perceive will also be flawless.

If the Lord should give you power to raise the dead, He would give much less than He does when he bestows suffering. By miracles you would make yourself debtor to Him, while by suffering He may become debtor to you. And even if sufferings had no other reward than being able to bear something for that God who loves you, is not this a great reward and a sufficient remuneration? Whoever loves, understands what I say.

Adversity often produces an unexpected opportunity. Look for it ! Appreciate and utilize it! This is difficult to do if you're feeling sorry for yourself because you're faced with adversity.

I have made up my mind that if there is a God, he will be merciful to the merciful. Upon that rock I stand. That he will not torture the forgiving. Upon that rock I stand. That every man should be true to himself, and that there is no world, no star in which honesty is a crime. Upon that rock I stand.