Quotes starting with I
Below you will find our collection of inspirational quotes and sayings starting with the letter I, collected over the years from a variety of sources.
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I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice. -- Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States.(1809-1865) thanks to Pete Hartzel of Woodstock Corporation, Boston, MA
Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. -- unknown
If evils come not then our fears are in vain; and if they do, fear but augments the pain. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding. -- Yiddish (on balance and moderation)
If God were not willing to forgive sin, heaven would be empty. -- German proverb
If I keep my character, I'll be rich enough. -- Plutonius
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. -- American Saying
If it were not for hope, the heart would break. -- Greek (on attitude)
If not today -- n? - Kashmiri (on permanence and change)
If passion drives, let reason hold the reins. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
If someone gives you advice, it is in his own interest. -- Tunisian Proverb
If the bird hadn't sung, it wouldn't have been shot. -- Japanese (on prudence)
If the eyes didn't see, the hands wouldn't take. -- Yiddish (on opportunity)
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. -- Abraham Maslow (1908-1970)
If the rich could hire people to die for them, the poor could make a nice living. -- Yiddish (on wealth and poverty)
If the shoe fits, wear it. -- Nicholas Breton (c.1545-1626)
If the townspeople are happy, look to the chief. -- Liberian (on leadership)
If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride. -- unknown
If you don't want trouble, don't go looking for it. -- unknown
If you are afraid of something, you give it power over you. -- Moroccan (on courage and fear)
If you are going a long way, go slowly. -- Ilocano (Filipino) (on journeys)
If you are hiding, don't light a fire. -- Ghanaian (on common sense)
If you are not a fish, how can you tell if the fish are happy? -- Chinese (on experience)
If you are not good for yourself, how can you be good for others. -- Spanish (on character and virtue)
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. -- Chinese Proverb
If you believe everything you read, better not read. -- Japanese (on books and writers)
If you buy things you don't need, you will soon be selling things you do need. -- Pampango - Filipino (on buying and selling)
If you buy what you don't need, you steal from yourself. -- Swedish (on thrift)
If you call one wolf, you invite the pack. -- Bulgarian (on caution and care)
If you can't bite, better not show your teeth. -- Yiddish (on common sense)
If you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all. -- Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
If you can't serve, you can't rule. -- Bulgarian (on leadership)
If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. -- Harry Truman (1884-1972)
If you don't have a plan for yourself, you'll be part of someone else's. -- American (on planning)
If you don't laugh, you'll cry. -- unknown
If you don't scale the mountain, you can't view the plain. -- Chinese (on rewards and consequences)
If you don't see the bottom, don't wade. -- Scottish (on prudence)
If you fail to practice your art, it will soon disappear. -- German (on art and creativity)
If you follow a fool, you are a fool yourself. -- Jamaican (on foolishness)
If you foolishly ignore beauty, then you will soon find yourself without it. -- Frank Lloyd Wright (1869-1959)
If you ford a river in a crowd, the crocodiles won't get you. (Ed. note: If your lucky!) -- Malagasy (on strength and weakness)
If you give orders and leave, the work won't get done. -- Portuguese (on business)
If you have nothing to lose, you can try everything. -- Yiddish (on business)
If you have, give; if you lack, seek. -- Malay (on generosity)
If you kick a stone in anger you will hurt your foot. -- Korean (on anger)
If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
If you make yourself into a doormat, people will wipe their feet on you. -- Belizean (on character and virtue)
If you pray for another, you will be helped yourself. -- Yiddish (on prayer)
If you think your bundle of clothes too heavy, try picking up your neighbor's. -- Virgin Islander (on comparable worth)
If you want something done right, do it yourself. -- unknown
If you want to lift yourself up, lift someone else up. -- Booker T. Washington (1856-1915)
If you want your eggs hatched, sit on them yourself. -- Haitian (on self-reliance)
If you would be rich in a year, you may be hanged in six months. -- Italian (on business)
If you would get ahead, be a bridge. -- Welsh (on ambition)
If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it. -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
If you would live long, open your heart. -- Bulgarian (on health and wellness)
If you would rise in the world, veil ambition with the forms of humanity. -- Chinese (on hypocrisy)
If you'ld have a servant that you like, serve yourself. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
If you've never run aground, you've never been anywhere! -- unknown sailor - thanks to John M.
If youth knew, if age could. -- Henri Estienne (1531-1598)
Ignorance is a voluntary misfortune. -- unknown
Ignorance is bliss. -- Thomas Gray (1716-1771)
Ignorance is the seed of intimidation. -- D. Hiser
Ill gotten goods never thrive. -- Cicero (106-43 BC)
Ill weeds grow fast. -- John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. -- Charles Caleb Colton (c.1780-1832)
Implementation beats oration. -- Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
In a crisis, give help first and then advice. -- Aesop (c.620-560 BC)
In bad luck, hold out; in good luck, hold in. -- German (on luck)
In bad things be slow; in good things be fast. -- Afghan (on time and timeliness
In for a penny, in for a pound. -- E. Ravenscroft (1695)
In night there is counsel. -- Greek (on advice)
In the country of the blind, the one -- man is king. - Desiderius Erasmus (1465-1536)
In time we hate that which we often fear. -- Seneca (8 BC-AD 65)
Industry pays debts, despair encreases them. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Industry, perseverance & frugality make fortune yield. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Instead of seeking new landscapes, develop new eyes. -- Marcel Proust (1871-1922)
Instruction in youth is like engraving in stone. -- Moroccan (on education)
Interest on debt grows without rain. -- Yiddish (on indebtedness)
Into every life a little rain must fall. -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) "into each life some rain must fall."
It ain't over til it's over. -- Yogi Berra
It is a fool's sheep that breaks loose twice. -- Ashanti (West African) (on foolishness)
It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf its confessor. -- Italian (on common sense)
It is as cheap sitting as it is standing. -- Italian Proverb
It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. -- Spanish Proverb
It is better to be the head of a chicken than the rear of an ox. -- Japanese (on relative worth)
It is better to enjoy the cool breeze of others waving your flag, than to suffer the sweat of doing it yourself. -- L.D. Seese (1992) thanks to J. Martin
It is better to give than to receive. -- Jesus
It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. -- Chinese Proverb
It is better to prevent than to cure. -- Peruvian (on common sense)
It is better to return a borrowed pot with a little something you last cooked in it. -- Omaha (Native American) (on the conduct of life)
It is better to suffer for truth than to prosper by falsehood. -- Danish (on comparable worth)
It is better to take many injuries than to give one. -- Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
It is better to wear out one's shoes than one's sheets. -- Genovese (Italian)(on work)
It is easier to believe than to go and ask. -- Serbian (on idleness)
It is easier to criticize than to do better. -- Swiss (on criticism)
It is easier to dam a river than to stop gossip. -- Moro (Filipino) (on gossip)
It is easy to advise the wise. -- Serbian (on advice)