Instead Quotes

6491 quotes by 4013 authors

Isn't it funny how the memories you cherish before a breakup can become your worst enemies afterwards? The thoughts you loved to think about, the… — Ally Condie
Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their… — Plato
I live what most people call the good life. I was happy, but deep inside I always felt that, with the short amount of time… — Mother Antonia
If we don't bear witness as citizens, as people, as individuals, the right that we have had to life is sacrificed. There is a silence,… — Jane Rule
The future turns out to be something that you make instead of find. It isn't waiting for your arrival, either with an arrest warrant or… — Lewis H. Lapham
We do not seek the unanimity that comes to those who water down all issues to the lowest common denominator - or to those who… — John F. Kennedy
To believe that patriotism will not flourish if patriotic ceremonies are voluntary and spontaneous instead of a compulsory routine is to make an unflattering estimate… — Robert H. Jackson
All the elements of good writing depend on the writer's skill in choosing one word instead of another. — Francine Prose
I didn't follow the policies of those already in the business. If I had, I would never have made a go of it. Instead, I… — Milton S. Hershey
Our people are slow to learn the wisdom of sending character instead of talent to Congress. Again and again they have sent a man of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
When you look at 'Obamacare,' the Congressional Budget Office has said it will cost $2,500 a year more than traditional insurance. So it's adding to… — Mitt Romney
Man's greatest blunder has been in trying to make peace with the skies instead of making peace with his neighbors — Elbert Hubbard
When human beings have been fascinated by the contemplation of their own hearts, the more intricate biological pattern of the female has become a model… — Margaret Mead
Don't order any black things. Rejoice in his memory; and be radiant: leave grief to the children. Wear violet and purple. Be patient with the… — George Bernard Shaw
Politics is not an end, but a means. It is not a product, but a process. It is the art of government. Like other values… — Calvin Coolidge
Those renowned generals [Alexander and Caesar] received more faithful service, and performed greater actions by means of the love their soldiers bore them, than they… — Benjamin Franklin
To avoid pain we must know the conditions of health. For the accomplishment of this end we must rely upon investigation instead of faith, upon… — Robert Green Ingersoll
When parents see their children's problems as opportunities to build the relationship instead of as negative, burdensome irritations, it totally changes the nature of parent-child… — Stephen Covey
Most business models have focused on self interest instead of user experience. Those are the kinds of problems we solve to solve. — Tim Cook
Instead of instilling fear, if a company offered a way for everyone in the business to dive within-to start expanding energy and intelligence-people would work… — David Lynch

Who Wrote These Instead Quotes

4,013 authors contributed a total of 6,491 Instead Quotes, led by these top contributors: