Optional Quotes

118 quotes by 102 authors

Getting to the top is optional. Getting down is mandatory. — Ed Viesturs
The laws and conditions of the production of wealth partake of the character of physical truths. There is nothing optional or arbitrary in them ...… — John Stuart Mill
[Evangelization] is not something optional, but the very vocation of the People of God, a duty that corresponds to it by the command of the… — Pope Benedict XVI
Those who allow themselves to be led by the Spirit understand that placing oneself at the service of the Gospel is not an optional extra,… — Pope Benedict XVI
Universal ratification of the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict will establish an international moral consensus that no child should take… — Ban Ki-moon
Personal philosophy: Clothing optional — Will Ferrell
Growing old is compulsory - growing up is optional. — Bob Monkhouse
Home staging used to be optional. Today, it's a necessity in selling a house. — Barbara Corcoran
Pain is inevitable, it eventually touches us all. Suffering is optional. — Sean Stephenson
Weâ€™re suggesting that [kids are] missing something if they donâ€™t read but, actually, weâ€™re condemning kids to a lesser life. If you had a sick… — Walter Dean Myers
We need to tell kids flat out: reading is not optional. — Walter Dean Myers
Teaching my kids to give back is an essential part of parenting. It's not something that's optional. Compassion is one of the basic values that… — Kate Snow
Pain is evitable. Suffering is optional. — Kathleen Casey
To become a courageous leader, you must realize that accepting responsibility is not optional - it's mandatory. — David Cottrell
Pain is inevitable, but misery is optional. We cannot avoid pain, but we can avoid joy. — Tim Hansel
If sustainability is going to take hold in the corporate sector in a big way - and we need it to - it will be… — Paul Gilding
Sustainability is no longer optional. Companies that fail to adopt such practices will perish. They will not only lose cost basis: they will also suffer… — John Replogle
Pain is certain, suffering is optional. — Gautama Buddha
The quantum theory of parallel universes is not the problem, it is the solution. It is not some troublesome, optional interpretation emerging from arcane theoretical… — David Deutsch
Nature decrees that we do not exceed the speed of light. All other impossibilities are optional. — Robert Breault

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102 authors contributed a total of 118 Optional Quotes, led by these top contributors: