Quotes of Instead - somelinesforyou

“ I've been around a while. I kinda know these things. ”

- Larry Bird

“ A commitment to sexual equality with males is a commitment to becoming the rich instead of the poor, the rapist instead of the raped, the murderer instead of the murdered. ”

- Andrea Dworkin

“ Dream of your brother's kindnesses instead of dwelling in your dreams on his mistakes. Select his thoughtfulness to dream about instead of counting up the hurts he gave. ”

- A Course In Miracles

“ Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths instead of your weaknesses; on your powers, instead of your problems. ”

- Paul J. Meyer

“ We are under-exercised as a nation. We look instead of play. We ride instead of walk. Our existence deprives us of the minimum of physical activity essential for healthy living. ”

- John F. Kennedy

“ You brain shall be your servant instead of your master, You will rule it instead of allowing it to rule you. ”

- Charles E. Popplestone

“ I can change. I can live out my imagination instead of my memory. I can tie myself to my limitless potential instead of my limiting past. ”

- Stephen Covey

“ The real thinking of woman is pre-eminently practical and applied. It is something we describe as sound common sense, and is usually directed to what is close at hand and personal. In general, it can be said that feminine mentality manifests an undeveloped, childlike, or primitive character; instead of the thirst for knowledge, curiosity; instead of judgment, prejudice; instead of thinking, imagination or dreaming; instead of will, wishing… ”

- Emma Jung

“ Hope works in these ways: it looks for the good in people instead of harping on the worst; it discovers what can be done instead of grumbling about what cannot; it regards problems, large or small, as opportunities; it pushes ahead when it would be easy to quit; it "lights the candle" instead of "cursing the darkness… ”

- Unknown

“ Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings. ”

- Ed Gardner

“ Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it. ”

- Gordon R. Dickson

“ Hollywood is a place where they place you under contract instead of under observation. ”

- Walter Winchell

“ Depend not on another, but lean instead on thyself…True happiness is born of self-reliance. ”

- The laws of Manu

“ If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep. ”

- Dale Carnegie

“ A diplomat is a man who says you have an open mind, instead of telling you that you have a hole in the head. ”

- Unknown

“ When solving problems, dig at the roots instead of just hacking at the leaves. ”

- Anthony J. D’Angelo

“ Instead of loving your enemies, treat your friends a little better. ”

- Ed Howe

“ A rumor is one thing that gets thicker instead of thinner as it is spread. ”

- Richard Armour

“ Discretion is being able to raise your eyebrow instead of your voice. ”

- Unknown

“ The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization. ”

- Sigmund Freud

“ The bottom line is that doing that makes it that. We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love. ”

- Tom Robbins

“ Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them. ”

- Orison S. Marden

“ Live truth instead of professing it. ”

- Elbert Hubbard

“ Instead of thinking about where you are, think about where you want to be. It takes twenty years of hard work to become an overnight success. ”

- Diana Rankin

“ Travel, instead of broadening the mind, often merely lengthens the conversation. ”

- Elizabeth Drew

“ LOW-BRED, adj. "Raised" instead of brought up. ”

- Ambrose Bierce

“ Don't spend $2 to dry clean a shirt. Instead, donate it to the Salvation Army. They'll clean it and put it on a hanger. The next morning buy it back for seventy- five cents. ”

- William Coronel

“ College football would be more interesting if the faculty played instead of the students - there would be a great increase in broken arms, legs and necks. ”

- H. L. Mencken

“ The first human being who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization. ”

- Sigmund Freud

“ Never despise fashion. It's what we have instead of God. ”

- Malcolm Bradbury
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