This World Quotes

Thought creates our world, and then says 'I didn't do it

Rather, ten times, die in the surf, heralding the way to a new world, than stand idly on the shore.

Our past is not the thing that matters so much in this world as what we intend to do with the future.

I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.

My drawings and paintings were done as an act of protest; I was trying by means of my work to convince the world that it is ugly, sick and hypocritical.

We can get the new world we want, if we want it enough to abandon our prejudices, every day, everywhere. We can build this world if we practice now what we said we were fighting for.

There is nothing so cruel in this world as the desolation of having nothing to hope for.

I'm not the same as other people. I don't think the same. I don't do the same things. I just feel out of this world sometimes.

The second coming was an event in the spiritual, and not in the natural world.

Bottoms in the investment world don't end with four-year lows; they end with 10- or 15-year lows.

Change the story and you change perception; change perception and you change the world.

The greatest irony in the world is that you are so blessed and don't know it.

In a world that has REALLY been turned on its head, truth is a moment of falsehood.

The world's greatest champion of woman and womanhood is Jesus the Christ.

When we become overly concerned about our appearance, our spiritual reputation, our coolness, and our acceptance, we are living as citizens of this world rather than as ambassadors.

All of us have schnozzles... if not in our faces, then in our character, minds or habits. When we admit our schnozzles, instead of defending them, we begin to laugh, and the world laughs with us.

I never 'say' anything in my work. I invent a world. Let others decide what is being 'said'.

I just want to continue to break barriers and to show the industry and the world that beauty is diverse, and you don't have to be a certain stereotype to be beautiful.

Hope is the most treacherous thing in the world. It lifts you and lets you plummet. But as long as you're being lifted you don't worry about plummeting.

Love and time, those are the only two things in all the world and all of life that cannot be bought, but only spent.

Hippies believe the world could be a better place. Beatniks believe things aren’t going to get better and say the hell with it, stay stoned and have a good time.

In this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog.

The world is no longer a romantic place; some of its people still are however, and therein lies the promise. Don't let the world win.

All the world is my school and all humanity is my teacher.

You can either be the sickness in your world or you can be the cure.

All over the world the wildlife that I write about is in grave danger. It is being exterminated by what we call the progress of civilization.

This is a strange pocket of the western world where it is still deemed utterly acceptable to take smart, successful women and reduce them to beauty pageant contestants.

Every constitution written since the end of World War II includes a provision that men and women are citizens of equal stature. Ours does not.

I really think that creating clothes and fashion has to be a statement about how we live and where we live and what's happening in the world.

In a world full of people, only some want to fly. Isn't that crazy?

Constantly scanning the world for the negative comes with a great cost. It undercuts our creativity, raises our stress levels, and lowers our motivation and ability to accomplish goals.

I write to tell the truth about the black condition as I see it. Therefore, I write to offer a black woman's view of the world.

You can't do extraordinary things in the world if you're spending time criticizing others because they don't look or behave the way you think they should.

Children reinvent your world for you.

As a writer, one is obliged to release her words, to let them live in the world on their own.

We need diversity of thought in the world to face the new challenges.

Chaos in the world brings uneasiness, but it also allows the opportunity for creativity and growth.

The world is a living image of God.

I love the idea of stepping out of the band situation into a solo world with no boundaries, no expectations, where nothing is out of bounds.

All womanhood is hampered today because the world on which it is emerging is a world that tries to worship both virgins and mothers and in the end despises motherhood and despoils virgins.

Every time someone ends a prayer in the Western world they say Amen - that is the name of an Egyptian god associated with completion. So we're still praying to their gods.

Success never resides in the world of weak wishes, but in the palace of purposeful plans and prayerful persistence.

If everyone could learn that what is right for me does not make it right for anyone else, the world would be a much happier place.

A mighty power and stronger Man from his throne has hurled,For the hand that rocks the cradle Is the hand that rules the world.

You know, there's a million fine looking women in the world, dude, but they don't all bring you lasagna at work. Most of 'em just cheat on you.

Israel is still the only country in the world against which there is a written document to the effect that it must disappear.

If you pay attention to the world, it’s an amazing place. If you don’t, it’s whatever you think it is.

Be humble, believe in yourself, and have the love of the world in your heart.

The world doesn't learn about God by watching Christian movies. The world learns about God by watching Christians.

One of the most powerful forces in the world is the will of men and women who believe in themselves, who dare to hope and aim high, who go confidently after the things they want from life.