Aphorisms
“If I had nine hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first
six sharpening my ax.”
“If I have to die tomorrow, why should I stop living today?”
“If I knew then what I know now, by now I probably
wouldn’t know it.”
“If I knew then what I know now, that’s not saying much
about my growth.”
“If I knew where I lost it, I wouldn’t have lost it.”
“If I lack the courage to start, I have already finished. One
thing I can’t recycle is wasted time.”
“If I let today go by without doing what I wanted, I might
as well let my whole life change.”
“If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth
and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential,
for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the
possible . . . what wine is so sparkling, so fragrant, so
intoxicating, as possibility!”
“If ignorance is bliss, why aren’t more people happy?”
“If in doubt don’t second guess, do without!”
“If it comes out your mouth, it comes from your heart, so
be slow to speak!”
“If it fits in a frame, it’s not the big picture.”
“If it is not your property don’t take it!”
“If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.”
“If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing right. If it’s not worth
doing right, it’s not worth doing at all. If it can’t be done
right, do something you can do right instead.”
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