Quotes of: Instead Keyword

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

Anthony J. D'Angelo

I was just trying to be a very good human, instead I became a hero.

Amit Kalantri

Transforming a line like that makes it into a belly laugh instead of a laugh against us.

Terence Young

Don’t run away from a challenge because you are afraid. Instead, run towards it to trample it and overcome it

Ushy Mohan Das

We spend half of our lives preparing to live-instead of just living.

Life

You cannot find meaning in life because it is not a dictionary, but life is a story book instead.

Life

The biggest difference between L.A. and Edmonton was that instead of people looking at me I was looking at them.

Wayne Gretzky

I don't write a quick draft and then revise; instead, I work slowly page by page, revising and polishing.

Dean Koontz

Instead of me telling them what they need to work on, I wanted to hear from them what they needed to work on.

Isaiah Thomas

The problem for all women is we're identified by how we look instead of by our heads and our hearts.

Gloria Steinem

Instead of marginalizing women, Congress must get to work on policies that can foster job creation and fuel economic growth.

Kirsten Gillibrand

If women just got into it a little more, then the world would be happier. Instead of stabbing each other behind the back, just get into a fight, and then everything is out in the open.

Odette Annable

Since I’ve been home I’ve been trying hard to mend my relationship with my mother. Asking her to do things for me instead of brushing aside any offer of help, as I did for years out of anger. Letting her handle all the money I won. Returning her ...

Catching Fire

94 was a good year to be twelve. Star Wars still had two more years as Box Office King, cartoons were still hand-drawn, and the Disney "D" still looked like a backwards "G." Words like "Columbine," "Al Qaeda" and "Y2K" were not synonymous with "terro...

The Accidental Siren

We never pray against our government or call down curses on them. Instead, we have learned that God is in control both of our own lives and the government we live under. God has used China's government for His own purposes, molding and shaping His ch...

The Heavenly Man: The Remarkable True Story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun

Thus the vocation of the baptized person is a simple thing: it is to live from day to day, whatever the day brings, in this extraordinary unity, in this reconciliation with all people and all things, in this knowledge that death has no more power, in...

Instead of Death: New and Expanded Edition

Ask your child for information in a gentle, nonjudgmental way, with specific, clear questions. Instead of “How was your day?” try “What did you do in math class today?” Instead of “Do you like your teacher?” ask “What do you like about ...

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

Lack of self-confidence is, more often than not, simple laziness. We feel confused and uncertain because we do not know. But instead of making the effort to investigate, we procrastinate and worry. We tell ourselves we can't instead of learning how w...

Laurence G. Boldt

You can change the world again, instead of protecting yourself from it.

The Flinch

Earthlings went on being friendly, when they should have been thinking instead.

Breakfast of Champions

Instead of hating, my heart cries mercy! Mercy on me! Mercy on me! Mercy on me!

Behind the Hospital