Iacocca, Lee: The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything. (Lee Iacocca: U.S. automobile executive who first developed several cards for the Ford Motor Co. and then later revived the Chrysler Corp. as its CEO, 1924-2019) Categories: CONCENTRATION, FOCUS, SUCCESS

Ibarruri, Delores: It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees! (Delores Ibarruri: Spanish Communist leader and political orator during the Spanish Civil War, 1895-1989) Categories: BRAVERY, RISK

ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, Umar: Four things come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past, the neglected opportunity (Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb: Arabic caliph, Muslim jurist, and father-in-law of the islamic prophet, Muhammad, c. 583 or 584 C.E. - 644 C.E.) Categories: OPPORTUNITIES, PAST, REGRETS

Ibrahim, Laila: Regret can be a good teacher if you learn from that emotion, but not if you wallow in it. (Laila Ibrahim: U.S. novelist) Categories: REGRET

Ibrahim, Laila: You eat from trees you did not plant and are obliged to plant trees you will not eat from. (Laila Ibrahim: U.S. novelist) Categories: LIFE, REALITY, RECIPROCATION

Ibsen, Henrik: A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed. (Henrik Ibsen: Norwegian playwright and theatre director, 1828-1906) Categories: ACTION, GIVINGNESS

Ibsen, Henrik: The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone. (Henrik Ibsen: Norwegian playwright and theatre director, 1828-1906) Categories: CONVICTIONS, COURAGE, PRINCIPLES

Icelandic Proverb: A bad rower blames the oar. (Icelandic Proverb: ) Categories: BLAME

I Ching, Book of Changes: Waiting is not mere empty hoping. It has the inner certainty of reaching the goal. (I Ching, Book of Changes: ) Categories: CERTAINTY, GOALS

Ignatieff, Michael: The human brain is its own universe. It is a distinctively , incorrigibly human activity that is a complex combination of conscious and unconscious, rational, and intuitive logical and emotional reflection. (Michael Ignatieff: Canadian academic, author, and former politician who served as the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, Born 1947) Categories: HUMAN BRAIN

Illich, Ivan: In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy. (Ivan Illich: Croatian-Austrian philosopher, priest, and polemical critic of the institutions of Western culture, 1926-2002) Categories: ADDICTION, ENVY

Illich, Ivan: Most learning is not the result of instruction. It is rather the result of unhampered participation in a meaningful setting. (Ivan Illich: Croatian-Austrian philosopher, priest, and polemical critic of the institutions of Western culture, 1926-2002) Categories: KINESTHETICS, LEARNING

Inge, William R.: There are two kinds of fools: One says, "This is old, therefore it is good"; the other says, "This is new, therefore it is better." (William R. Inge: English author and Anglican priest who was a three-time nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1860-1954) Categories: JUDGMENT, OPINIONS, APPRAISALS, EVALUATION

Ingersoll, Robert: Commerce tends to wear off those prejudices which maintain distinction and animosity between nations. (Robert Ingersoll: U.S. attorney, writer and orator who campaigned in defense of agnosticism and who was nicknamed 'The Great Agnostic,' 1833-1899) Categories: COMMERCE, RELATIONSHIPS

Ingersoll, Robert: Courage without conscience is a wild beast. (Robert Ingersoll: U.S. attorney, writer and orator who campaigned in defense of agnosticism and who was nicknamed 'The Great Agnostic,' 1833-1899) Categories: CONSCIENCE, COURAGE

Ingersoll, Robert: In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences. (Robert Ingersoll: U.S. attorney, writer and orator who campaigned in defense of agnosticism and who was nicknamed 'The Great Agnostic,' 1833-1899) Categories: CONSEQUENCES, NATURE

Ingersoll, Robert: The hands that help are better far / Than lips that pray. (Robert Ingersoll: U.S. attorney, writer and orator who campaigned in defense of agnosticism and who was nicknamed 'The Great Agnostic,' 1833-1899) Categories: ASSISTANCE, PRAYER

Ingersoll, Robert: The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself. (Robert Ingersoll: U.S. attorney, writer and orator who campaigned in defense of agnosticism and who was nicknamed 'The Great Agnostic,' 1833-1899) Categories: CIVILITY, EQUALITY

Ingersoll, Robert: With soap, baptism is a good thing. (Robert Ingersoll: U.S. attorney, writer and orator who campaigned in defense of agnosticism and who was nicknamed 'The Great Agnostic,' 1833-1899) Categories: RELIGION, BAPTISM

Ionesco, Eugene: Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together. (Eugene Ionesco: Romanian-French playwright and one of the foremost figures of the French Avant-garde theatre, 1909-1994) Categories: DREAMS, IDEALOGIES

Iqbal, Mohammad: Nations are born in the hearts of poets, but they prosper and die in the hands of politicians. (Mohammad Iqbal: Indian poet, philosopher, and politician of British India, 1877-1938) Categories: POETS, POLITICIANS

Irish Proverb: Better be quarrelling than lonesome. (Irish Proverb: ) Categories: LONESOMENESS, QUARRELING

Irish Proverb: The greedy man stores all but friendship. (Irish Proverb: ) Categories: GREED

Irons, Jeremy: We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward; they're called dreams. (Jeremy Irons: English actor and activist, Born 1948) Categories: DREAMS, MEMORY, SUBCONSCIOUSNESS

Irving, Washington: Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. (Washington Irving: U.S. short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat, 1783-1859) Categories: COMMITMENT, GOALS, WISHES

Irving, Washington: He who would study nature in its wildness and variety, must plunge into the forest, explore the glen, stem the torrent, and dare the precipice. (Washington Irving: U.S. short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat, 1783-1859) Categories: NATURE

Irving, Washington: Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it. (Washington Irving: U.S. short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat, 1783-1859) Categories: MISFORTUNE, RESILIENCE

Irving, Washington: Retirement is that happy age when a man can be idle with impunity. (Washington Irving: U.S. short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat, 1783-1859) Categories: RETIREMENT

Italian Proverb: A book whose sale is forbidden / all men wish to see / and the ban turns one reader into three. (Italian Proverb: ) Categories: BOOKS

Italian Proverb: A closed mouth catches no flies. (Italian Proverb: ) Categories: CAUTIOUSNESS, PRUDENCE, SELF-CONTROL

Italian Proverb: After the game, the King and the pawn go into the same box (Italian Proverb: ) Categories: COMPETITION, GAMES

Italian Proverb: Between saying and doing many a pair of shoes is worn out. (Italian Proverb: ) Categories: COMMITMENT, INACTION, PROCRASTINATION

Italian Proverb: He who does nothing makes no mistakes. (Italian Proverb: ) Categories: IDLENESS, MISTAKES

Italian Proverb: Honey catches more flies than vinegar. (Italian Proverb: ) Categories: KINDNESS, SWEETNESS

Italian Proverb: Love rules without rules. (Italian Proverb: ) Categories:

Italian Proverb: Revenge is a dish best served cold. (Italian Proverb: ) Categories: REVENGE

Italian Proverb: The best armor is to keep out of range. (Italian Proverb: ) Categories: SECURITY

Italian Proverb: There goes more to marriage than four bare legs in a bed. (Italian Proverb: ) Categories: MARRIAGE, SELF-RESPONSIBILITY

Italian Proverb: We cannot let the perfect be the enemy of the good. (Italian Proverb: ) Categories: COMPROMISE, PERFECTIONISM