Best 82 quotes in «impress quotes» category

Nothing impresses me any more, save and except my own deep meditations.

O God, impress upon me the value of time, and give regulation to all my thoughts and to all my movements.

Technology frightens me to death. It's designed by engineers to impress other engineers, and they always come with instruction booklets that are written by engineers for other engineers - which is why almost no technology ever works.

Some men are tempted to violate secrecy from the uneasiness secrecy gives them, and others, merely to impress you with the extent of their confidence.

Novelties please less than they impress.

The more I try to impress people, the more I separate myself from them. Vulnerability attracts love.

Those who seek to impress upon us that they are gentlemen will usually be found mistaken.

The goal of this presentation is to impress, rather than inform.

Whatever impresses you attracts you. Whatever you pursue becomes your purpose.

The thing about impressing your girlfriend is that when you do something like a private island in Fiji, it's all downhill from that point.

We're trying to impress ourselves in a way. That's why we keep trying to do things better... we never get satisfied.

To impress me, a guy has to be completely unaffected by my presence. If he wants to talk to me, talk to me; if he doesn't, don't.

When I watch species other than my own, their instinct's wisdom is what most impresses and disturbs me.

When a man likes you, he will be interested in finding out what you like. If he makes you happy, he feels more secure. Everything men do is intended to impress women.Copyright © by Sherry Argov

When did you feel most fulfilled? When did you impress yourself, or otherwise feel most proud of yourself?

When you're afraid of someone's judgment, you can't connect with them. You're too preoccupied with the task of impressing them.

You know how I impress girls at the gym? I do pull ups: I pull up in a Corvette, in a Cadillac, and in a Mercedes.

Women never cease to impress and inspire me.

You know, when I have a bad game, it continues to humble me and know that, you know, you still have work to do and you still have a lot of people to impress.

When you can impress your mom by saying you've been to someone's concert, you know you're pretty lame.

You have to look good when you are riding, you have to impress your adversary with your elegance. To look good is already to go fast.

You need to impress me, outwit me, compete with me? Go ahead, knock yourself out, I have no problem with that at all.

A man with no humility and integrity can only impress small minds with his worldly possessions .

All you have to do, to impress a girl is love her; because it'll make you do things which will impress her automatically

Do not impress others at the expense of your progress.

Basic steps when giving: -Don't give to receive -Don't give to impress -No cameras -Include your heart

Congratulations, he said. "That was the stupidest thing I've ever seen." His expression was a mix of awe and disbelief. "Ever.

Do well to impress; don't depress, suppress or oppress anyone. Inspire a soul; never despise!

Don't try to impress a loser because If one is not happy about the things happening in their life, one cannot be happy about the things happening in someone else's life.

Even when not in the act of writing Muscatine a letter, I was often composing one in my mind, situating the words just so, plunking one here, then one there, gauging how to sound worthy of his regard.

I don't like flowers, chocolate, cakes or diamonds either, I am definitely not a hard one to impress.

Impression, not oppression determines the real life of a real person.

Don't be a pepper on the eyes of people; Rather be the salt on their tongue and make a difference that influences their sense of belonging to the earth.

Give everyone room to mess up so that when they do you won't be disappointed and if they don't you'll be impressed.

How's that sister of yours?" I ask, changing the subject. "She's waiting to beat you again at checkers." "Is that right? Well, tell her I was goin easy on her. I was tryin' to impress you." "By losing?" I shrug. "It worked, didn't it?" I notice her fidgeting with her dress as if she needs to fix it to impress me. Wanting to ease her anxiety, I slide my fingers down her arm before capturing her hand in mine. "You tell Shelley I'll be back for a rematch," I say. She turns to me, her blue eyes sparkling. "Really?" "Absolutely.

If we were not impressed by job titles, suits, and jargon, we would demand that financial advisors show us their personal bank statements before they tell us what we could or should do with our own money.

If you can't please yourself some of the time, how do you expect to please people all the time? Not everyone is going to appreciate you for your efforts and deeds.

India, where English is a medium to 'Impress' not 'Express'...

It is seldom possible to respect someone about whom you know everything.

It's the giving that makes one stronger, but sometimes the taking can make one weaker, if even vulnerable or blinding.

Most priests wish they were as righteous as they seem to most members of their congregations.

Only someone who isn’t a fool stands a chance of not being bothered by being deemed a fool by a fool.

My father said this to me: "Israelmore, if you don't make any impact on earth, you will die before you die. But if you impress hearts with what you do, you still live even after you are gone

Our choice of words often reveal the depth of our knowledge … or ignorance … or that of our desire to be deemed knowledgeable.

People are a lot more attractive when they are not trying to impress you. Let go of the bullshit & start being you!

People either build a castle or a dungeon. The former by their virtues, pull people into positive edifices with gainful impression. The later by their vices, push people into negative huts with painful oppression.

There is no pressure to perform, to succeed, because we already have. If your family and community accepts you, who else must you impress? Just yourself and God, ja?

My vanity suggested I should take offense, but the deeper part of me was relieved- relieved that he was noble enough to want to make such a sacrifice from his heart rather than from his desire to impress me.

The Gottschalk was a fine weapon. "You," I said to it, "are on probation. You'd better impress me." Great. Now I was talking to guns.

There’s no such thing as a good or bad person: there are just people who have each been or seem to have been good or bad to you, someone, or some people, thus far.