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1.
Instead of celebrating my birthday, it would be my proud privilege if 5 September is observed as Teachers' Day.
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

I would take great honor if 5 September were commemorated as Teachers' Day in lieu of celebrating my birthday.
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2.
If soccer was an American soft drink, it would be Diet Pepsi
Lewis Grizzard

If soccer was an American beverage, it would be Zero-Calorie Pepsi.
3.
But truly, if I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.
Alexander the Great

If I were not Alexander, I would be a Cynic.
4.
If you must look back, do so forgivingly. If you will look forward, do so prayerfully. But the wisest course would be to be present in the present gratefully.
Maya Angelou

If you must reflect, do so compassionately. If you will contemplate the future, do so reverently. However, the shrewdest path would be to remain in the moment thankfully.
5.
If we knew the meaning to everything that is happening to us, then there would be no meaning.
Idi Amin

If we were privy to the rationale behind all that is befalling us, then there would be no purpose.
6.
God is going to reveal to us things He never revealed before if we put our hands in His. No books ever go into my laboratory. The thing I am to do and the way of doing it are revealed to me. I never have to grope for methods. The method is revealed to me the moment I am inspired to create something new. Without God to draw aside the curtain I would be helpless.
George Washington Carver

7.
I chose life over death for myself and my friends... I believe it is in our nature to explore, to reach out into the unknown. The only true failure would be not to explore at all.
Ernest Shackleton

I selected the path of life rather than the road to demise for myself and my companions... I maintain that it is integral to our essence to investigate, to extend into the obscure. The only genuine flop would be not to explore in any way.
8.
I am above eighty years old; it is about time for me to be going. I have been forty years a slave and forty years free and would be here forty years more to have equal rights for all.
Sojourner Truth

I am well over eight decades old; it is nearly time for me to depart. I have been in bondage for four decades and liberated for another four, and would remain here a further forty years to ensure fairness for all.
9.
If I could be anything in the world I would want to be a teardrop because I would be born in your eyes, live on your cheeks, and die on your lips.
Mary, Queen of Scots

If I could be anything in the world I would want to be a droplet because I would originate from your eyes, traverse your face, and dissipate on your lips.
10.
Peace and Blessings manifest with every lesson learned. If your knowledge were your wealth then it would be well earned.
Erykah Badu

Harmony and Gratitude arise with each experience gleaned. If wisdom were your fortune then it would be well deserved.
11.
We have lived our lives by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. We have been wrong. We must change our lives so that it will be possible to live by the contrary assumption, that what is good for the world will be good for us. And that requires that we make the effort to know the world and learn what is good for it.
Wendell Berry

12.
The greatest healing would be to wake up from what we are not.
Mooji

'The greatest salve would be to rouse from that which we have not become.'
13.
All unhappiness is due to the ego. With it comes all your trouble. If you would deny the ego and scorch it by ignoring it you would be free.
Ramana Maharshi

All distress stems from the self-importance. With it comes all your agony. If you could reject the conceit and incinerate it by overlooking it you would be liberated.
14.
Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you.
Dallas Willard

Mentorship is the journey of embodying Jesus' essence in one's own life.
15.
Being able to breathe underwater would be sweet.
Cameron Bright

Submerging oneself beneath the waves would be fantastic.
16.
There would be no hair growing business today had I not started it.
Madam C. J. Walker

'Had I not been the originator of this hair growing enterprise, it would never have come to fruition.'
17.
You would be amazed by what you can give up, lose, or break, and yet still be a person who gets happy over brownies.
Augusten Burroughs

You would be astounded by how much you can relinquish, forfeit, or destroy and yet still be an individual who feels joyous about brownies.
18.
If the Earth were a single state,
Istanbul would be its capital.
Napoleon Bonaparte

If the Earth were a unified nation, Istanbul would be its seat of power.
19.
If I had my life to live over, I would do it all again, but this time I would be nastier.
Jeannette Rankin

If I had a second chance at life, I would still relive it but with more assertiveness.
20.
I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free.
Rosa Parks

I would like to be recalled as an individual who yearned for independence... so that others could likewise experience freedom.
21.
Life would be flat without music. It is the background to all I do. It speaks to the heart in its own special way like nothing else.
Ludwig van Beethoven

22.
If we replaced guns with guitars, then the world would be a concert
Thomas Ian Nicholas

If we swapped bullets for banjos, then the world would be a symphony.
23.
People forget the good that zoos do. If it weren't for zoos, we would have so many species that would be extinct today.
Betty White

24.
Faith does not increase, nor does it decrease; because a diminution in it would be unbelief.
Abu Hanifa

Confidence does not wax or wane; any reduction in it would be doubt.
25.
The technotronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society. Such a society would be dominated by an elite, unrestrained by traditional values. Soon it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and maintain up-to-date complete files containing even the most personal information about the citizen. These files will be subject to instantaneous retrieval by the authorities.
Zbigniew Brzezinski

26.
If I had my way, sporting guns would be strictly regulated, the rest would be confiscated
Nancy Pelosi

If I had my way, sporting firearms would be strictly monitored, the remainder would be eradicated.
27.
Learning would be exceedingly laborious, not to mention hazardous, if people had to rely solely on the effects of their own actions to inform them what to do. Fortunately, most human behavior is learned observationally through modeling: from observing others one forms an idea of how new behaviors are performed, and on later occasions this coded information serves as a guide for action.
Albert Bandura

28.
If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.
Max Lucado

If God had a pantry, your likeness would be within it.
29.
Do not be fooled by your youthful appearance for very soon it would be taken away from you.
Abdul-Qadir Gilani

Beware that your youthful visage will not last long.
30.
If you go to the city of Washington, and you examine the pages of the Congressional Directory, you will find that almost all of those corporation lawyers and cowardly politicians, members of Congress, and misrepresentatives of the masses - you will find that almost all of them claim, in glowing terms, that they have risen from the ranks to places of eminence and distinction. I am very glad that I cannot make that claim for myself. I would be ashamed to admit that I had risen from the ranks. When I rise it will be with the ranks, and not from the ranks.
Eugene V. Debs

31.
When you say to a person of colour, 'When I see you, I don't see you Black; I just see everybody the same' think about that. You don't have the right to say to a person, 'I do not see you as you are; I want to see you as I would be more comfortable seeing you.'
Jane Elliott

32.
Truly there would be reason to go mad were it not for music.
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Truly, were it not for music, insanity would be a plausible outcome.
33.
Sampling out corruption is a very tough job, but I say so in all seriousness that we would be failing in our duty if we do not tackle this problem seriously and with determination.
Lal Bahadur Shastri

Investigating malfeasance is an arduous assignment, but I speak earnestly when I maintain that we would be remiss if we didn't address this matter with sincerity and tenacity.
34.
If we could condense all the truths of Christmas into only three words, these would be the words: 'God with us.'
John F. MacArthur

'Divinity in our midst.'
35.
Life turns on a dime. have no idea what tomorrow will bring... sure life would be a lot easier if we knew what was going to happen. You've got to live by faith one day at a time.
Eddie Guerrero

Life is unpredictable and uncertain; there is no guarantee of what the future holds. We must take each day as it comes, trusting in our own judgment and intuition.
36.
With a guitar I would be able to express the things I felt in sounds.
William Christopher Handy

'By strumming a guitar I could articulate my emotions in music.'
37.
It would be extremely naive to expect the dominant classes to develop a type of education that would enable subordinate classes to perceive social injustices critically.
Paulo Freire

It would be incredibly foolish to anticipate the upper classes to create an educational system that would enable lower classes to recognize social inequalities objectively.
38.
Knowing what I do, there would be no future peace for me if I kept silent.
Rachel Carson

Realizing the facts, remaining silent would render me without solace in the future.
39.
All of us would be wiser if we would resolve never to put people down, except on our prayer lists.
D. A. Carson

We would all be more prudent if we vowed to never disparage others, except in our supplications.
40.
If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said it'd be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.
Dr. Seuss

If you receive an opportunity, seize it. Should it alter your life for the better, accept it. Challenges will not be effortless; however, it is sure to be rewarding.
41.
Sometimes I wish I wasn't as conscious as I am. It would be so much easier.
River Phoenix

Often I desire to be less aware than I am. It would be much simpler.
42.
Go back in time. Next question go and look at dinosaurs. I would be sitting on a rock looking at a T- Rex, loving life.
Oliver Sykes

43.
If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast.
William Tecumseh Sherman

44.
The truth is that if Israel were to put down its arms there would be no more Israel. If the Arabs were to put down their arms there would be no more war.
Benjamin Netanyahu

45.
The best way to describe myself would be...unpredictable.
Kendrick Lamar

46.
Civilization as we know it today would be in jeopardy if the Republicans win the Senate.
Nancy Pelosi

47.
If there were one million families praying the Rosary every day, the entire world would be saved.
Pope Pius X

48.
If the president alone was vested with the power of appointing all officers, and was left to select a council for himself, he would be liable to be deceived by flatterers and pretenders to patriotism.
Roger Sherman

49.
What are you?” I said irritably. “In the Serengeti, Ms. Lane, I would be the cheetah. I’m stronger, smarter, faster, and hungrier than everything else out there. And I don’t apologize to the gazelle when I take it down.
Karen Marie Moning

50.
The question you raise, 'How can such a formulation lead to computations?' doesn't bother me in the least! Throughout my whole life as a mathematician, the possibility of making explicit, elegant computations has always come out by itself, as a byproduct of a thorough conceptual understanding of what was going on. Thus I never bothered about whether what would come out would be suitable for this or that, but just tried to understand - and it always turned out that understanding was all that mattered.
Alexander Grothendieck