Best Instead Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“'Piaf' I did it because I wanted to do more theater instead of only musicals, and someone gave me the book and said to me, 'You have to do it.'”

“I seek no longer to be a 'famous' person, and instead I wish to live a 'normal' life.”

“Too many people don't look at things objectively and try to see the facts; they instead look at them through their partisan lenses and try to figure out how to twist or spin them to fit their own 'side.'”

“You don't start by saying, 'Well, am I better than her?' Because that goes nowhere. Instead, all your work, your passion, your will has to go into what you do. And then if there is a result, if people like you, if you are a bit different, then fine.”

“Being a professional musician always felt like such a dream thing to do, so it took a while for me to really go after it and stop pussyfooting around. Instead of waiting for something to happen I went out and did it myself.”

“I have never looked back on what I have done. Instead I am looking for new things to do.”

“When I turned 19 I kinda realized that I needed to write my own songs instead of singing songs written by other people.”

“We need a modern government that allows people to do more on-line instead of making them wait in line.”

“I like to make super music instead of working with superstars.”

“So much of what we do with our lives is worrying about the things we've done or the things we want to do instead of just being present in the now.”

“But instead I usually say that, though it may surprise them, I too believe in the necessity of organization.”

“I don't believe I should be out running for another office instead of running my office.”

“I refuse to use terms like 'optimist' or 'pessimist' and instead prefer 'realist.'”

“The Packers have lots of owners nobody knows instead of one owner who doesn't know squat.”

“I've been running my own record label and doing my weekly radio shows, but people don't see the work. People only see your rise instead of the whole thing.”

“What I want to do is play roles as a black man, instead of playing black man's roles. You know?”

“The next time you're tempted to groan, you might try to laugh instead.”

“It is a pity that instead of the Pilgrim Fathers landing on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock had not landed on the Pilgrim Fathers.”

“Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.”

“I have been celibate for about six or seven months, I think. I would rather just make out and kiss someone instead of sex. I'm single. I said I would be single for a year and I am.”

“See things as you would have them be instead of as they are.”