C.C. Brown Quotes
You cannot expect miracles to happen overnight, be patient, be loving and little by little the change you seek will come.
Sometimes I like to play the soundtracks to famous musicals so we can all sing along. South Pacific is one of my favorites. Our neighbors must hate us.
I still don't know why I fish or why other men fish, except that we like it and it makes us think and feel.
A fisherman is always hopeful -- nearly always more hopeful than he has any right to be.
This earth is a garden, this life a banquet, and it's time we realized that it was given to all life, animal and man, to enjoy.
Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That's oppression in this country.
When a question has no correct answer, there is only one honest response. The gray area between yes and no. Silence.
Pride makes us do things well. But it is love that makes us do them to perfection.
Freedom is poetry, taking liberties with words, breaking the rules of normal speech, violating common sense. Freedom is violence.
Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.
Wholeheartedness. There are many tenets of Wholeheartedness, but at its very core is vulnerability and worthiness; facing uncertainty, exposure, and emotional risks, and knowing that I am enough.
The law of the harvest is inexorable (impossible to stop or prevent) . As we sow, so shall we reap.
I'm a very sensitive person. I do like to be respected. I'm very loyal. I like it to be a two-way street.
If the past is not resolved, future relationships will suffer. Let your heart heal, before you open the door to another.
If you tell yourself something often enough you will start to believe it, that is why you must make self love your mantra.
Don't burn bridges. You'll be surprised how many times you have to cross the same river.
My college degree was in theater. But the real reason, if I have any success in that milieu, so to speak, is because I spent a lot of years directing, I spent a lot of years behind the camera
You must channel your energy towards what you love, for what you love is the foundation of your life.
I've got a hold of something that won't move. It's a willingness to keep walking into the next day, open to whatever may turn out to be true that day.
There is a shrine in the temple of age, where lie forever embalmed the memories of such as have deserved well of their country and their race.
Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.
Human beings are drawn to cats because they are all we are not — self-contained, elegant in everything they do, relaxed, assured, glad of company, yet still possessing secret lives.
Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.
If you trade your authenticity for safety, you may experience the following: anxiety, depression, eating disorders, addiction, rage, blame, resentment, and inexplicable grief.
Sorrow is how we learn to love. Your heart isn't breaking. It hurts because it's getting larger. The larger it gets, the more love it holds.
Dishonesty is like a boomerang. About the time you think all is well, it hits you in the back of the head.
With dates I like to cater a girl. We do whatever she likes. If she was open to what I wanted to do, it probably wouldn't be a dull date, because I am a jock.
No man, with a man's heart in him gets far on his way without some bitter, soul-searching disappointment. Happy is he who is brave enough to push on to another stage of the journey.
If you truly believe something, and it's incorrect, that doesn't mean you don't have integrity.
Become the person you were meant to be, light your inner fire and follow your heart's desire.
... To this day I would rather see a fish, creep up to him and watch his rise to my fly than catch half a dozen fish unseen until they take.
Money, if it does not bring you happiness, will at least help you be miserable in comfort.
If you want to be rich watch what rich people do everyday and do it. And watch what poor people do and don't do it.
Do not allow negative experiences to make you bitter. They should make you wiser, and with that wisdom you shall find joy.
There's never a right time to say goodbye. But I gotta make the first move 'cause if I don't you're gonna start hating me.
It will all work out in the end. You must keep faith in yourself, and leave the rest to God.
The only thing that can possibly keep you from going after your dreams is the person standing in your shoes, wearing your clothes, and thinking your negative thoughts.
Angels and demons were identical--interchangeable archetypes--all a matter of polarity. The guardian angel who conquered your enemy in battle was perceived by your enemy as a demon destroyer.
Social Security is a plan that actually was designed in a much different time, in a different era, and with a different set of American demographics in mind.
A people without the memories of heroic suffering and sacrifices are a people without a history.
