J.J. Brown Quotes

We'll keep writing and if it hits our standards we'll go with it. We're not here to destroy anything. It's as precious to us as it is for someone who's followed us for years.

A good life happens when you stop and are grateful for the ordinary moments that so many of us just steamroll over to try to find those extraordinary moments.

Instead of asking WHY you had to do it, how about just thanking Him for safely bringing you THROUGH it.

Dull magic is a collection of tricks: great magic should sting.

No matter how old you get, hug and kiss your mother whenever you greet her.

Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away- and leaves behind only silence.

Cooking is an observation-based process that you can't do if you're so completely focused on a recipe.

If you can't return a favor, pass it on.

I've parked my solo thing in a lay-by and jumped in another vehicle and I'm in that now.

I must be free... free to do what I like, say what I like, write what I like, within the limits prescribed for me by my own sense of what is seemly and fitting.

People need to know more than what a piece of information means. They also need to know how the information matters.

Atrocities are human nature - they don't have political beliefs, color, creed or anything like that. They just happen, it's human.

Don't ever be afraid to live. Because though dying is easy when compared to living

I take full responsibility for what happened. That's why the person who was responsible went immediately.

When it comes to your dreams, every risk is worth it.

My first album was me finding myself and my voice, finding how I sing. I was rolling with the punches because everything was new to me.

I hate being mean. I watch those roasts on Comedy Central and they make the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

One of the lies that we tell ourselves is that we're making progress; but Huey's chair's empty.

So much of life is happenstance. It makes me laugh when I go to a bookstore and see all those titles about controlling your life. You're lucky if you can control your bladder.

I reject get-it-done, make-it-happen thinking. I want to slow things down so I understand others better.

While cats can be infuriating, little old women in fur coats, they make me laugh. Of course, dogs, horses and my highly social chickens are dear to me, too.

Population growth is exceeding farmers' ability to keep up...Our oldest enemy, hunger, is again at the door.

This is a revolution of the mind, get your mind together and get away from drugs.

Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.

There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.

Sooner or later we've all got to let go of our past.

The dynamics of capitalism is postponement of enjoyment to the constantly postponed future.

God does some of God's best work with people who are seriously lost.

Make a list of twenty-five things you want to experience before you die. Carry it in your wallet or purse and refer to it often.

My favourite sport at school was rugby. All sports are teamwork, but rugby particularly is about teamwork and I think teamwork is the essence of this.

We have to be realistic about what the state can afford, and put an end to abuses of the system that cost millions.

Life doesn't come with an instruction book; that's why we have fathers.

You cannot be wimpy out there on the dream-seeking trail. Dare to break through barriers, to find your own path.

No people in the history of the world have ever been so misunderstood, so misjudged, and so cruelly maligned.

A horse can lend its rider the speed and strength he or she lacks - but the rider who is wise remembers it is no more then a loan.

Loss leaves us empty - but learn not to close your heart and mind in grief. Allow life to replenish you. When sorrow comes it seems impossible - but new joys wait to fill the void.

What's interesting about the Taliban, is they're more afraid of educating girls than they are of drones. One educated girl is more scary to the Taliban than a drone.

When we choose to live authentically we chip away at others prisons of pretend and create an opportunity for them to walk out of darkness into freedom.

Honor your commitments with integrity.

Coaches who scrimmage all the time don't know what to practice.

The test of a quarterback is where his team finishes.

It's not about 'what can I accomplish?' but 'what do I want to accomplish?' Paradigm shift.

Change your thinking. Change your life! Your thoughts create your reality. Practice positive thinking. Act the way you want to be, and soon you will be the way you act.

The Bible, as we know it today, was collated by the pagan Roman Emperor Constantine the Great

It is in the hard, hard rockpile labor of seeking to win, hold, or deserve a reader's interest that the pleasant agony of writing again comes in.

I believe that owning our worthiness is the act of acknowledging that we are sacred. Perhaps embracing vulnerability and overcoming numbing is ultimately about the care and feeding of our spirits

You can't find the sound if you just love sleep.

A friend is someone who knows you and loves you for what you were and who you are, and who also shares your hopes and dreams for who you can become.

Often, our most rewarding dreams are staring us right in the face, but for some reason we focus on how hard things are, how we are scared of the unknown and what would happen if we failed.

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