J.J. Brown Quotes
Nearly every glamorous, wealthy, successful career woman you might envy now started out as some kind of schlep.
You will fall many times in life, but you will pick yourself up and become stronger and wiser for each trouble you pass.
Shame derives its power from being unspeakable.
The harder you fight to hold on to specific assumptions, the more likely there's gold in letting go of them.
I advise you to say your dream is possible and then overcome all inconveniences, ignore all the hassles and take a running leap through the hoop, even if it is in flames.
One of the most painfully inauthentic ways we show up in our lives sometimes is saying "yes" when we mean "no," and saying "no" when we mean "hell yes."
It is not my wish to lounge about the college and fatten on a fellowship all my days. I am always trying to look upon a college life as a medium not an end.
I don't deal in frustration. I'm a fighter. And everything I've ever gotten, I've had to fight for.
I am aware that one should always make room for renewal in politics. A democracy is the healthier for the turnover of the depth of talent there is in its community.
A 'For Sale' sign in your yard during the holidays is like a 'kick me' sign. You are telling buyers you are a distressed seller.
No matter what it is, you're going to have the bad days, but if you have hope throughout, you won, no matter what the results, Life is so beautiful.
We are born seekers, calling strange names into the darkness from our earliest days because we know we are not meant to be alone, and because we know that we await someone whom we cannot always see.
Understand that you own nothing. Everything that surrounds you is temporary. Only the love in your heart will last forever.
The Foxy character and Inga Marchand are two different people. My fiance calls me Inga. No one around me calls me Foxy. I go to church every Sunday. I go to Bible study every Friday night. I'm saved.
I believe you are your work. Don't trade the stuff of your life, time, for nothing more than dollars. That's a rotten bargain.
Do not rush, for God's secret is patience. Everything that is meant to be, will come at the designated time.
It’s critical that young people start flexing their creative muscles in order to take on the world's most complex challenges.
I only got a seventh-grade education, but I have a doctorate in funk, and I like to put that to good use
One way or another, the choice will be made by our generation, but it will affect life on earth for all generations to come
Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.
As a general rule, I would say that human beings never behave more badly toward one another than when they believe they are protecting God.
You need to make a commitment, and once you make it, then life will give you some answers.
Our tradition is that of the first man who sneaked away to the creek when the tribe did not really need fish.
Happiness is pretty simple: someone to love, something to do, something to look forward to.
Nowhere are prejudices more mistaken for truth, passion for reason and invective for documentation than in politics.
Do what is easy and your life will be hard. Do what is hard and your life will become easy.
Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.
Slicing a warm slab of bacon is a lot like giving a ferret a shave. No matter how careful you are, somebody's going to get hurt.
Let people do what they need to do to make them happy. Mind your own business, and do what you need to do to make you happy.
Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions.
