J.J. Brown Quotes

The single most sacred pilgrimage you will ever make is the one right where you are.

Words are weapons stronger than he knows. And songs are even greater. The words wake the mind. The melody wakes the heart.

she wondered how she could have spent all that money and have nothing but clothes and accessories and a long list of men she never wanted to see again to show for it

When starting out, don’t worry about not having enough money. Limited funds are a blessing, not a curse. Nothing encourages creative thinking in quite the same way.

When we begin to view our experiences through the lens of gratitude, our heart, mind and spirit naturally expand.

Being on the edge is always worse than going through

Being on the edge is always worse than going through.

The only things worth seeing are beyond what you can actually see.

I felt like I had the weight of the world on my shoulders until I REALIZED I had the power to take it off

Use everything you have to become what they said you couldn't

Home isn't where you're from, it's where you find light when all grows dark.

Maybe family were the people who came looking for you when you were lost.

Always make your familial environment a safe and inviting place.

My mother has a gap betweenher two front teeth. So does Daddy Gunnar.Each child in this family has the same spaceconnecting us.

Have you ever noticed that fear affects your physical mind and body?

Power is the crown that eats the head, ”...

...power doesn’t shift. Power is resolute. It is the mountain, not the wind. To shift so easily is to lose trust.

Life. All this. Why do they need to make us do this? Why do they treat us like we're their slaves?""Power.""Power isn't real. It's just a word.

It all begins and ends in your mind. What you give power to has power over you.

Publicity is the soul of stupidity, but we must not forget that we live in a stupid universe, so publicity is the engine of our world.

It's not as though the world hates you- it just has no idea who you are

Courage originally meant "To speak one's mind by telling all one's heart.

Ordinary courage is about putting our vulnerability on the line. In today’s world, that’s pretty extraordinary.

When shame becomes a management style, engagement dies. When failure is not an option we can forget about learning, creativity, and innovation .

Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves,  even when we risk disappointing others.

Courage has a ripple effect. Every time we choose courage, we make everyone around us a little better and the world a little braver. And our world could stand to be a little kinder and braver.

Forgive them, you might say, for they know not what they do. But there comes a moment in history when ignorance is no longer a forgivable offense, a moment when only wisdom has the power to absolve.

I don't think I'm essentially interested in children's books. I'm interested in writing, and in pictures. I'm interested in people and in children because they are people.

A child's attachment process begins within the first year of life...

There is no debating that the effects of trauma experienced in childhood may have grave consequences.

Attachments that are not fostered may lend to the child's inability to properly attach or have no attachment at all.

You can't claim to care about the welfare of children if you're shaming other parents for the choices they're making.

Perception is a vice with which each person is capable of perceiving his or her reality.

Children who are resilient often have an appearance of a Teflon coating: nothing seems to faze these children.

Y'all know how much I love you? "Infinity and back again, " I say the way I've said it a million times. And then, daddy says to me, "go on and add a little bit more to that.

Loss has no friend, no allies, no benefit to the human spirit.

As an individual, you are entitled to your time of grief, process of grief, and right to grieve.

There is no greater grief, than when a parent losses a child.

Spanking a child is about the parent not the child. The child will learn more from positive correction than physical manipulation.

As fathers, we should have a desire to be active participants in our children’s lives.

Secure attachment has been linked to a child's ability to successfully recover and prove resilient in the presence of a traumatic event.

Authors are supernatural beings. They exist in the world, also in worlds they create, and in the worlds of other authors they read.

Isn’t antimatter what fuels the U.S.S.Enterprise?

You know Americans...Self-improvement. No matter who or what we are, we're always working on ways to become somebody else.

Trauma does not have to occur by abuse alone...

Childhood trauma does not come in one single package.

Resiliency is the essence of a global positive framework...

Resiliency is not gender-, age-, or intellectually specific...

Be an informed advocate and support.

The ramifications of workplace violence can have a lingering effect on the organization for generations.