J-Live Quotes

We tend to view ourselves as this, lying in contradiction with everything that is not ourselves, that.

We all want to be seen not for the choices we made ten years ago, but for who we are today.

Life is a series of choices and all we can do is make them.

Choose to do more than just exist

Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand

Thou shalt not be a victim. Thou shalt not be a perpetrator. Above all, thou shalt not be a bystander. (U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum qtd. in Halter)

We may not choose apathy, but when we choose anything other than love and empathetic justice, we get apathy by default.

At the end of the day--of almost any day, regardless of what we have done or left undone--apathy tells us that it's perfectly acceptable to live with illusions of our own justice.

A subtle reason for apathy is that justice rarely has much to do with our lives. Unless we've personally been victims of injustice, we can take for granted that life is generally fair.

Injustice is a cold, unrelenting reality. It can be tempting for us to use our comfort to ignore injustice or rationalize it away. But God would have us join His work.

A well-lived day is medicine unto itself.

It is not logical that millions of modern adults and children around the world are suddenly becoming insulin resistant

I want to change the belief of millions of people who think there is nothing they can do to stop taking medications and reverse an existing case of Type 2 Diabetes.

Nurture your health, both inside and out.

You only have one day at a time to live, so live it and choose well!

A woman's weapon is her tongue.

Inevitably, Saul's faraway heart would turn to faraway actions.

The good thing about having our buttons pushed is that we can no longer ignore the sensitive areas where we need to heal.

When it hurts, don’t be afraid to say ouch!

Embrace the freedom serenity brings!

Ignore donkeys and other naysayers!

I want to cry but I don’t. I don’t. There are pieces of yourself, so many pieces of yourself, that, once you give away, you cannot get back again.

A man is his tallest when he is down on his knees in prayer.

Pride is the archenemy of ministry.

How has Paul kept his wonder? He never forgot who he had been.

What could make a man stands taller than a newborn son?

Be grateful for every moment and every breath.

Life is truly too short to not be HAPPY and GRATEFUL today.

You have become more and therefore expect more, but never become too purpose-driven to step back and realize just how far you have progressed.

Our stories become self-fulfilling

It is much more difficult to deal with the truth about your life when you have no idea that you have feet of clay and it suddenly begins to rain.

Let animals live like animals

It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body

We wear many things,    but that with greatest import     is our expression.

Although it may be unused, the front door continues to appeal to our sense arrival. Call it the ceremony of coming home.

Deep down I believe each of us is a well-spring of understanding and wisdom, but we simply never allow the space or time for this understanding to rise to the level of conscious thought.

The most obvious, most absurdly recognizable phenomena in day-to-day life often become the hardest to remain consciously aware of.

The more we have outside ourselves the harder it is to get inside ourselves.

What if, when we are feeling less than happy, we were prescribed two genuinely inspiring experiences each day?

Maybe we should remember to smile more often. You know, just for the sake of smiling.

The Key to Heaven

Show me the heroes that the youth of your country look up to, and I will tell you the future of your country.

We are leashed by societal norms, defined by our willingness to conform, but limited only by our imagination.

Live life as an observer but not a spectator. Learn the rules, get in the game, break some rules. Live. Experience. There is no exhilaration to be achieved sitting on the bench.

We give up our power to the very people who took it away from us in the first place.

Create inclusion - with simple mindfulness that others might have a different reality from your own.

Trying to know God and serve Him before we come to love Him is exhausting.

Don't allow life to pass you by because you are afraid of [looking] stupid.

It is not giving up, it is accepting. And the light will enter. Always does.

Love is an unconditional state of being.