J. R. Todd Quotes

I had learned quickly that life doesn't always go the way I want it to, and that's okay. I still plod on.

The video was still playing, although I didn't know why. It seemed as if the able-bodied dancers were mocking me.

Dancing with a spinal cord injury is a challenge like no other, but I aspired to prove to myself that I could still be phenomenal dancer even with an SCI

Life is choosing whom and what you love. Everything else follows.

The river asked me who I was to be gazing so longingly into her curving body of cascading dreams and shifting beauty.

You can be anything you want to be as long as you know who you are. Paradoxically, once you realize this, you begin to lose your sense of self.

Before you eat the elephant, make sure you know what parts you want to eat.

Your memories are you. There is, it seems, no other You.

Use fear as a counselor not a captor.

Fear is the chain still wrapped around a free man’s leg

Fear is the chain that wraps around a free man’s leg.

Fear makes you worry and worry makes you weary.

With determination, it is possible to block out the negative things and enjoy the positive ones, despite the cons. Most importantly, it is possible to dance through everything pernicious.

The stares were annoying, but I knew they didn’t mean any harm. So, every morning, smiling at them became part of my routine, too.

The atrocities of war are only overshadowed by the heroism of their dead.

One day we wake from sleep to wander through this tale of dreams with wings fluttering lighter than love free.

The God of this world has chosen to provide light to all mankind through His Son, who was crucified and died so that we could be cleansed and made free

Terrified, yes. But I run toward the fire now. Not away.

Much of what happens in life is a chance.

Change isn’t closing the door on the old, it is opening the door on the new.

The problem Christians have isn’t our belief in what God could do, but on what God should do.

Sometimes it is better to say ‘no’ and lose your job than it is to say ‘yes’ and lose your soul.

Serving is the best kind of Leading.

Control what you can. Influence what you should. Forget the rest.

Selflessness is the highest goal of good leaders.

Thankfulness creates gratitude which generates contentment that causes peace.

Before marriage, you lose your virginity. After marriage, you get to give it away. Which would you rather experience?

The words you speak reveal the heart you have.

People that are lazy don't get anything accomplished. It's People like me that are reliable.

The Church should be more concerned about the hearts of the lost rather than the comforts of the saved.

Insomnia is the act of pushing through sleep to achieve the art of insane creativity.

If at first you don't succeed, tweak it before you toss it.

When you join teams that changes lives, yours will be the first.

It is in the quiet that you gain perspective when you have to deal with the loud.

Never underestimate the value of good friends.

Patience is something I can’t wait to have!

You need to get out of your nest in order to fly.

Words give sound to the beauty of Life.

Familiarity is the dagger thrust into the heart of fear.

If you try to be everywhere at once, you won't be anywhere at all.

Over time, your actions betray your heart - for good or for evil.

Making others better is a core value of a great life.

Success is just around the corner from difficulty.

Remember God loves you, even when its hard to love yourself.

A life lived without borders is a life lived in captivity

Preparation is the pressure valve on a busy schedule.

A good man measures his life not in the number of his years but in the quality of his friends.

All Christians are in ministry. Sometimes, they're in church work.

Choice is the grease in the gears of success.

True prayer is pleading with God for that which He wants to do anyway.