J.V. Cunningham Quotes

Friends are those rare people who ask how we are, and then wait to hear the answer.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I'm going to take tomorrow.

The only way to do it is to do it.

If we want to be known in heaven and feared in hell we must be willing to lose our reputation here on earth.

The way you discover your gifts is really by serving not by searching.

Light or luminosity is created by the way elements are juxtaposed. They become reflective and a radiance comes from putting different things together.

Airplanes were invented for missionaries to complete the Great Commission.

I'm not expressing anything. I'm presenting people moving.

Disagreements don't cause disunity, a lack of forgiveness does.

Dancing is a spiritual exercise in a physical form.

I think of dance as a constant transformation of life itself.

We can never work alone to bring great multiplication. It has to happen through unity & diversity.

Read as much as you can, discarding negative or disturbing information. Learn by doing, and the Goddess and God will bless you with all that you truly need.

The magic begins in you. Feel your own energy, and realize similar energy exists within the Earth, stones, plants, water, wind, fire, colores, and animals.

If you would be a magician, honor the Earth. Honor life. Love. Know that magic is the birthright of every human being, and wisely use it.

Falling is one of the ways of moving.

Any idiot can get an airplane off the ground, but an aviator earns his keep by bringing it back anytime, anywhere, under any circumstances that man and God can dream up.

Women are the only oppressed group in our society that lives in intimate association with their opressors.

She could have had a life as potent and dangerous as literature itself.

Honor all living things, for we are of the stag, and the salmon, and the bee; so destroy not life, save it be to preserve your own.

The most essential thing in dance discipline is devotion.

There are no fixed points in space.

When a critical mass of people have the Bible and apply what it teaches in their lives, a nation is transformed.

Magic is our birthright...and should be available to all who wish to utilize it as a tool of personal transformation.

You're either a missionary or a mission field.

Anything can feed you, depending on the way you look at it.

The secret of flight is this -- you have to do it immediately, before your body realizes it is defying the laws.

The power is neutral. It cannot be divided into positive and negative energies. Power is power.

If you stay in the running-if you have endurance-you are bound to win over those who haven't.

I don't love the world. I think Jupiter should have hit us.

The formula for doing a good job in photography is to think like a poet.

Magic is natural. It is a harmonious movement of energies to create a needed change. If you wish to practice magic, all thoughts of it being paranormal or supernatural must be forgotten.

Call upon the Goddess and God to protect you and teach you the secrets of magic. Ask stones and plants to reveal their powers - and listen.

We are not on this planet to ask forgiveness of our deities.

There is a beauty in the world, though it's harsher than we expect it to be.

You never get bored with God in action.

If you see someone taking responsibility, give that person authority. If you see someone looking for authority, watch out!

Only by taking Jesus' example into every part of our lives will we be able to win in life.

Everybody who does anything for the public can be criticized. There's always someone who doesn't like it.

I was told that I had to give grades to the students, which I wasn't particularly interested in doing.

Books can lift our spirits, heal our wounds, steel our courage and strengthen our religious resolve.

Magic is love. All magic should be performed out of love. The moment anger or hatred tinges your magic, you have crossed the border into a dangerous world, one that will ultimately consume you.

You have to love dancing to stick to it.

I don't think there's any such thing as teaching people photography, other than influencing them a little. People have to be their own learners. They have to have a certain talent.

The thing that's fascinating about portraiture is that nobody is alike.

Magic is not always serious or solemn. It is a joyous celebration and merging with the life-force.

we become the stories we tell ourselves

Magic is the practice of causing change through the use of powers as yet not defined or accepted by science.

I was not ladylike, nor was I manly. I was something else altogether. There were so many different ways to be beautiful.