Jo Jordan Quotes

What the poor need is not charity but capital, not caseworkers but coworkers. And what the rich need is a wise, honorable and just way of divesting themselves of their overabundance.

Any fool knows men and women think differently at times, but the biggest difference is this. Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.

If you quit ONCE it becomes a habit.Never quit!!!

At the end of the day, the position is just a position, a title is just a title, and those things come and go. It's really your essence and your values that are important.

If you do the work you get rewarded. There are no shortcuts in life.

My father used to say that it's never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, 'You never know what you can accomplish until you try.'

To tell the truth is to become beautiful, to begin to love yourself, value yourself. And that's political, in its most profound way.

One thing is very clear: Illegal immigrants are not entitled to benefits.

With the benefit of hindsight, had more care been taken, maybe this could have been avoided

Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.

Winners don't just learn the fundamentals, they master them. You have to monitor your fundamentals constantly because the only thing that changes will be your attention to them.

Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.

What the poor need is not charity, but capital, not caseworkers but coworkers.

You don't show up on game day and expect to be great. Greatness happens in practice. You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

The normal person classifies an object, and then forgets about it. The creative person, by contrast, is always open to new possibilities.

You have to be careful how you're using the word boycott.

The story that you tell yourself is exactly what holds you back from being successful.

Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.

Courage to strengthen, fire to blind, music to daze, iron to bind.

Like a lot of Black women, I have always had to invent the power my freedom requires.

Every now and then we find a special friend, who never lets us down, who understands it all, reaches out each time you fall, you're the best friend that I've found.

It's a habit of mine now, noticing labels, logos, shoes.

A shoat squealing under a fence just attracts the fox, when it should be trying to run.

Loial, son of Arent, son of Halen, had secretly always wanted to be hasty.

I believe in love that's fun, that is caring, giving, and that is honest.

I dove on those papers like Sherlock Holmes on a cappuccino binge.

I'm retired 99.9%. Of course, there always is that .1%.

Observations not only disturb what is to be measured, they produce it.

We do not deride the fears of prospering white America. A nation of violence and private property has every reason to dread the violated and the deprived.

When you live your life by poor standards, you inflict damage on everyone who crosses your path, especially those you love.

Nothing of value comes without being earned.

Anything can happen if you are willing to put in the work and remain open to the possibility. Dreams are realized by effort, determination, passion and staying connected to that sense of who you are.

The crowning evidence that he lives is not a vacant grave, but a spirit-filled fellowship. Not a rolled-away stone, but a carried-away church.

It doesn't matter if you fall down, it's whether you get back up.

I've never lost a game I just ran out of time.

Back in the day, if you did any commercials or were affiliated with a company you were a sellout. Now it's kind of normal to do that.

I'm a tropical weather cruiser. I like surfing, you know. I like being on the beach.

If one girl with courage is a revolution, imagine what feats we can achieve together.

The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again.

I hoped that grief was similar to the other emotions. That it would end, the way happiness did. Or laughter.

The only people who make love all the time are liars.

Genius is a word too often tossed around in musical circles.

If you are dissatisfied with they way things are, then you have got to resolve to change them.

Good teachers teach. Great teachers transform.

No matter what happened to you in your past, you are not your past, you are the resources and the capabilities you glean from it. And that is the basis for all change.

Maybe the purpose of being here, wherever we are, is to increase the durability and occasions of love among and between peoples.

Dream stompers are people who want to stomp on your hopes and dreams. Lose their phone numbers

Don't follow the path. Blaze the trail.

I can never stop working hard. Each day I feel that I have to improve. Hardwork...Determination...I gotta keep pushing myself.

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.