Jo Jordan Quotes

I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish.

Holy scripture does not hold women back. It's the people that decide to interpret it in such a way for their own, sometimes political, agendas.

I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.

Thus is our treaty written; thus is agreement made. Thought is the arrow of time; memory never fades. What was asked is given; the price is paid.

I have faith in young people because I know the strongest emotions which prevail are those of love and caring and belief and tolerance.

If you pursue two hares, both will escape you.

The best evaluation I can make of a player is to look in his eyes and see how scared they are.

Sometimes, pain is all that lets you know you're alive.

The problem of life is not to make life easier, but to make men stronger.

Let me just say, at once: I am not now nor have I ever been a white man. And, leaving aside the joys of unearned privilege, this leaves me feeling pretty good.

Just us as people, we're different around different people and in different environments.

Under Armour is new, aggressive, slick, classic but athletic - kind of how I always wanted to be perceived.

I live a day at a time. Each day I look for a kernel of excitement. In the morning, I say: 'What is my exciting thing for today?' Then, I do the day. Don't ask me about tomorrow.

Belief and order give strength. Have to clear rubble before you can build.

I've had tendinitis since college.

When do any of us ever do enough?

My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn't stand the sideline.

It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision.

A greater truth that I think we are faced with on a day-to-day basis as minorities is: We are the color of skin first and people second.

[ When I met Barack Obama] He says, I do a pretty good me myself - he said something like that. But he's - he is a close talker. He's a touchy guy.

Does anyone in the UFC actually follow the rules?

Modernity is not about dress codes.

Each time I step on the basketball court, I never know what will happen. I live for the moment. I play for the moment.

To achieve a lasting peace in the Middle East takes guts, not guns.

I was an alcoholic, for sure. It became a problem steadily over the course of six years.

We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community.

Never think I have abandoned you. When the sun shines on you, it is my smile. When you hear the breeze stir through the apple blossoms, it is my whisper that I love you. My love is yours forever.

The basketball court for me, during a game, is the most peaceful place I can imagine. On the basketball court, I worry about nothing. When I'm out there, no one can bother me.

I'm not a Twitterer, I'm not a twerker, I'm not a Facebooker. I am a ... nothin' ... I'm old school.

Confidence allows you to progress in something you're attempting to accomplish, whether it's playing basketball or baseball or whether it's trying to succeed in business.

If you put your mind to doing whatever it is you want to do, good things can happen.

A gnarled old branch dulls the blade that severs a sapling.

You're not asking me to guess the mind of Matrim Cauthon, are you?" Elayne asked. "I'm convinced that Mat only acts simple so that people will let him get away with more.

I can fathom anything, man. I love biting off more than I can chew and figuring it out.

How we act with each other really reveals our most animal instincts.

Limits, like fear, is often an illusion.

To be able to have winning in your blood growing up, whether it was pounding my little brother or trying to beat my dad in something, or just competing on teams with my friends, it was nonstop.

It's better to die free than live life in a cage.

To say no at the right time, and then stand by it, is the first element of success. He is the wise man who, for all his life, can keep mind and soul and body clean.

Be a life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for

There's only 1 way to get rich, quick! But not through a get rich quick scheme. There's a difference.

Worry is forethought gone to seed.

The Koran says the killing of an innocent, the taking of an innocent life, is tantamount to killing all of mankind.

We develop our beautiful planet in such a way that we brush aside the species... we risk creating a wasteland, where our aspirations will ultimately wither and die

I don't lose sleep over failures. I worry about the successes and how they can be replicated.

Education, in its highest sense, is conscious training of mind or body to act unconsciously. It is conscious formation of mental habits, not mere acquisition of information.

The youth are the catalysts for real change.

By the way, I saved Moiraine. Chew on that as you try to decide which of the two of us is winning." -Mat

I had an Aston Martin phone worth ?15,000 given to me as a present. I dropped it in a gin and tonic about 15 seconds after opening it.

I don't know if I'd put labels on myself, but I do feel that when women are empowered, they have the power to transform society.