Jo Jordan Quotes

I've learned to take things a little more easily, to be a little more forgiving of myself.

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.

The youth are the catalysts for real change.

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

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

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

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

I think redemption is about righting a wrong, and in that pursuit it's about trying. You can stumble, you can make mistakes, but it's about trying to do the right thing.

Obstacles don't have to stop you.

You only live once and you don't know it because of the everyday activities, but if you walk around knowing you only have one time on this planet, you'll make a whole lot more of it.

Don't be like me. Be better than me. That's the goal.

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them

You always have to focus in life on what you want to achieve.

I think that human beings are the most awful monster we have ever seen.

I just think racism is within each and every one of us. It's everyone's responsibility to figure out how they deal with this kind of obsolete instinct.

I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude.

We have a positive vision of the future founded on the belief that the gap between the promise and reality of America can one day be finally closed. We believe that.

Men always believe they are in control of everything around them. When they find out they are not, they think they have failed, instead of learning a simple truth women already know.

Americans have begun to understand that trouble does not start somewhere on the other side of town. It seems to originate inside the absolute middle of the homemade cherry pie.

A fad lives its life in a few weeks; a philosophy lives through generations and centuries; a principle, forever.

As an actor, you always dream of having material that showcases what you can do.

Man does not drift into goodness...the chance port of an aimless voyage. He must fight ever for his destination.

All I wanted to do was to improve, to keep getting better.

It's not how hard you pushed along the way. It's having something in you to finish.

It was like seeing Bill Gates at age thirteen, times two. And half of him was wearing a cheerleader uniform. Yes, I know that’s a weird image.

When you lack the awareness of being God you make everything impossible. Wow! Stop living in your humanity and start living in your divinity.

Terrorism is not new to black people.

The game has its ups and downs, but you can never lose focus of your individual goals and you can't let yourself be beat because of lack of effort.

When you're just using words, you're limiting yourself to everyday casual speak. As soon as you start to sing, you can unlock the stuff that's underneath.

If you promise you will get better instead of dying, I promise I will, too.

We can certainly defuse the intensity of the anti-immigrant feeling if we can bring some reality to the discussion by showing that they are not using that many resources.

We want to be in control of our lives. Whether we are jungle fighters, craftsmen, company men, gamesmen, we want to be in control. And when the government erodes that control, we are not comfortable.

A leader can't make excuses. There has to be quality in everything you do. Off the court, on the court, in the classroom.

The players today reflect how much the game has evolved and changed both in style and culture. [...] The game now has a wider appeal to a larger market.

Surprising what you can dig out of books if you read long enough, isn't it?

Do not trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.

Patience. I will become what I know I am.

Look at any country that's plagued with poverty, disease or violence; the antidote is girls. Girls are the antibodies to many of society's ills.

If youre going to play the game properly, youd better know every rule.

Being afraid on the court, means you're not confident of your skills

You have to be un-compromised in your level of commitment to whatever you are doing, or it can disappear as fast as it appeared. Commitment cannot be compromised by rewards.

The good part about being famous is being able to help people. The hard part is every day you have to be in a good mood, because that is what people expect. You learn to get good at it.

We can and must ensure the human rights of the displaced. That begins by making their voices heard.

Republicans buy sneakers, too.

When I was playing before I retired, I never really understood the appreciation and the respect that people gave me. People had treated me like a god or something, and that was very embarrassing.

There was never any fear for me, no fear of failure. If I miss a shot, so what?

Happiness is the soul's joy in the possession of the intangible.

If I had been playing for money I would have complained a long time ago that I was underpaid.

I want to be the bridge to the next generation.

Heart is what separates the good from the great.