Quotes of Jessamyn West

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We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't, it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions.

- Jessamyn West

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“ When people think they know you and put you in a box, keep growing and give them the box. ”

- Jackie Griffin

“ I love you and it’s getting worse. ”

- Joseph E. Morris

“ Love is a panacea for a wound that never stops weeping. ”

- Kilroy J. Oldster

“ It’s not bragging if you can back it up. ”

- Muhammad Ali

“ How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give 'em. ”

- Shel Silverstein

“ In love, trust is a tonic and suspicion is a poison. ”

- Abhijit Naskar

“ When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you. ”

- Plato

“ Sometimes when I'm alone, I take the pearl from where it lives in my pocket and try to remember the boy with the bread, the strong arms that warded off nightmares on the train, the kisses in the arena. ”

- Suzanne Collins

“ Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery. ”

- Charles Dickens

“ We werent exactly lovers yet, But we were a little more then friends. We just kept meeting at the wrong time, but our connection never ends. ”

- Nikki Rowe

“ I constantly challenge my athletes with workouts that take them to the upper edge of their ability. Like Brett's, my philosophy is that your biggest competitor is yourself. I will never ask the impossible. But I will come close. Those who answer with courage and selfbelief instead of fear and doubt are the ones who realize their dreams. ”

- Siri Lindley

“ Legacy is greater than currency ”

- Gary Vaynerchuk

“ Love overcomes bitterness, overpowers sorrow, overwhelms anger, and overthrows hatred. Medicine heals the body, faith heals the heart, wisdom heals the mind, and love heals the soul. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ The evolutionary algorithm of all life on earth is written in this universal language we call love. ”

- Wald Wassermann

“ If every life is a river, then it's little wonder that we do not even notice the changes that occur until we are far out in the darkest sea. One day you look around and nothing is familiar, not even your own face. My name once meant daughter, grandaughter, friend, sister, beloved. Now those words mean only what their letters spell out; Star in the night sky. Truth in the darkness. I have crossed over to a place where I never thought I'd be. I am someone I would have never imagined. A secret. A dream. I am this, body and soul. Burn me. Drown me. Tell me lies. I will still be who I am. ”

- Alice Hoffman

“ feeling upset? look up a lover ”

- Arif Naseem

“ I thought it (love) meant like you hold out your hand and someone takes it, holds it hard, and pulls you safe from the river. You talk. You tell him bits of yourself. You say here's where I hurt and you give it to him and he holds it and gives you where he hurts in return and you hold it and that's how you learn to love. ”

- Elizabeth George

“ When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself. ”

- Wayne Dyer

“ A drop of water shall be returned with a burst of spring. ”

- Pat Cher

“ I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me. ”

- Abraham Lincoln

“ Remember, if you don’t do anything – if you don’t change the way your mind works and direct your subconscious mind to create the life you want – then everything stays the same, nothing changes. ”

- Steve Backley

“ The past can't hurt you anymore. Not unless you let it. They made you into a victim, Evey. They made you into a statistic. But, that's not the real you. That's not who you are inside. ”

- Alan Moore

“ Leaders in OVER their heads is the mere result of getting ahead of their intended SEASON. ”

- John Paul Warren

“ We should have more reasons to smile than to cry. You will be surprised, even the saddest things could result in something to smile about. ”

- JOHN TASKINSOY