H Browne Quotes

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.

Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.

I've learned... . That being kind is more important than being right.

A kiss on the beach when there is a full moon is the closest thing to heaven.

Never forget the nine most important words of any family- I love you. You are beautiful. Please forgive me.

Every person that you meet knows something you don't; learn from them.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.

Don't forget, a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.

Why not go out on a limb? Isn’t that where the fruit is?

If you know someone who tries to drown their sorrows, you might tell them sorrows know how to swim.

Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.

Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you.

Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen everyday.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.

I've learned that you know your husband still loves you when there are two brownies left and he takes the smaller one.

Be tough minded but tenderhearted.

And I have by me, for my comfort, two strange white flowers - shriveled now, and brown and flat and brittle - to witness that even when mind and strength had gone, gratitude and a mutual tenderness still lived on in the heart of men.

Marry the right person. This one decision will determine 90% of your happiness or misery.

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.

Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.

Life is slippery. We all need a loving hand to hold onto.

#1425: When you really like someone, tell them. Sometimes you only get one chance.

If you kiss someone on the back of the neck, it spreads.

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost

Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eyes

Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon

You cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up up them.

Never deprive someone of hope it may be all they have

Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.

I've learned that it doesn't matter how your husband squeezes the toothpaste, the important thing is how he squeezes you.

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking

When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails

In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.

Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language.

Instruction for life: Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk. When you lose, don't lose the lesson. Follow the three R's: - Respect for self. - Respect for others. - Responsibility for all your actions. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.

Loosen up. Relax. Except for rare life-and-death matters, nothing is as important as it first seems.

Don’t waste time waiting for inspiration. Begin, and inspiration will find you.

Tape record your parents' laughter

Live and learn and pass it on.

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.

Your religion is what you do when the sermon is over.

If you're doing your best, you won't have time to worry about failure.

Commit yourself to constant improvement. Commit yourself to quality. Be persistent, persistent, persistent...and have a grateful heart!

Opportunity dances with those who are already on the dance floor.

Judge your success by the degree that you're enjoying peace, health, and love.

Wear audacious underwear under the most solemn business attire.

Watch the sunrise at least once a year, put a lot of marshmallows in your hot chocolate, lie on your back and look at the stars, never buy a coffee table you can't put your feet on, never pass up a chance to jump on a trampoline, don't overlook life's small joys while searching for the big ones.

Seek opportunity, not security. A boat in the harbor is safe, but in time its bottom will rot out.

Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.

Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.

The 3 most powerful resources you have available to you : love, prayer and forgiveness.

I spend roughly $80 per year watching bananas go brown.

PHI is one H of a lot cooler than PI!

#1487: Hug a cow.

Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.

There were thousands of brown books in leather bindings, some chained to the book-shelves and others propped against each other as if they had had too much to drink and did not really trust themselves. These gave out a smell of must and solid brownness which was most secure.

Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something. People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost. If you know someone who tries to drown their sorrows, you might tell them sorrows know how to swim...

Don’t delay acting on a good idea. Chances are someone else has just thought of it, too. Success comes to the one who acts first.

Let people know what you stand for and what you won't stand for.

Remember that the biggest gap in the world is between 'I should' and 'I did.

Resist telling people how something should be done. Instead, tell them what needs to be done. They will often surprise you with creative solutions.

Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.

Encourage anyone who is trying to improve mentally, physically, or spiritually.

الإنسان يعبر الحياة مرة واحدة لذا إذا كان هناك أي خير تستطيع فعله أو أي إحسان تستطيع تقديمه لأي مخلوق فلتفعله الآن لأنك لن تمر من هذا الطريق مرة أخرى.

Turn off the tap when brushing your teeth.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.

Understand that happiness is not based on possessions, power, or prestige, but on relationships with people you love and respect.

Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only fear and sadness. Wretched is he who looks back upon lone hours in vast and dismal chambers with brown hangings and maddening rows of antique books, or upon awed watches in twilight groves of grotesque, gigantic, and vine-encumbered trees that silently wave twisted branches far aloft. Such a lot the gods gave to me - to me, the dazed, the disappointed; the barren, the broken. And yet I am strangely content and cling desperately to those sere memories, when my mind momentarily threatens to reach beyond to the other.

ما تراه يعكس تفكيرك، وتفكيرك يعكس اختيارك لما تريد أن تراه.

Live your life as an exclamation, not an explanation.

When you're lost, admit it, and ask for directions.

I’ve learned that when a man with money meets a man with experience, the man with experience ends up with the money and the man with the money ends up with experience.

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.

Practice empathy. Try to see things from other people's points of view.

Remember that the more you know, the less you fear.

Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

Let some things remain mysterious.

Pray not for things, but for wisdom and courage.

When complimented, a sincere "thank you" is the only response required.

Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something, and has lost something.” –H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

القلب الرؤوف هو نبع من السعادة يجعل كل شيء بالقرب منه يتحول إلى ابتسامات عذبة.

Do battle against prejudice and discrimination wherever you find it.

Give people a second chance, but not a third.

Never be ashamed of honest tears.

When someone hugs you, let them be the first to let go.

Thought for the day. Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you. -H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

If you want to do something and you feel in your bones that it’s the right thing to do, do it. Intuition is often as important as the facts. 663

Remember that what’s right isn’t always popular, and what’s popular isn’t always right. 865

In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins, not through strength but by perseverance.” That’s H. Jackson Brown, Jr. —

Connie went for walks in the park, and in the woods that joined the park, and enjoyed the solitude and the mystery, kicked the brown leaves of autumn, and picked the primroses of spring. But it was all a dream; or rather it was like the simulacrum of reality. The oak leaves were to her like oak-leaves seen ruffling in a mirror, she herself was a figure somebody had read about, picking primroses that were only shadows or memories, or words. No substance to her or anything...no touch, no contact!

E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G—is connected. The soil needs rain, organic matter, air, worms and life in order to do what it needs to do to give and receive life. Each element is an essential component. “Organizing takes humility and selflessness and patience and rhythm while our ultimate goal of liberation will take many expert components. Some of us build and fight for land, healthy bodies, healthy relationships, clean air, water, homes, safety, dignity, and humanizing education. Others of us fight for food and political prisoners and abolition and environmental justice. Our work is intersectional and multifaceted. Nature teaches us that our work has to be nuanced and steadfast. And more than anything, that we need each other—at our highest natural glory—in order to get free.

I think you’re better off without him.” Ashley didn’t lift her blue eyes from her scarf as she offered her thoughts; her long,straight brown hair was pulled into a clever twist. She was a nurse practitioner originally from Tennessee and I loved listening to her accent; “I never trust a Jon without an ‘h’. John should be spelled J-o-h-n, not J-o-n.

أياً كان هدفها المخطط له، فقد هبطت قذائف الهاون على دار للأيتام تديرها مجموعة خيرية من الموظفين في قرية فيتنامية صغيرة. قتل جميع أفراد المجموعة مع واحد أو اثنين من الأطفال على الفور، وجرح العديد من الأطفال الآخرين، ومنهم فتاة صغيرة في الثامنة من عمرها تقريباً. طلب أهل القرية مساعدة طبية من مدينة قريبة يمكنها الاتصال لاسلكياً بالقوات الأمريكية. وأخيراً وصل طبيب وممرضة من الأسطول الأمريكي في سيارة جيب. قرر الطبيب والممرضة أن الفتاة هي صاحبة الإصابة الأكثر خطورة. وبدون اتخاذ إجراء سريع، فإنها ستموت بسبب الصدمة وفقد الدم. كان نقل الدم حتمياً، وكانت هناك حاجة إلى متبرع له نفس فصيلة الدم. وأظهر اختبار سريع أن أحداً من الأمريكيين ليس له نفس فصيلة الدم، ولكن العديد من الأطفال الأيتام غير المصابين كانت لهم نفس الفصيلة. كان الطبيب يتحدث اللغة الفيتنامية قليلاً، والممرضة تجيد بعض الكلمات الفرنسية. وباستخدام تلك التوليفة، مع الكثير من لغة الإشارة، حاولا أن يشرحا للأطفال الصغار المذعورين أنهما إذا لم يتمكنا من تعويض بعض الدم المفقود، فإن الفتاة ستموت بلا ريب. ثم سألا إن كان أي من الأطفال مستعداً للتبرع بالدم لمساعدتها. صادف طلبهما صمتاً وأعيناً متسعة. وبعد عدة لحظات طويلة، ارتفعت يد صغيرة مرتعشة، ثم سقطت لأسفل مرة أخرى، ثم عادت ترتفع من جديد. قالت الممرضة بالفرنسية: “أوه، أشكرك. ما اسمك؟”. جاء الرد على السؤال: “هينج”. رقد هينج بسرعة على فراش من القش، وتم مسح ذراعه بالكحول لتطهيرها، وغرس إبرة في وريده. وطوال الوقت، ظل هينج راقداً في تيبس وصمت. ولكن بعد قليل من الوقت، أفلتت منه تنهيدة مرتعدة، فسارع بتغطية وجهه بيده الطليقة. سأله الطبيب: “هل تشعر بألم يا هينج؟”. هز هينج رأسه نفياً، ولكن بعد برهة أخرى، أفلتت منه تنهيدة ثانية، ومرة أخرى حاول أن يخفي بكاؤه. مرة أخرى سأله الطبيب عما إذا كانت الإبرة تؤلمه، ومرة أخرى هز هينج رأسه نفياً. كان الفريق الطبي قلقاً. لقد كان من الواضح أن هناك خطأ كبيراً يحدث. وفي هذه اللحظة، وصلت ممرضة فيتنامية للمساعدة. وعندما رأت كرب وجزع الفتى الصغير، تحدثت معه بسرعة بالفيتنامية، وسمعت رده، وأجابته بصوت هادئ لطيف. وبعد لحظة، توقف الفتى عن البكاء ونظر للممرضة الفيتنامية نظرة تساؤل. وعندما أومأت برأسها إيجاباً، علت وجهه نظرة ارتياح. قالت الممرضة للأمريكيين بهدوء: “لقد ظن أنه يحتضر. لقد أساء فهم مقصدكما. كان يتصور أنكما تطالبانه بالتبرع بكل دمه حتى تعيش الفتاة الصغيرة”. سألت ممرضة الأسطول: “ولكن لماذا يمكن أن يوافق على شيء كهذا؟”. كررت الممرضة الفيتنامية السؤال على الفتى باللغة التي يفهمها، فأجاب ببساطة: “لأنها صديقتي”. ليس هناك حب أعظم من هذا الحب؛ أن يهب الإنسان حياته من أجل صديق.

I noticed several things about the drummer all at once. He was focused on the task at hand, keeping perfect rhythm. Instead of a swirl of transparent colors around his torso, there was a small, concentrated starburst of bright red at his sternum. But otherwise his aura was blank. Huh. That was strange. But before I could contemplate it too much, my eyes landed on his face. Wowza. He was smokin' hot. As in H-O-T-T hot. I'd never understood until that moment why girls insisted on adding an extra T. This guy was extra-T worthy. I examined the drummer, determined to find a flaw. Brown hair. An interesting haircut: short around the sides and back, but longer on top, hanging loose and angling across his forehead. His eyes were narrow and his eyebrows were a bit thick and...Oh, who was I kidding? I could pick him apart, but even the shifty slant of his eyes made him more alluring to me.

The church has a reputation for being antipleasure. Many characterize Christians in general the way H. L. Mencken wryly described Puritans: people with a “haunting fear that someone, somewhere might be happy.”3 In reality, the church has led the way in the art of enjoyment and pleasure. New Testament scholar Ben Witherington points out that it was the church, not Starbucks, that created coffee culture.4 Coffee was first invented by Ethiopian monks—the term cappuccino refers to the shade of brown used for the habits of the Capuchin monks of Italy. Coffee is born of extravagance, an extravagant God who formed an extravagant people, who formed a craft out of the pleasures of roasted beans and frothed milk.

Out through that window, three years ago to a day, her husband and her two young brothers went off for their day's shooting. They never came back. In crossing the moor to their favourite snipe-shooting ground they were all three engulfed in a treacherous piece of bog. It had been that dreadful wet summer, you know, and places that were safe in other years gave way suddenly without warning. Their bodies were never recovered. That was the dreadful part of it." Here the child's voice lost its self-possessed note and became falteringly human. "Poor aunt always thinks that they will come back some day, they and the little brown spaniel that was lost with them, and walk in at that window just as they used to do. That is why the window is kept open every evening till it is quite dusk. Poor dear aunt, she has often told me how they went out, her husband with his white waterproof coat over his arm, and Ronnie, her youngest brother, singing 'Bertie, why do you bound?' as he always did to tease her, because she said it got on her nerves. Do you know, sometimes on still, quiet evenings like this, I almost get a creepy feeling that they will all walk in through that window -