Jackson 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?

Annabeth:My fatal flaw. That's what the Sirens showed me. My fatal flaw is hubris. Percy: the brown stuff they spread on veggie sandwiches? Annabeth:No, Seaweed Brain. That's HUMMUS. hubris is worse. Percy: what could be worse than hummus? Annabeth: Hubris means deadly pride, Percy. Thinking you can do things better than anyone else... Even the gods.

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.

A Vampire!" I stammered. Then I noticed her legs. Below the cheerleader skirt, her left leg was brown and shaggy with a donkey's hoof. Her right leg was shaped like a human leg was it was made of bronze. "Uhh, a vampire with-" "Don't mention the legs!" Tammi snapped. "It's rude to make fun.

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.

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

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

Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon

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.

When you've found another soul who see's in to your own...take good care of each other..and remember to be kind..

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

My fatal flaw is hubris. The brown stuff they spread on veggie sandwiches? No, seaweed brain. That's hummus. Hubris is worse. What could be worse than hummus?

[Tyson] looked him over with that massive baby-brown eye. “You are not dead. I like it when you are not dead.” Ella fluttered to the ground and began preening her feathers. “Ella found a dog,” she announced. “A large dog. And a Cyclops.” Was she blushing? Before Percy could decide, his black mastiff pounced on him, knocking Percy to the ground and barking so loudly that even Arion backed up. “Hey, Mrs. O'Leary,” Percy said. “Yeah, I love you, too, girl. Good dog.” Hazel squeaked. “You have a hellhound named Mrs. O'Leary?” “Long story.

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.

The goldenrod is yellow, The corn is turning brown... The trees in apple orchards With fruit are bending down.

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'm going to let that slide because you seemed to have been in the middle of being eaten by a monster.” He was clutching his midsection as if from pain, the squashed remnants of a soft brown cookie squeezing between his fingers as though dough from a pasta machine.

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

#1487: Hug a cow.

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

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

Be brave. Even if you're not, pretend to be. No one can tell the difference. Don't allow the phone to interrupt important moments. It's there for your convenience, not the callers. Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is. Don't burn bridges. You'll be surprised how many times you have to cross the same river. Don't forget, a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. Don't major in minor things. Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Helen Keller, Leonardo Da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein. Don't spread yourself too thin. Learn to say no politely and quickly. Don't use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved. Don't waste time grieving over past mistakes Learn from them and move on. Every person needs to have their moment in the sun, when they raise their arms in victory, knowing that on this day, at his hour, they were at their very best. Get your priorities straight. No one ever said on his death bed, 'Gee, if I'd only spent more time at the office'. Give people a second chance, but not a third. Judge your success by the degree that you're enjoying peace, health and love. Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly. Leave everything a little better than you found it. Live your life as an exclamation, not an explanation. Loosen up. Relax. Except for rare life and death matters, nothing is as important as it first seems. Never cut what can be untied. Never overestimate your power to change others. Never underestimate your power to change yourself. Remember that overnight success usually takes about fifteen years. Remember that winners do what losers don't want to do. Seek opportunity, not security. A boat in harbor is safe, but in time its bottom will rot out. Spend less time worrying who's right, more time deciding what's right. Stop blaming others. Take responsibility for every area of your life. Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get. The importance of winning is not what we get from it, but what we become because of it. When facing a difficult task, act as though it's impossible to fail.

Turn off the tap when brushing your teeth.

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.

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

Don't confront me with my failures, I had not forgotten them.

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

Live your life as an exclamation, not an explanation.

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.

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

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

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

Let some things remain mysterious.

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

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

It was like ‘child broomstick’ or ‘child brown sick,

Please don't confront me with my failures I have not forgotten them

Our flag is red, white and blue, but our nation is a rainbow -- red, yellow, brown, black and white -- and we're all precious in God's sight.

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they are not on your road does not mean they have gotten lost.

Never be ashamed of honest tears.

Pray not for things, but for wisdom and courage.

Do battle against prejudice and discrimination wherever you find it.

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

It wasn't until Kiffney-Brown, when I met Jason Talbot, that I really thought I might actually have one of those boyfriend kind of stories to tell the next time I got together with my old friends. Jason was smart, good-looking, and seriously on the rebound after his girlfriend at Jackson dumped him for, in his words, 'a juvenile delinquent welder with a tattoo'.

If Daddy was a color, he would be a forest green—thick, lush, calm, whispering refreshing wisdom only few could hear. If Michael was a color, he would be bark brown—cocoa, mocha, chocolate, the color of earth. Quiet, supportive, but strong. A softness that love grows from. Together, they are the tree I lean on when I’m weary. The tree I swing from. The tree of life when surrounded by death.

My mother can make me feel good just by walking into the room. Her eyes sparkle and change color in the light. Her smile is as warm as a quilt. She's got a few gray streaks mixed in with her long brown hair, but I never think of her as old. When she looks at me, it's like she's seeing all the good things about me, none of the bad. I've never heard her raise her voice or say an unkind word to anyone, not even me or Gabe.

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.

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