Jacqueline Winspear famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Coincidence is a messenger sent by truth.
-- Jacqueline Winspear

#Messengers #Coincidence
Shame, isnâ€™t it? That we only like our heroes out in the street when they are looking their best and their uniforms are â€˜spit and polished,â€™ and not when theyâ€™re showing us the wounds they suffered on our behalf.
-- Jacqueline Winspear

#Hero #Uniforms #Shame
Yes, it does make the load rather heavy if you carry tools for every eventuality.
-- Jacqueline Winspear

#Worry #Anxiety #Doe
in this great war [WWI] ... they had, all of them, on all sides, lost their freedom. The freedom to think hopefully of the future.
-- Jacqueline Winspear

#Hope #War #Thinking
Most people don't realize that they feel something is wrong before they think something is wrong ...
-- Jacqueline Winspear

#Thinking #People #Intuition
Never judge a journey by the distance...
-- Jacqueline Winspear

#Distance #Journey #Judging
a question has the most power before we rush to answer it, when it is still making us think, still testing us.
-- Jacqueline Winspear

#Thinking #Answers #Testing
Stay with the question. The more it troubles you, the more it has to teach you.
-- Jacqueline Winspear

#Trouble #Teach
if the way ahead is not clear, time is often the best editor of one's intentions.
-- Jacqueline Winspear

#Time #Editors #Way
only when we have a respect for time will we have learned something of the art of living.
-- Jacqueline Winspear

#Time #Art
One always has riches when one has a book to read.
-- Jacqueline Winspear

#Book #Riches
David Corbett's The Art of Character offers a deep inquiry into the creation of character for the novice writer, with valuable nuggets of wisdom for the seasoned storyteller. If you are a writer, it should be on your desk.
-- Jacqueline Winspear

#Art #Character #Nuggets
Truth walks toward us on the paths of our questions. As soon as you think you have the answer, you have closed the path and may miss the vital new information. Wait awhile in the stillness, and do not rush to conclusions, no matter how uncomfortable the unknowing.
-- Jacqueline Winspear

#Thinking #Waiting #Missing
Memories are links in a golden chain that bind us until we meet again.
-- Jacqueline Winspear

#Memories #Links #Golden
I'll tell you this. Leaving that which you love breaks your heart open. But you will find a jewel inside, and this precious jewel is the opening of your heart to all that is new and all that is different, and it will be the making of you-if you allow it to be.
-- Jacqueline Winspear

#Heart #Jewels #Leaving
But there are many men-and women-who do things in a time of war that they wouldn't dream of doing in peacetime, and all for the common good.
-- Jacqueline Winspear

#Dream #War #Men
It was time to move on, to dance with life again.
-- Jacqueline Winspear

#Moving #Time To Move On
My first ever job after college was as a flight attendant. I wanted to travel and could not afford it, so I decided to get myself a job where I could travel. I did it for two years and had great fun.
-- Jacqueline Winspear

#Jobs #Fun #College
She had always told herself that she did hti job because she wanted to help others; afterall, hadn't Maurice told her once that the most important question any individual could ask was, "How might I serve?" If her response to that question had been pure, surely she would have coninued with the calling to be a nurse.... But that role hadn't been quite enough for her. She would have missed the excitement, the thrill when she embarked on the work of collecting clues to support a case.
-- Jacqueline Winspear

#Jobs #Helping Others #Nurse
It is indeed a wondrous universal alchemy, is it not? When one's heartfelt intentions cause mountains to move.
-- Jacqueline Winspear

#Moving #Heartfelt #Mountain
Im a storyteller; that is what I do. And Im particularly interested in history; and in history of a certain era. But what is interesting for me is how many, how many things you see repeated.
-- Jacqueline Winspear

#Interesting #Eras #Certain

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