Quotes
Authors
Jessi Kirby
"But sometimes life gives us those rare moments where we do see chance as it’s happening. And in those moments, we have a choice. And sometimes we have to take a risk. And it’s scary. It makes us vulnerable. But I know now it’s worth it." --
Source : Jessi Kirby (2013). “Golden”, p.264, Simon and Schuster
Jessi Kirby
#Giving Quotes
#Choices Quotes
#Scary Quotes
“At moments like this I envy those who have found a safe haven in which to bestow their hearts; or perhaps I envy them for having a heart to bestow. I often feel that I myself am without one, and possess in its stead merely a heart shaped stone.”
“And I know I’m not perfect. But I believe I was meant to be.”
“In old days there were angels who came and took men by the hand and led them away from the city of destruction. We see no white-winged angels now. But yet men are led away from threatening destruction: a hand is put into theirs, which leads them forth gently towards a calm and bright land, so that they look no more backward; and the hand may be a little child's.”
“Everyone steals from something or someone.”
“Everybody reads for me. I was never weird about that. I never minded coming in and reading. They should know if I'm the right person, and I should know if I want to do a movie.”
“We've got to work to save our children and do it with full respect for the fact that if we do not, no one else is going to do it.”
“Muslims cannot be defeated by others. We Muslims are not defeated by our enemies, but instead, we are defeated by our own selves.”
“With respect to the first of these obstacles, it has often been made a matter of grave complaint against Political Economists, that they confine their attention to Wealth, and disregard all consideration of Happiness or Virtue.”
Source : Nassau William Senior (1836). “An Outline of the Science of Political Economy”, p.130
