J Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with J. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Just as you need the man in your life to love you unconditionally, even when you’re not particularly lovable, your man needs you to demonstrate your respect for him regardless of whether he’s meeting your expectations at the moment.”
Source: For Women Only, Revised and Updated Edition: What You Need to Know about the Inner Lives of Men
“Just as you need to add logs to a fire to maintain it, you need to feed your passion to keep it burning strong.”
Source: The 25 Mindsets: Understand Anyone, Even Yourself
“Just as you ought not to attempt to cure eyes without head or head without body, so you should not treat body without soul.”
“Just as you wash your hands before eating, clear your mind before engaging with the world.”
“Just as you will never lose me, you will never lose your crown. Your coronet will guide sailors to safety through the labyrinth of the treacherous seas. Women will look to it for a sign of comfort, a light in the darkness. Children will whisper their wishes to it before they close their eyes to dream. It will stay there, fast and true, for all time.”
Source: Ariadne
“Just as you won’t enjoy the fruits of the tree you dislike, so you won’t even wait to learn from people you hate.”
Source: Leaders' Frontpage: Leadership Insights from 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Thoughts
“Just as you would build and use stamina to be a champion sportsperson, you need to deploy Resilience to face challenging Life situations. Resilience is like the Bluetooth feature on your smartphone. You need to activate it to use it. And you activate, you deploy, the Resilience from within you by anchoring in Faith – by trusting the process of Life. So, no matter what you are dealing with, don’t run away from Life; turn around and face your fears. Know that you have the staying power in you to get through Life. Know that if you have a problem, you will also have the means, the mechanism, to deal with the problem even if you can’t always solve it immediately!”
“Just as you would greet your family or your pet, say, 'Hello! I'm home,' to your house when you return. If you forget when you walk in the door, then later, when you remember, say, 'Thank you for giving me shelter.”
Source: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
“Just as you would not neglect seeds that you planted with hope that they will bear vegetables and fruits and flowers, so must you attend to nourish the garden of your becoming.”
“Just as you would not permit a fellow employee to steal a piece of office equipment, you shouldn't let anyone walk away with the time of his fellow managers.”
“Just as you wouldn't leave the house without taking a shower, you shouldn't start the day without at least 10 minutes of sacred practice: prayer, meditation, inspirational reading.”
“Just as young people absorb all kinds of messages from the media, young girls learn what it means to be a woman by watching the older women in their lives.”
“Just as your body relies on good food, rest and exercise, your soul needs nurturing.”
Source: Reading the Soul
“Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance.”
“Just as your earthly house is a place of refuge, so God's house is a place of peace.”
Source: The Great House of God
“Just as your hand has the power to hide the sun, mediocrity has the power to hide your inner light. Do not blame others for your own incompetence.”
Source: Warrior of the Light -
“Just as your hand, held before the eye, can hide the tallest mountain, so this small earthly life keeps us from seeing the vast radiance that fills the core of the universe.”
“Just as your physical body is composed of tissue, organs, bones, and different parts, so your subtle physical body has many different parts.”
“Just as Yukihira took advantage of her Divine Tongue..."
"... Nakiri turned around and took advantage of one of Soma's recipes...
... making it an integral part of her own dish!"
"Heh heh! You cheeky thief, you.
First you plagiarize my "Happy to serve." And then you steal my recipes?"
"Hmph! You started it.
So no complaining!”
Source: 食戟のソーマ 30 [Shokugeki no Souma 30]
“Just as, at least in one religion, accidia is the first of the cardinal sins, so bordom, and particularly the incredible circumstance of waking up bored, was the only vice Bond utterly condemned.”
“Just as, in travel, one may miss seeing the sunset because one cannot find the ticket-office or is afraid of missing the train, so in even the closest human relationships a vast amount of time and of affection is drained away in minor misunderstandings, missed opportunities, and failures in consideration or understanding.”
“Just as, out of habit, one consults a run-down clock as though it were still going, so too one may look at the face of a beautiful woman as though he still loved her.”
“Just as, when we touch a live wire, the electric force infuses itself into our body, when we deeply meditate on God the power of the whole universe seeks entry into our personality.”
“Just as, with the radio, there are certain things that you become fond of,and you welcome them and resent the new things”
Source: Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories
“Just ask anybody who is getting old - everything starts hurting. For me, it's my shoulders, thumbs, knees and feet.”
“Just ask how I'm feeling, I want to say. Just ask and I may tell you. But no one does.”
Source: Saving Francesca
“Just ask me to show you, and I will. I may be a virgin, a first time lover, but every second I can't do what burns in me to do, is an eternal fucking torment. ~Ruin”
Source: The Waking
“Just ask the local people for the best food. Don't rely on a guidebook.”
“Just ask your self... am I happy" - Moirae Choquette”
“Just ask yourself what record you played over and over again when you were depressed or what record made you really happy? Those will never change and you should never be embarrassed by it.”
“Just ask yourself, if we weren't taught to be women, what would we be? (Ask yourself this question even if you're a man, and don't cheat by changing the words.)”
“Just asleep," Eddis reassured her. At the sound of her voice Eugenides's head turned slightly, but he didn't wake. Attolia, seeing the movement, breathed again and pressed her hand to her chest where it hurt.”
“Just at present you only see the tree by the light of the lamp. I wonder when you would ever see the lamp by the light of the tree.”
Source: The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton
“Just at that moment, Gwizdo and Hector came running.
"Oh, you could at least have waited for me", grumbled Gwizdo hypocritically.”
Source: Chasseurs de Dragons, Tome 8 : Le retour de Zoria
“Just at that moment she glanced towards him and saw him smiling at her, his eyes lingering on her with warmth and an indefinable something else. Her heart caught in her chest”
“Just at the age 'twixt boy and youth, When thought is speech, and speech is truth.”
Source: The poetical works of sir Walter Scott. With life. 8 engr. on steel
“Just at the turn of the tide, nature held its breath - no bird sang, everything seemed to be waiting and waiting. And then, sure enough, as if someone had flicked a switch, everything started in motion again.”
“Just at this juncture the boy felt a slow, fateful grip closing on his ear, and a steady lifting impulse. In that vise he was borne across the house and deposited in his own seat, under a peppering fire of giggles from the whole school. Then the master stood over him during a few awful moments, and finally moved away to his throne without saying a word. But although Tom's ear tingled, his heart was jubilant.”
Source: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“Just at this point of my progress, Mr. Auld found out what was going on, and at once forbade Mrs. Auld to instruct me further, telling her, among other things, that it was unlawful, as well as unsafe, to teach a slave to read. To use his own words, further, he said, "If you give a [n****r] an inch, he will take an ell. A [n****r] should know nothing but to obey his master--to do as he is told to do. Learning would spoil the best [n****r] in the world. Now," said he, "if you teach that [n****r] (speaking of myself) how to read, there would be no keeping him. It would forever unfit him to be a slave. He would at once become unmanageable, and of no value to his master. As to himself, it could do him no good, but a great deal of harm. It would make him discontented and unhappy.”
Source: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
“Just avoid things like racing trains to the crossing, doing cocaine, etc. Develop good mental habits.”
“Just balancing all the different projects, I mean I spent almost 10 years just doing Nasty Gal and I say "just" but that was a lot, and it's still a lot.”
“Just bc u loved and lost doesn't mean stop loving. If u have a nightmare, does it mean u stop dreaming?”
“Just be, because you are”
“Just be calm to enjoy the charm.”
“Just be careful," a Seattle homicide detective warned. "Maybe we'd better know where to find your dental records in case we need to identify you."
I laughed, but the words were jarring; the black humor that would surround Ted Bundy evermore begun.”
Source: The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story
“Just be careful, hon,” Rosanna said.
“Oh, are the plates hot?” I flinched back just before my hands made contact.
Rosanna laughed. “No, but hot boys can burn you just as easily.”
Source: The Boys of Summer
“Just… be careful.’
I stared at her, baffled. 'Of what?’
'Of powerful men.”
Source: Shadow and Bone
“Just be careful of the what-ifs,” she warns. They’ll tumble in your head like laundry that won’t dry.”
Source: The Cool Part of His Pillow
“Just be careful. Passion is a bridge that connects love and hate. When you're standing in the middle of that bridge, don't let yourself get turned around. You've got to make sure you know which direction you're heading. Watch yourself.”
Source: Kamikaze Boys (gay young adult)
“Just be careful. When we arrive at the house, you can’t look to me for help or instruction. Remember, I am your human subjugate. You keep me about you for blood—blood whenever you want it—and nothing else.” “So you’re not going to speak tonight,” Tessa said. “At all.” “Not unless you instruct me to,” said Will. “This evening sounds as if it might be better than I thought.”
Source: Clockwork Angel