Jodi Orgill Brown > Quotes

“He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.” ~ Socrates”
― Jodi Orgill Brown, The Sun Still Shines: How a Brain Tumor Helped Me See the Light

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.”
― Jodi Orgill Brown, The Sun Still Shines: How a Brain Tumor Helped Me See the Light

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’” ~ Mary Anne Radmacher”
― Jodi Orgill Brown, The Sun Still Shines: How a Brain Tumor Helped Me See the Light

“Some gulfs are too wide to cross by bridge; Those require a leap of faith.” ~ Jodi Brown”
― Jodi Orgill Brown, The Sun Still Shines: How a Brain Tumor Helped Me See the Light

“At some point in time, we all have to choose whether our wounds will define us, or refine us.”
― Jodi Orgill Brown, The Sun Still Shines: How a Brain Tumor Helped Me See the Light

“day. I quickly learned I could impact my health and attitude with gratitude.”
― Jodi Orgill Brown, The Sun Still Shines: How a Brain Tumor Helped Me See the Light

“Jodi Orgill Brown is inspired by people who live fulfilled lives in spite of their struggles. She loves spending time with her muses,”
― Jodi Orgill Brown, The Sun Still Shines: How a Brain Tumor Helped Me See the Light

“Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it’s less good than the one you had before. You can fight it, you can do nothing but scream about what you’ve lost, or you can accept that and try to put together something that’s good.” ~ Elizabeth Edwards”
― Jodi Orgill Brown, The Sun Still Shines: How a Brain Tumor Helped Me See the Light

“Kristi’s call reminded me that there were many times in life when we want to be there, to help those we love, but we simply can’t. Mom and Dad had told me about all the people who volunteered to leave their own families to come and help us. Kristi represented all whose hearts were with me, even though they were not.”
― Jodi Orgill Brown, The Sun Still Shines: How a Brain Tumor Helped Me See the Light

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity.”
― Jodi Orgill Brown, The Sun Still Shines: How a Brain Tumor Helped Me See the Light

“Verse is not written, it is bled; Out of the poet’s abstract head. Words drip the poem on the page; Out of his grief, delight and rage.” ~ Paul Engle”
― Jodi Orgill Brown, The Sun Still Shines: How a Brain Tumor Helped Me See the Light

“We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.” ~ Joseph Campbell”
― Jodi Orgill Brown, The Sun Still Shines: How a Brain Tumor Helped Me See the Light

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.” ~ Maya Angelou”
― Jodi Orgill Brown, The Sun Still Shines: How a Brain Tumor Helped Me See the Light

“Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you–not because they are nice, but because you are.” ~ Unknown”
― Jodi Orgill Brown, The Sun Still Shines: How a Brain Tumor Helped Me See the Light

“Finding joy in the experience of imperfection is a surer way to happiness than the pursuit of happiness as a goal.”
― Jodi Orgill Brown, Rise Above Depression: Encouragement and Tips from Those Who Do It Every Day

“Patience is not simply the ability to wait—it’s how we behave while we’re waiting.” ~ Joyce Meyer”
― Jodi Orgill Brown, The Sun Still Shines: How a Brain Tumor Helped Me See the Light