Jamie Thon > Jamie's Quotes

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World

“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

“Why does anyone do anything? Belief. A belief that they are doing right and just in their actions.”
― Libba Bray, The Diviners

“The course of true love never did run smooth; But, either it was different in blood,
O cross! too high to be enthrall’d to low.
Or else misgraffed in respect of years,
O spite! too old to be engag’d to young.
Or else it stood upon the choice of friends,
O hell! to choose love by another’s eye.”
― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

“We would all believe in God if he served our every whim. Belief is not about an easy life or even truth. Belief is something you have regardless.”
― Jessica Shirvington, Enticed

“There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why.”
― William Barclay

“Take down the walls.”
― Lauren Oliver, Requiem

“Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory.”
― Philip Yancey, Disappointment with God

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
― Leo Tolstoy

“Sometimes people are beautiful.
Not in looks.
Not in what they say.
Just in what they are.”
― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger