Jackie Joyner-Kersee Quotes

Even though I'm not a competitive athlete, I have to still maintain things and try to keep myself fit because I am at that age where I need to make sure to get those regular checkups and make sure everything is in tact.

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

AgeMyselfFitnessI AmAthleteTry

I suspect that war will become obsolete only when something worse supercedes it.

Joe Haldeman

WarWillBecomeSomethingWorse

It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality.

Max Beerbohm

QualityClaimEasierThanDefect

If you want something, and you find an obstacle, you need to get over it. By any means necessary.

Stacey Dash

YouFindWantNeedOverObstacle

Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man, but they don't bite everybody.

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

ManThoughtsJumpBiteLikeFleas

I loved to write; in my late teens I had a 'zine. But it wasn't until I went back to school, later on in my 20s, that I actually saw that I had writing talent.

Sonja Sohn

SchoolTalentWritingLovedBack

I want to influence the younger generation to know that we have the ability to make a change and bring us all together. Black Lives Matter.

Trevor Jackson

ChangeTogetherInfluenceGeneration

What has gone catastrophically wrong in England and the States is that for 30 years we've lost the ability to talk about the state in positive terms. We've raised a generation or two of young people who don't think to ask, 'What can the state do that is good?'

Tony Judt

PositiveGoodPeopleThinkWrong

I was one of those people who put too much emphasis on work and career and material possessions, and it took its toll on all my relationships, on my physical health, my emotional and mental health.

Tony Shalhoub

WorkHealthPeopleMental Health

I do not pretend to write much of a letter. You know under what circumstances I am writing.

Joshua Chamberlain

I AmWritingYouKnowCircumstances

I grew up across the street from, you know, the Villarias, which was a great Mexican family there. In fact, there was three houses right across the street from me. So, day and night, I listened to Mexican music, and I'm sure, you know, my guitar playing, singing, writing, whatever, has a lot of Mexican flavor there, but it comes natural.

Willie Nelson

FamilyMusicGreatDayMeSinging

While Congressional members face the political costs of debate on military action, our service members bear the human costs of those decisions. And if we choose to avoid debate, avoid accountability, avoid a hard decision, how can we demand that our military willingly sacrifice their very lives?

Tim Kaine

ServiceDecisionSacrificeAction

Biden's support for Mubarak in the face of his falling regime sends a powerful and unfortunate message to the Arab world that their freedoms are negotiable.

Richard Grenell

SupportWorldFacePowerfulFalling

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Jackie Joyner-Kersee