Jaynessa Quotes & Sayings

It is true that many creative people fail to make mature personal relationships, and some are extremely isolated. It is also true that, in some instances, trauma, in the shape of early separation or bereavement, has steered the potentially creative person toward developing aspects of his personality which can find fulfillment in comparative isolation. But this does not mean that solitary, creative pursuits are themselves pathological ...
[A]voidance behavior is a response designed to protect the infant from behavioural disorganization. If we transfer this concept to adult life, we can see that an avoidant infant might very well develop into a person whose principal need was to find some kind of meaning and order in life which was not entirely, or even chiefly, dependent upon interpersonal relationships. — Anthony Storr

Nothing natural could cause this kind of fear. It goes beyond a fear of physical harm and into the realm of mental and spiritual. Like the fear of losing your sanity, of losing your soul. — Susan Ee

Every man believes he has a greater possibility. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Maybe wanting to retire is my ambition. — Brenda Blethyn

Here," an old sugar worker told me, "the people have a great love for martyrs
but only after they're dead. Before, there's nothing but complaints. — Eduardo Galeano

And from the first time I picked up a basketball at age eight - I had a lot of difficulty when I first picked up a basketball, because I was a scrub - there were things that I liked about it. — Julius Erving

It is no religion to have for one's wife a girl who is fit only to sit in one's lap, it is the height of irreligion. — Mahatma Gandhi

The majority of tragically fallen Christian leaders during the past ten to fifteen years have been baby boomers who felt driven to achieve and succeed in an increasingly competitive and demanding church environment. Most often their ambition has been a subtle and dangerous combination of their own dysfunctional personal needs and a certain measure of altruistic desire to expand the kingdom of God. However, because ambition is easily disguised in Christian circles and couched in spiritual language (the need to fulfill the Great Commission and expand the church), the dysfunctions that drive Christian leaders often go undetected and unchallenged until it is too late. — Gary L. McIntosh

We all have a cradle-to-the-grave journey to make and, in between, what do you do? There's got to be something hereafter. — Robert Duvall

Family and the natural surroundings played a big role in shaping my values. — Gabrielle Reece

We have to reinvent the wheel every once every once in a while, not because we need a lot of wheels; but because we need a lot of inventors. — Bruce Joyce