Quotes of Florence Griffith Joyner

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The main reason I wanted to be successful was to get out of the ghetto. My parents helped direct my path.

- Florence Griffith Joyner

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“ A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death. ”

- John F. Kennedy

“ Family where life begins & love never ends. ”

- Unknown

“ If you love me as you say you do,' she whispered, 'make it so that I am at peace. ”

- Leo Tolstoy

“ Don't waste your love on somebody, who doesn't value it. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ The human tendency is to resemble or imitate those we admire; the common result is the delusion, that to emulate another’s personality creates a pseudo persona, measurably dissimilar from our own. ”

- RJ Intindola

“ If I love you more than you love me, I’m as good as dead. Yet I can’t make myself take it back. I can’t just walk away from you, because every time you pass by me without smiling, without touching my hand, or at least making eye contact, it feels like I’m dying inside. ”

- Rachel Vincent

“ To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others. ”

- Anne Sophie Swetchine

“ Hmm…now that I think about it, housecats are often coddled and petted. You don’t pet me nearly enough. You must be a lax owner. How selfish of you to deprive your cat of attention. ”

- Colleen Houck

“ Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself. ”

- Leo Buscaglia

“ Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all. ”

- St. Augustine

“ I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward. ”

- Charlotte Bronte

“ If you love something so much let it go. If it comes back it was meant to be; if it doesn't it never was ”

- Albert Schweitzer

“ The night still bold The cold singing by The crickets on their turbo Ushering in a celestial night in beautiful robe For tonight he will wonder into a glorious quest of the night As he lay down his head, will the Angels guard him Good night and sweet dreams ”

- Perpetua Ukakogu

“ Is there any positive energy like enthusiasm? ”

- Lailah Gifty Akita

“ If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y play, and Z keeping your mouth shut. ”

- Albert Einstein

“ Time is persistent, and we need to make the best of it. ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ If ur laptop doesnt smell like fire then ur losing. ”

- Genereux Philip

“ It is better to be respected than it is to be popular. Popularity ends on yearbook day, but respect lasts forever. ”

- John Bytheway

“ We cannot face up to what lies ahead, without facing up to what lies within. ”

- Eleesha

“ Find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go. ”

- Lauren Oliver

“ Do the best, give the best and leave the rest to run after you! ”

- Garima Yonzon

“ Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and a richness to life that nothing else can bring. ”

- Oscar Wilde

“ A dream comes true through repeated actions. ”

- Lailah Gifty Akita