Jose N. Harris Quotes

Enjoy the top 122 famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Jose N. Harris.

“You see, violence merely creates more violence.
Its a cycle that never ends ...
You insult me, I shoot you, you drop dead.
Someone else insults me, I shoot them, they drop dead ...
And it just keeps repeating over and over again.
And for what? lol”
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“Waiting hurts. Forgetting hurts. But not knowing which decision to take can sometimes be the most painful ...”

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“I may not be there yet, but I'm closer than I was yesterday.”

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“Don't let your plans or goals become more important than yourself, or the ones you care about!”

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“-10 SUGGESTIONS FOR LIVING A MORE MEANINGFUL LIFE
1. Be honest with everyone.
2. Change before you have to.
3. Control your own destiny or someone else will.
4. Face reality as it is, not as it was ... or as you wish it to be.
5. Instill in others- faith, hope and self-confidence.
6. If you can't develop a competitive attitude or have a competitive advantage, don't try to compete. You'll lose.
7. Don't waste your time always looking for shortcuts.
8. Man-up when necessary.
9. Never lose faith in God.
10. Love.”

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I am a Veteran, as are most of my personal friends. A Veteran is someone, who at one point in their life, wrote a blank check payable to the United States of America for an amount up to, and including, their life. Regardless of personal or political views, there are way too many people in this country who no longer remember that fact ...

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“Sometimes it takes a period of deep darkness, before we end up seeing the brightest stars ...”

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“The ache for "home" lives inside all of us, to be able to return to our safe place and not have to be stressed and burdeoned by the world. Home”

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“If we focus just on what's ugly and bad, we attract more ugliness into our thoughts, and then into our emotions, and eventually into our lives ...”

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“Some people want to believe they can be an instant hero in eveyday life. A real hero is someone that stands by your side and appreciates you everyday!”

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“Out of the blue, someone can just walk into your life, and make you realize why things never worked out with anyone else. And this is the person you were meant to be with ... forever.”

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Just when you think you know everything you can about a person ... surprise!

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“Would you save my soul tonight?”

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“For years now, I have waited to grow up. The truth, that I've learned, is that age has no reality except in the physical world. Our essence, of being human, is resistant to the passage of time. Our core and inner selves can remain eternal. Which is to say that our spirits remain as youthful and vigorous as when we thought we were in full bloom. As for me, I'm still quite a child inside..”

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“The fastest runners don't always win the race and the greatest heroes don't always win the battles. But just keep running and fighting if that's all you can do. Never lose faith. And one day, you just might attain all that you hoped for and ... more.”

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“I don't believe in revenge. It's unnecessary. I prefer using a very discreet psychological intervention topped of with a short burst of extreme violence!”

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“I want that perfect ending. But I've learned the hard way, that some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle and end. My life has not been about knowing or figuring everything out. It's been about having to deal with change, about taking a moment and making the best of it, even if I knew I'd have to take a big risk. Life is really about trying to move forward without knowing exactly what is going to happen next.”

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Your life is your path.
It's what's right in front of you.
You can't walk down anyone else's path.
The task is to live your own and
to not try to follow someone else's path
just because you think it looks better.

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“There is always a way to solve a problem,
and even though I can't see it sometimes,
I choose to believe that a solution always exists.”

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If you take a hard look at the people in your life, you may be blown away by how many explorers and survivalists surround you. Everyday, I'm amazed by the number of people I meet, who have climbed Mt. Everest, time and time again ...
without ever having been to the Himalayas.

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“When I was young, I used to think I was the weirdest person in the world. But then I thought there are so many people in the world, there must be someone else out there who felt the same as me. Maybe that person might be out there wondering about me too? Well, I hope that if you are out there and read this ... just know, that yes, it's true I'm here and we're both weirdos!”

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“I don't hate anyone. but if someone I knew ever got hit by a bus ... I'd probably be driving it.”

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“One of the things I learned firsthand as a child, growing up in Zacatecas, Mexico was ...
that when you fight with a pig,
you both get dirty,
but the pig likes it.”

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“Maybe some love is guaranteed? Maybe if it fits snugly and perfectly inside you and around you? Like your skin and bones ...”

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“Dream. Think. Believe. Pray. Do. Become. Then, share your story and inspire others. Share you story!”

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“When you are struggling with something, look around at everyone else and realize that every single person you see is struggling with something, and to them, it's just as hard as what you're going through. We are all struggling.”

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“If you want to freak someone out, don't ask them ... What's the least you can do?
Instead ask them ... What's the most you can do?”

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“My karma was to be born in America where adults do not believe in happiness or fun, or at most these are considered low priorities. But everytime I leave this country, I always long for home.”

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“We draw our strength from the pains and despairs in which we have been forced to endure. But because of that strength, we shall endure.”

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Even when I have bad manners ... I'm still polite!

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“We are born into this world with a life-long hunger for food ...
We are born into this world with a life-long hunger for love ...”

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“I like BIG BOOKS
and I cannot lie!”

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“Fighting can be like champagne. It can go to the head of a coward as quickly as of a hero. Anyone has the ability to be brave on a battlefield; when you are forced with the choice of: Be brave or ... be killed.
You may not realize it, but most of us have the chance to be heroes off the battlefield. When we take a stance and find our inner courage, instead of looking the other direction when we encounter evilness or oppression.”

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Most people know that when we are faced with an immediate perceived "threat," adrenaline kicks in and we experience the "fight or flight syndrome".
Well, the brain also works the same at higher levels of processing. When we perceive a "crisis", even if we have time to think about it, our brain will perceive it as a "danger" or as an "opportunity". And ... we will act accordingly. And ... we will have an outcome based on that perception- danger or opportunity. I try to choose "opportunity" every time.

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“Esteban took a step backwards and took his sweatshirt off. He folded it and placed it on the ground next to the wall. He looked like a matador preparing for a bullfight. I opened my mouth and almost said something ...”

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“I promise I shall never give up, and that I'll die sharing my stories and laughing with you and until then, I'll run around this world ... Confessing my stories and making everyone else, confess their's to me.”

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My witness is the wind, which has gone on and on, and will continue on and on. And it will carry forward my hopes and dreams for you ... and for us.

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“Just listening, can sometimes be a great act of kindness!”

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Somedays, I feel as if I'm Marc Anthony ... and not because I can sing!

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“If you want to see if you can swim, you have to have enough faith and be willing to get your feet wet first ...”