Jon English quotes

“I have crushed the cup of youth like a rose between my fingers but its nectar never warmed my weary heart.”
-- Jon English

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“You can lay down and die, or you can get up and fight, but that's it - there's no turning back.”
-- Jon English

#Inspirational Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Down And Quotes

“Out there in the spotlight you're a million miles away and every ounce of energy you try to give away as the sweat pours out your body like the music that you play.”
-- Jon English

Source : Song: Turn The Page

#Play Quotes #Sweat Quotes #Giving Quotes

“I was born in March 1949, a post war baby boomer.”
-- Jon English

#Baby Quotes #War Quotes #March Quotes

“I was lucky enough to see the Beatles play live.”
-- Jon English

#Play Quotes #Lucky Quotes #Enough Quotes

“Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.”

“I sought them far and found them, The sure, the straight, the brave, The hearts I lost my own to, The souls I could not save They braced their belts about them, They crossed in ships the sea, They sought and found six feet of ground, And there they died for me.”

“To truly find God, truth needs to be found independently from the opinions of others. The truth has to be found in our hearts.”

“Who that has reason, and his smell, Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?”

“You've a pretty good nerve," said Ratchett. "Will twenty thousand dollars tempt you?" It will not." If you're holding out for more, you won't get it. I know what a thing's worth to me." I, also M. Ratchett." What's wrong with my proposition?" Poirot rose. "If you will forgive me for being personal - I do not like your face, M. Ratchett," he said.”

“Let opening roses knotted oaks adorn, And liquid amber drop from every thorn.”

“So, timely you came, and well you chose, You came when most needed, my winter rose. From the snow I pluck you, and fondly press Your leaves 'twixt the leaves of my leaflessness.”

Source : Alfred Austin, “My Winter Rose”

“If love were what the rose is, And I were like the leaf, Our lives would grow together In sad or singing weather.”

Source : "A Match" l. 1 (1866)

“Espresso is a miracle of chemistry in a cup,”

“As leaders, we are never responsible for filling anyone else's cup. Our responsibility is to empty ours.”