Tonny K Brown > Tonny's Quotes

“Love is always opposed by hate, truth is always opposed by the lie, and hope is always met with despair. Yet, we, who will dare hold fast to those things dearest in our hearts, must sojourn, from time to time, into unknown darkness to spread light. For though we live in perilous times, we shall not yield to them.”
― Tonny K. Brown

“I am a firm believer in the ‘Power of Persuasion.’
Insomuch as, whatever you believe are your limitations, will become your limitation.”
― Tonny K. Brown

“Those who believe in justice find silence too great a burden to carry.”
― Tonny K. Brown

“Love is always reminding me that there is something else left to do”
― Tonny K. Brown

“A friend is someone that asks, 'how are you,' and really wants to hear the truth.”
― Tonny K. Brown

“Every war is not worth fighting and
every victory is not worth celebrating
because not ever disagreement
should create an enemy.”
― Tonny K. Brown

“When I consider writing I sometimes wonder why doesn't everybody do it, other times I wonder why does anybody do it.”
― Tonny K. Brown

“The only way to know if you can ever grab hold of your dreams is to reach for them.”
― Tonny K. Brown

“The one thing that you can be sure about of what mankind has learned over the centuries...is that he has paid attention to none of it.”
― Tonny K. Brown

“The only shores you will never reach in life are those you have allowed yourself to believe, were too far.”
― Tonny K. Brown

“A heart assured of its purpose will have the honor to admit when it is wrong, the courage to examine the reason for its faith and the strength to recover from the pain of any wrong it has done. And it will possess the greatest power known to both God and man; the power to forgive “AND” most certainly forget. A heart such as this shall always have the voice to answer life.”
― Tonny K. Brown

“The sins of the Fathers that are visited upon the Sons is not ignorance, but indifference to the truth.”
― Tonny K. Brown

“I have never known anything to be as exquisite or as excruciating as the Love-Hate relationship I have with writing.”
― Tonny K. Brown

“Of all the dreams of love that ever I have dreamed, no matter how fantastic, no matter how unbelievablely dear, no matter the shed tears, the heartfelt sadness or joy. I have found that real love is more wonderful than any dream.”
― Tonny K. Brown

“Fidelity to the truth is the obligation of all those who claim to love it. It is the unseen halo that accompanies those that seek to share their light, it is the reason why we can still believe in good and claim our humanity. It is the only condition that gives us the power by which we may love unconditionally.”
― Tonny K. Brown

“The discoveries of my life that were of greatest significance (1) When I discovered love, (2) When I discovered faith and (3) When I discovered one cannot be without the other.”
― Tonny K. Brown

“Of all the things one can be known for in their lifetime, I think quitter is among the worst.”
― Tonny K. Brown

“Do not ignore the voice of your heart always in favor of your logical mind. For the heart remembers beauties that the mind cannot recall and thus speaks for a reason.”
― Tonny K. Brown

“The room was full with voices, loud music and beautiful people milling about everywhere. But all I noticed was her; beautiful, elegant and sitting alone in a quiet corner trying to remain unseen, to blend in, to become invisible, as if she actually thought such a thing was possible.”
― Tonny K. Brown

“Tomorrow I shall write something beautiful, something so serene
that storms will rise suddenly and protest with ferocious screams.
I shall write poems for the poets and for the songster a single song
That will tell a tale of such beauty the heart of earth shall moan.

But today, today shall be special for all I will do
is sit quietly alone and think of you and think of you.”
― Tonny K. Brown

“I am frequently asked by people if I would like to be known or remembered for being a Great Poet or a Great Writer. The simple answer is this:

There are many Great Poets and even more Great Writers, thus I answer and say, I would like to be remembered as a capable poet that was a good writer that possessed a truly loving soul, and that all may know, for me, this was great enough.”
― Tonny K. Brown

“We progress to regress, you and I, always beginning where we began. Hurrying forward just enough, so that our “back-sliding” will not lead to 'our' end. Wondering when will Love grow tired of our loveless game, of our disregard for the feelings that true love claims, of you and I and the same-old-same.”
― Tonny K. Brown

“In spite of your lies and deceit, I admit I do love you darling, I really do. But I must leave you anyway, because there is nothing left within you that I can live with.”
― Tonny K. Brown

“I do not fear being hurt, nor am I ever sorry should such pain take hold of me. My real fear would be to never know the the joy of loving someone so deeply as to be that vulnerable…”
― Tonny K. Brown

“I believed all Angels had wings, that they never cried, that I would live a lifetimes and never see one up close, never know the glow of such skin, or know how intoxicating the feel of her soft lips pressing hard against mine, or how beautiful was a simple touch, and then you walked into my life and made me wonder why I had wasted so much time thinking about Angels.”
― Tonny K. Brown

“Others may take away your means of support, they may take away your opportunity to grow and may even cause you to doubt your self-worth. But only you can give away your dignity, only you can give away your voice to proclaim who you really are, and only you can give away those pieces of your soul that make you human and determine your character.”
― Tonny K. Brown

“There is nothing more dangerous or more plentiful in all the world than unreasonable men of greed that preach an intolerant ideology and are full of a self-esteeming and illogical moral creed.”
― Tonny K. Brown

“Being prepared is not just the beginning, it is also the end and everything in between. Without being fully prepared, your chances of success depends on anything but you.”
― Tonny K. Brown

“It is never hard to convince a man of something he already wants to believe”
― Tonny K. Brown

“Let us not confuse love with passion. Love, True Love is eternal. Passion just rides as far as the thought of love will take him. Never blame love for passions faults.”
― Tonny K. Brown