Jumping Quotes

“The job of feets is walking, but their hobby is dancing.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Wings are like dreams. Before each flight, a bird takes a small jump, a leap of faith, believing that its wings will work. That jump can only be made with rock solid feet.”
― J.R. Rim

“Sometimes to change a situation you are in requires you to take a giant leap. But, you won't be able to fly unless you are willing to transform.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“When you have come to the edge of all that you know and are about to drop off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things will happen,’ the Warmaster had told him.
‘And what are they?’ he had asked.
‘That there will be something solid to stand on or you’ll be taught to fly,’ laughed Horus as he jumped.”
― Graham McNeill, False Gods

“They arrived home again to a most peculiar sight. The small garden at the front of the Banana House had been transformed. A tidal wave of cushions, beanbags, quilts, hearth rugs, and sleeping bags appeared to have swept up the lawn and broken at the wall. From Indigo's window a multicolored rope of knotted bedsheets came snaking out and ended among the cushions. As Micheal and Caddy watched, a mattress emerged and fell to the ground, followed by a rain of pillows.
"Indigo!" shouted Caddy, jumping out of the car.
Indigo's and Rose's heads appeared in the window above.
"It's all right, Caddy!" Indigo called cheerfully. "We've been doing it all the time you've been gone."
"We keep finding more stuff to land on!" added Rose. "Look!”
― Hilary McKay, Saffy's Angel

“Not only should we encourage kids to daydream, but also to jump-in and build those dreams. Dreaming is largely lost among adults drowning in self-imposed realities.”
― Ryan Lilly

“Don't be afraid! Hold my hand and let's jump off that cliff; together.”
― Ahmed Mostafa

“I don't jump in real life, why would I jump in a photo?”
― Sara Quin

“When a man is standing at the top of a cliff, it isn’t fear of falling that keeps him rooted to the edge — it’s the fear of not being able to resist the desire to jump, just to see what falling feels like.”
― Cristelle Comby, Russian Dolls

“Ripples are made by those reckless enough to jump into the ocean.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Before You Doubt Yourself: Pep Talks and other Crucial Discussions

“Riding high and above the waves on extemporaneous notions of an afterlife, Michael brought one foot forward and let it dangle over the roof’s edge. He knew that he did not have much time before the other would follow. Some patients below could see the figure atop the building from
the courtyard. They started to rile with anticipation, their irate murmurings incomprehensible. A
groundskeeper looked up to see what justified the commotion. Michael could hear the shouts
from below. He almost toppled when the wind picked up again, but recovered and kept one foot
dangling with the other anchored to the roof. The hoots came louder now, almost calling him
toward them like sirens guiding ships in the night. From below it was impossible to make out the
face of the balancing figurine now poised in suspended descent. Another gust came. He closed
his eyes, felt the levity manifesting, and felt the complete freedom inside. He could feel himself
gliding down like the sail of a weightless craft, forever plunging into the great beyond, below
where mermaids sing and summon their lovers home, further down into the depths of some
complacent serenity, further down where thoughts float away and never return and the lightness
is so grand that there is no other worldly place imaginable, for there is no world left to be
considered. There is only the soul, free from the prison of the body, and it is released to travel
another millennium through time, carrying with it the progress and industry gathered from the
mind previously occupied. The time it spans inconceivable. He let his other foot go from the roof
and felt himself completely let go.”
― Matthew Chase Stroud, Paths of Young Men

“Avoid jumping into conclusion! This may cause your idea fractured. Authority will not be responsible!”
― Abhijit Kar Gupta

“Marta Jolicoeur: We all learned how to ride from George and had wonderful riding careers but more than that, George taught us how to be successful in life...George had us all sized up. He used to tell me that I'm a worrier and he was right! I used to get rally nervous in the ring when I was about fifteen, and he made me go around the ring, reciting out loud, 'I know I'm going to see a distance. It might be a little short or a little long, but I know I'm going to see something.' I would have to say it loud over and over again on course...”
― George H. Morris, Unrelenting: The Real Story: Horses, Bright Lights and My Pursuit of Excellence

“Only those who are great masters of jumping have the right to mock the obstacles on their paths!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Humanity was a precipice and she was standing on the edge of it, staring into the wild and yawning void that encompassed all things bestial and frightening. It would be so easy to jump, to let go and fall in—but once she started falling, her fear was that she would never stop.”
― Nenia Campbell, Star Crossed

“And from the top of the building I look down upon the world and see the crowds of people in the city I have made and the world that I have created.
This universe, my universe, dies with me. I will jump and I will die and yet, I will live, as I always do.
I will live and die and murder, a massacre of my people. And I watch as the girl’s bare feet leap and her naked body falls. Down, down, down, she falls. She drops. Into the fires of a hell of my making.”
― Emma Rose Kraus, A Blue One

“He stopped and stared intently at Rincewind. "Every night I come out here and look down." he finished, "and I never jump. Courage is hard to come by, here on the Edge.”
― Terry Pratchett, The Color of Magic

“How fickle is my young male heart as it avidly jumps from love to love”
― Ben Mitchell

“Those with calling also find wealth, so jump and start swimming towards your true self.”
― Ryan Lilly

“I'm not afraid of heights. I just really respect them. That is why I stay away from the edge!”
― James Hauenstein

“After the jumping out of your ego, you liberate your own, and you see the way towards the values of others.”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“After jumping out of your ego, you liberate your own, and you see the way towards the values of others.”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“Every day they jumped up ready to make the future but at night, laying around & laughing & talking was when the real work got done.
—Real Work”
― Brian Andreas, Theories of Everything

“...and just to evade confrontation, he opens a window on the fourth floor, ready to jump. The abyss, more and more often, is the way to save ourselves from ourselves.”
― Domenico Starnone, Trick

“Art is your thought leaping.
Art is your mind dancing.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Night of a Thousand Thoughts