"If you want a baby, have a new one. Don't baby the old one"
- Jessamyn West
About this Quote
This quote by Jessamyn West is a pointer to not be too lenient with our expectations of ourselves and others. It is a call to action to not be contented and to pursue something new and better. The quote is recommending that if we desire something different, we need to not go for the same old thing. We must be willing to take risks and try something new. It is a reminder that we must not be afraid to take opportunities and to be open to alter. It is likewise a suggestion that we must not be too lenient with ourselves or others, which we must pursue something better. We must not be content with the status quo, but instead, strive for something new and better. This quote is a tip that we must not be afraid to take risks and to be open up to change.
This quote is written / told by Jessamyn West between June 18, 1902 and February 23, 1984. She was a famous Author from USA.
The author also have 29 other quotes.
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"There are some great questions to ask your doctor. If he says 'no,' then you find yourself a different doctor. There really has to be a change in how we medically look at women at this time. I mean, this is not just baby gloom"
"I'm saddened to see that everyone's pitched out the baby with the bath, in that we say that it can't be one or the other, it could be both. I mean, just because we listen to classical music doesn't mean that we can't listen to jazz"
"Once I showed up at my sister's with a baby rabbit I had bought from some children because its ears were cold. I put the rabbit on a hot water bottle and massaged its ears for quite a while. After all, I knew that all healthy animals had warm ears"