"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.
"All the evidence that we have indicates that it is reasonable to assume in practically every human being, and certainly in almost every newborn baby, that there is an active will toward health, an impulse towards growth, or towards the actualization"
"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"
"How come life is so important in the nine months before birth, but then we sort of forget about the importance, we're not worried about whether that baby lives in poverty once he or she is born"
"In fact I have nightmares about having children. I want to carry a baby and feel the life within me and in my dream, I do. But every time after it's born, there's this incredible fear, this pounding pulse of fear. It's a real bad nightmare"
