Taya Kyle Quotes

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Taya Kyle

Profession : Author

Birth : September 4, 1974

I think that that's so true for a lot of first responder families and military families. If you ask them, 'Is there anything I can do for you?', they almost always will not ask for that help.

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For quite a while, it didn't feel right. How could I feel joy when I lost the love of my life? I'm learning that those two things can co-exist. It will never be the same joy, but it doesn't mean there won't be joy.

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I think it's a mistake to miss out on joy just because you have pain.

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I have been afraid of guns, I have sworn I would never use a gun on another person and so did not need one, and I have wanted to deny the existence of evil.

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I have been touched by extreme violence, and I have been robbed of the life I always wanted by someone who chose to do evil.

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Many of us who have cars have felt some form of extreme anger at other drivers because we feel they have put us in harm's way. We might even envision ramming their cars or cutting them off in return, but do we actually do it? No, because the overwhelming majority of us never want to take another human life.

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I can tell you that my family in the absolute worst of times has seen the absolute best in people. And, that has given us more strength than could ever imagine.

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When the dark days come, many wonderful moments, those will all seem dead and empty to you. It will take practice and even hard work to find the joy sometimes.

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You like to be independent, but you will need to learn to ask for help. It doesn't make you weak.

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When you're trained for battle, the idea is that it will be man against man.

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The blessing is that my kids have a lot of strong men and strong marriages around them, so I feel like they are getting what they need as far as role modeling. So I don't feel the pressure for them.

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I have learned in my life that my plans don't matter. It's God's plan.

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I've been taught in my life that you can have plans, but you can't count on them.

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There's no road map. There's no textbook on how grief works and when your heart will be open - or if it ever will.

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I hope our people hold tight to the notion that we do not have to be a fear-ridden country focused on restrictions, but rather that we remain the land of the free and home of the brave.

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The body is the one thing you have to say goodbye to. You can hold on to your memories. You can hold on to the spirit. That's part of the package that you love and the part that comforts you.

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I think that sometimes you can be an example of what to do and what not to do, and I think most of the time I'm an example of what not to do.

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Something that I've struggled with for awhile is looking at our country voting on sound bites, and to me, character is really important.

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We all suffer. It's part of life. The blessing is - while evil exists, Divinity does, too, and it is stronger.

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I challenge anyone to tell me there isn't evil in this world.

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