Dr. John Quotes

Nonsense is nonsense even when spoken by world-famous scientists.

It is therefore faith alone which justifies, and yet the faith which justifies is not alone.

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.

Fly from bad companions as from the bite of a poisonous snake.

Whenever the Lord holds us in suspense, and delays his aid, he is not therefore asleep, but, on the contrary, regulates all His works in such a manner that he does nothing but at the proper time.

I'm a very lucky person. I'm an idiot, and I've shoveled through life rather nicely so far, so I don't feel like I deserve good treatment.

God never made an ugly landscape. All that sun shines on is beautiful, so long as it is wild.

Our heart's desire should be to worship God; we have been designed by God for this purpose. If we don't worship God, we'll worship something or someone else.

Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

When I hear people boo, that just makes me want to go out there and work harder.

If God's love for his children is to be measured by our health, wealth, and comfort in this life, God hated the apostle Paul.

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.

Ego is to the true self what a flashlight is to a spotlight.

I've gone through most of my life not believing anything. Either I know or I don't know, or I think.

Even if we stand at the very summit of virtue, it is by mercy that we shall be saved.

I feel like crying, so I must be crying, but it's impossible to tell because I'm underwater.

People are always selling the idea that people with mental illness are suffering. I think madness can be an escape. If things are not so good, you maybe want to imagine something better.

It's not just about working hard, it's about working together. You have to care more about the team than you do about yourself

I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news

I have often thought that the best Christians are found in the worst of times.

...And in freedom, most people find sin.

I never would have been able to tithe the first million dollars I ever made if I had not tithed my first salary, which was $1.50 per week.

Zero G and I feel fine.

We are indeed the light of the world-but only if our switch is turned on.

Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence.

Let your words be the genuine picture of your heart.

Darkness can only be scattered by light, hatred can only be conquered by love.

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.

What we need is not more learning, not more eloquence, not more persuasion, not more organization, but more power from the Holy Spirit.

There probably is a God. Many things are easier to explain if there is than if there isn't.

Enjoyment is an incredible energizer to the human spirit.

Art is not the possession of the few who are recognized writers, painters, musicians; it is the authentic expression of any and all individuality.

This fitness thing is blown out of proportion. What am I going to do on a treadmill - smoke a cigarette and drink a diet Coke?

Don't ever get so big or important that you can not hear and listen to every other person.

Seek in reading and you will find in meditation; knock in prayer and it will be opened to you in contemplation.

Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion; today is special.

I do assert that one prepares for eternity not by being religious and keeping the rules, but by living fully, loving wastefully, and daring to be all that each of us has the capacity to be.

Visitation of God's presence is a byproduct of worship. However, we don't worship in order to gain His presence. He is worthy to be worshipped whether or not He chooses to show up.

Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

Only after the Last Judgment will Mary get any rest; from now until then, she is much too busy with her children.

Three things give the student the possibility of surpassing his teacher: ask a lot of questions, remember the answers, teach.

Before we can begin to see the cross as something done for us, we have to see it as something done by us.

As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.

Be mild with the mild, shrewd with the crafty, confiding to the honest, rough to the ruffian, and a thunderbolt to the liar. But in all this, never be unmindful of your own dignity.

Instead of focusing on the great men of God, I prefer to focus on the Great God of men.

In this is love, not that we loved God but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

I believe that in the end the truth will conquer.

When the facts change, I change my mind.