Dr. John Quotes

If there were no tribulation, there would be no rest; if there were no winter, there would be no summer.

Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential.

Amazing grace! how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost but now am found, Was blind but now i see.

That's what I spend most of my time doing, breathing a lot. I like air.

The wonder is that Jesus purposed to make your heart and mine just as sweet and lovely and pure and holy as His own.

God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.

Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed

If you know how to shoot, and are quite ready to shoot, the chances are that you won't have to shoot.

Nobody remembers second place.

The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.

God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.

There's a time for everyone, If they only learn, that the twisting kaleidoscope moves us all in turn.

Private confession was not ordered by Christ and was not used by the apostles.

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

By justification we are saved from the guilt of sin…by sanctification we are saved from the power and root of sin

When the intellectual part of guitar playing overrides the spiritual, you don't get to extreme heights.

My slogan is who needs fitness when you've got great equipment.

All my money is in a savings account. My dad has explained the stock market to me maybe 75 times. I still don't understand it.

The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.

Without credible communication, and a lot of it, the hearts and minds of others are never captured.

You don't need people’s opinion on a fact. You might as well have a poll asking: ‘Which number is bigger, 15 or 5?’ or ‘Do owls exist?’ or ‘Are there hats?'

Blue color is everlastingly appointed by the deity to be a source of delight.

We learned that what happens when we are alone with the Lord determines how intimate and deep the worship will be when we come together.

Find where God is and get behind what He's doing. He always wins.

The only way to peace is forgiveness.

We are commanded to have only one enemy, the devil. With him never be reconciled! But with a brother, never be at enmity in thy heart.

Problems are often stated in vague terms... because it is quite uncertain what the problems really are.

Ideology is the science of idiots.

Power must never be trusted without a check.

These men are all talk; What is needed is action - action!

We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are going back from whence we came.

For what is idolatry if not this: to worship the gifts in place of the Giver himself?

Even if my songs are a bit low-spirited, they make me happy. I become happy when I hear sad songs. When you sing about sad things in a beautiful way, the atmosphere turns upside down

Automation does not need to be our enemy. I think machines can make life easier for men, if men do not let the machines dominate them.

There can be no progress if people have no faith in tomorrow.

I literally wake up and try to tackle every day the best I can and do my best to try to make life as productive and positive as I can.

You know, old folks can have dreams, too, as well as young folks, and then work toward them. And to have a dream like this come true for me is just a terrific experience.

I guess if you keep making the same mistake long enough, it becomes your style.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.

History is the memory of time, the life of the dead and the happiness of the living.

Don't let the sun go down on me Although I search myself, it's always someone else I see I'd just allow a fragment of your life to wander free But losing everything is like the sun going down on me

It's the circle of life, and it moves us all, through despair and hope, through faith and love, 'till we find our place, on the path unwinding.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot.

The principle trap that the devil sets for young people is idleness.

I learned you can't drink whiskey and play golf.

Never trust a woman or an automatic weapon.

If we serve Jesus then every act & thought has meaning. Acts of kindness aren't just niceties, they become acts of worship.

Grades don't measure anything other than your relevant obedience to a manager.