John Quotes

All silencing of discussion is an assumption of infallibility.

The moral influence of woman over man is almost always salutary.

You can make your own son or daughter one of a kind if you have the time and will to do so; school can only make them part of a hive, herd or anthill.

What happens to us in life is less important; the real question can be whether or not we use the experience to grow.

I focus on spiritual wealth now, and I'm busier, more enthusiastic, and more joyful than I have ever been.

There are two things I eat that I know I shouldn't: chocolate and ice cream. You only live once, so I am going to eat chocolate.

But as some muskets so contrive it As oft to miss the mark they drive at, And though well aimed at dock or plover Bear wide, and kick their owners over.

While briskly to each patriot lip Walks eager round the inspiring flip; Delicious draught, whose pow'rs inherit The quintessence of public spirit!

I know of no person or group that is taking nearly adequate advantage of the graphical potentialities of the computer.

True freedom is tolerant. It gives people the right to live and think in new ways.

In general, the churches, visited by me often on weekdays... bore for me the same relation to God that billboards did to Coca-Cola; they promoted thirst without quenching it.

A part of my kind of design and inspiration ethos is that I carry around a leather notebook and I sketch in it, doodle in it, write notes in it and I put pictures in it.

May every memory that you share Of dreams you've seen come true, Help make this special anniversary day A happy one, for the two of you

Goodbyes are not forever Goodbyes aren't final, when You only mean we'll miss you Until we meet again

A man's not doing much until the cause he works for possesses all there is of him. Desire, when harnessed, is power.

I know that half of my advertising dollars are wasted ... I just don't know which half.

I am an old-fashioned, honest-to-goodness, flag waving patriot.

To allow yourself your own experience is the greatest act of self love

The Church recruited people who had been starched and ironed before they were washed.

I look upon all the world as my parish.

He who governed the world before I was born shall take care of it likewise when I am dead. My part is to improve the present moment.

God will do nothing but in answer to prayer.

I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.

Every movement in the skies or upon the earth proclaims to us that the universe is under government.

I wish to be moved. I cannot feel in life. I must have others do it for me in theater.

You are not a failure until you start blaming others for your mistakes

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.

We can give without loving, but we can't love without giving. In fact, love is nothing unless we give it to someone.

Your energy and enjoyment, drive and dedication will stimulate and greatly inspire others.

Never try to be better than someone else. Learn from others.

A player who makes a team great is better than a great player.

A grandma is old on the outside and young on the inside.

If only a small fraction of what is already known about the effects of sugar were to be revealed in relation to any other material used as a food additive, that material would promptly be banned.

I don't think it could be a coincidence that the more technological a society is, the less it connects people.

There's a hollowness to civilized life. It doesn't appeal to people, and some people react with extreme violence.

What have I done with my baptism and confirmation? Is Christ really at the center of my life? Do I have time for prayer in my life? Do I live my life as a vocation and mission?

The cross means there is no shipwreck without hope; there is no dark without dawn; nor storm without haven.

A good leader sees everything, overlooks a great deal, and corrects a little.

Take heart young people! Christ is calling you and the world awaits you! Remember the Kingdom of God needs your generous and complete dedication.

The Church imposes nothing; she only proposes, she proposes like a lover to the beloved.

The call for a sincere gift of self is the fullest way to realize our personal freedom.

Anybody can be Pope; the proof of this is that I have become one.

The nations of the world are becoming more and more dependent on one another and it will not be possible to preserve a lasting peace so long as glaring economic and social imbalances persist.

Socialism is the religion people get when they lose their religion.

Thus abide constantly with the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, so that the heart swallows the Lord and the Lord the heart, and the two become one.

Scatman, fat man, black and white and brown man, tell me 'bout the color of your soul.

There can be only one Captain to a ship.

Thinking ... is a soundless dialogue, it is the weaving of patterns, it is a search for meaning. The activity of thought contributes to and shapes all that is specifically human.

I have loved the principle of beauty in all things.

To one who has been long in city pent, ’Tis very sweet to look into the fair And open face of heaven, — to breathe a prayer Full in the smile of the blue firmament.