John Quotes

I will stay in prison till the moss grows on my eye lids rather than disobey God.

He that is down needs fear no fall.

This hill though high I covent ascend; The difficulty will not me offend; For I perceive the way of life lies here. Come, pluck up, heart; let's neither faint nor fear.

There was a castle called Doubting Castle, the owner whereof was Giant Despair.

The Thames is liquid history.

When you bait your hook with your heart, the fish always bite.

We can outrun the wind and the storm, but we cannot outrun the demon of hurry.

How readily the bluebirds become our friends and neighbors when we offer them suitable nesting retreats!

Learn from your mistakes and build on your successes.

You'll never find out what you can do, until you do all you can to find out

Decision-making takes care of goal-setting, but discipline also takes care of goal-getting. Decisions and discipline can't be separated; one is worthless without the other.

There are three qualities a leader must exemplify to build trust: competence, connection, and character.

Sometimes the best way to learn is to return to the fundamentals.

Life can be boring unless you put some effort into it.

When you realize that people treat you according to how they see themselves rather than how you really are, you are less likely to be affected by their behavior.

Must manage your thought life daily and then you can manage your life.

Some people want everything to be perfect before they're willing to commit... But commitment always precedes achievement.

Have to sow excellent seeds to have an excellent life. Must start with sowing excellent thoughts.

People's purpose in life is always connected to their giftedness.

People will summarize your life in one sentence - Pick it now.

We cannot achieve our wildest dreams by remaining who we are

The true measure of leadership is influence - nothing more, nothing less.

Every person has a longing to be significant; to make a contribution; to be a part of something noble and purposeful.

Successful leaders have the courage to take action while others hesitate.

They can't hurt you unless you let them.

The depth of your mythology is the extent of your effectiveness.

My favorite music is the music I haven't yet heard

Art's purpose is to sober and quiet the mind so that it is in accord with what happens.

I am trying to check my habits of seeing, to counter them for the sake of greater freshness. I am trying to be unfamiliar with what I'm doing.

We're breaking all of the rules, even our own rules, and how do we do that? By leaving plenty of room for X quantities.

Theatre takes place all the time - wherever one is - and art simply facilitates persuading one this is the case.

The biggest day in the history of Kentucky's program.

The hardest thing for a basketball player to do is dribble two really hard dribbles. You are flying, and then pull up and shoot a ball from 15, 17 feet. It's the hardest thing in the game.

For it is better, with closed eyes, to follow God as our guide, than, by relying on our own prudence, to wander through those circuitous paths which it devises for us.

The most accomplished in the Scripture are fools, unless they acknowledge that they have need of God for their schoolmaster all the days of their life.

The purpose of the headlines must be to convey a message to people who read headlines, then decide whether or not they will look at the copy.

No other virtue makes man more equal to the angels, than the imitation of their way of life.

When you see me on TV, that's about as close to my real personality as you can get.

There's no way I can tag team with Randy Orton; he just wears too much baby oil!

A sculpture is something that if it falls on your foot, it will break it.

I can't write without a reader. It's precisely like a kiss - you can't do it alone.

For God's Sake be sure you do not risk the cannon.

The secret of success in life is known only by those who have not succeeded.

A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy.

So dull and dark are the November days. The lazy mist high up the evening curled, And now the morn quite hides in smoke and haze; The place we occupy seems all the world.

If you are leaping a ravine, the moment of takeoff is a bad time to be considering alternative strategies.

The English contribution to world cuisine: the chip.

Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all.

Someone who is elated with wine speaks the truth on all subjects, even without meaning to. In the same way, anyone who is inebriated with the spirit of penitence will never be able to tell lies.

Speaking to a lawyer about pictures is something like talking to a butcher about humanity.