John Quotes

Any seeming deception in a statement is costly, not only in the expense of the advertising but in the detrimental effect produced upon the customer, who believes she has been misled.

In writing advertising it must always be kept in mind that the customer often knows more about the goods than the advertising writers because they have had experience in buying them.

Sometimes I wish I was a woman, just so I could have an abortion.

A man's got to do what a man's got to do.

The fire is not discriminating. It burns anything in its path for whatever reason.

Most men hate to shop. That's why the men's department is usually on the first floor of a department store, two inches from the door.

If a man says, "I'll call you," and he doesn't, he didn't forget. . . . he didn't lose your number. . . . he didn't die. He just didn't want to call you.

Republic. I like the sound of the word.

Wherever riches have increased, the essence of religion has decreased in the same proportion.

You have nothing to do but to save souls; therefore spend and be spent in this work.

God is so great that He communicates greatness to the least thing that is done for His service.

Whatever the natural cause, sin is the true cause of all earthquakes.

The best of it all is, God is with us.

Whether we think of, or speak to, God, whether we act or suffer for him, all is prayer, when we have no other object than his love, and the desire of pleasing him.

I desired as many as could to join together in fasting and prayer, that God would restore the spirit of love and of a sound mind to the poor deluded rebels in America.

Science has never sought to ally herself with civil power. She has never subjected anyone to mental torment, physical torment, least of all death, for the purpose of promoting her ideas.

I'd be a dog, a monkey, or a bear, or anything but that vain animal who is so proud of being rational.

Man differs more from man than man from beast

Envy is a passion so full of cowardice and shame that nobody ever had the confidence to own it.

Farewell, woman! I intend Henceforth every night to sit With my lewd, well-natured friend, Drinking to engender wit.

Make each day your masterpiece. Life is now. Life is not later on.

Success travels in the company of very hard work. There is no trick, no easy way.

Leadership is the ability to get individuals to work together for the common good and the best possible results while at the same time letting them know they did it themselves.

A leader’s most powerful ally is his or her own example.

The individual who is mistake-free is also probably sitting around doing nothing. And that is a very big mistake.

The better conditioned team will probably win in the long run.

An effective leader allows exceptions to the rule for exceptional results or when circumstance demands.

I'm constantly tortured, and that's why I say happiness is irrelevant. Happiness is for children and yuppies.

There is an uncalculating, unaffected, unbound excitement in us when the Spirit is given freedom to express Himself through us.

Mary is the sure path to our meeting with Christ. Devotion to the Mother of the Lord, when it is genuine, is always an impetus to a life guided by the spirit and values of the Gospel.

We must reflect the light of Christ through lives of prayer and joyful service to others.

There is no place for selfishness-and no place for fear! Do not be afraid, then, when love makes demands. Do not be afraid when love requires sacrifice

Open your minds and hearts to the beauty of all that God has made and to His special, personal love for each one of you.

Where, if not in the Divine Mercy, can the world find refuge and the light of hope?

I encourage Christians regularly to visit Christ present in the Blessed Sacrament, for we are all called to abide in the presence of God.

Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore, in addition to causing horrendous damage, they prove ultimately futile.

God has, in fact, thought of us from eternity and has loved us as unique individuals. He has called every one of us by name, as the Good Shepherd 'calls His sheep by name.'

The saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most difficult moments in the Church's history.

the path of goodness had a name it is called Love in it we find the key to every hope and has it's root in God Himself

Truth must be the foundation stone, the cement to solidify the entire social edifice.

Christians, in particular, realize that their responsibility within creation and their duty towards nature and the Creator are an essential part of their faith.

A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members; and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn and the dying.

Our very contract with nature has a deep restorative power; contemplation of its magnificence imparts peace and serenity.

Every man has the right to life, to bodily integrity.

We wake up and are grateful for the day. Not taking away from the pain, because the pain will be there. But you live on.

No one can harm the man who does himself no wrong.

Depart from the highway, and transplant thyself in some enclosed ground; for it is hard for a tree that stands by the wayside to keep her fruit till it be ripe.

An examination of Indian Vedic doctrines shows that it is in tune with the most advanced scientific and philosophical thought of the West.

Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is more important than the highest parentage.

To read of human depravity in the police reports is one thing, to see it fall like a black shadow across one's life is another.