John Quotes

If human beings could be propagated by cutting, like apple trees, aristocracy would be biologically sound.

Death is a gift. Without it we wouldn't value life.

The evidence for Christian truth is not exhaustive, but it is sufficient. Too often, Christianity has not been tried and found wanting - it has been found demanding, and not tried.

To take possession of a city of which you are not a native you must first fall in love there.

I've read some of your modern free verse and wonder who set it free.

For far too long the House of Commons has been run as little more than a private club by and for gentleman amateurs.

I pride myself on being courteous to people, and trying to fashion good relations.

The camera relieves us of the burden of memory.

For the artist, drawing is discovery. And that is not just a slick phrase; it is quite literally true.

The animal has secrets which, unlike the secrets of caves, mountains, seas are specifically addressed to man.

I can offer you only: this world like a knife

The greater hardship you endure, the greater the authority God entrusts to you.

There is no other way to know good from evil, right from wrong, unless we have His Word dwelling richly in our heart. It's good for us to spend time in His Word.

The joy is in the journey, not the destination. We have a better chance of seeing where we are when we stop trying to get somewhere else.

On his teenage son: To be honest, I'm not sure the same kid comes home each night.

Trust me. I'm going to make sure this healthcare bill is never, ever, ever implemented.

Working Americans who believe in our country and who believe in our Constitution are saying, 'Enough is enough!'

During the 1990s, world leaders looked at the mounting threat of terrorism, looked up, looked away, and hoped the problem would go away.

Everybody pursues their national interests. The only one who gets blamed for it is the United States.

I have no qualm about the quality of the contemporary repertory.

Be silent and safe-silence never betrays you.

(J)ust because your version of normal isn't the same as someone else's version doesn't mean that there's anything wrong with you.

There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford.

You have the greatest chance of winning when your first commitment is to a total and enthusiastic involvement in the game itself. Enthusiasm is what matters most.

Now let us thank th' eternal power, convinced That Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction: That oft the cloud that wraps the present hour Serves but to brighten all our future days.

Mars is not an aesthetic God.

After all, the rich get richer and the poor get children. Which is okay so long as lots of them starve in infancy.

What in Gods name is it worth to be human, if we have to be saved from ourselves by a machine?

Your thoughts and emotions are yours alone.

Nothing can hurt you except sin; nothing can grieve me except sin; nothing can defeat you except sin. Therefore, be on your guard, my Mansoul.

If you release me today, I'll preach tomorrow.

Nae man can tether time nor tide.

Prayer is an ordinance of God, that must continue with a soul so long as it is on this side glory.

Our heart oft times wakes when we sleep, and God can speak to that, either by words, by proverbs, by signs and similitudes, as well as if one was awake.

It is profitable for Christians to be often calling to mind the very beginnings of grace with their souls.

There is enough sin in my best prayer to send the whole world to Hell.

I could not be satisfied unless some fruits did appear in my work.

Thou art beaten that thou mayest be better.

If that a pearl may in a toad's head dwell, And may be found too in an oyster shell.

I will create value for society, rather than extract it.

Managed funds are astonishingly tax-inefficient.

Living God's way means putting away your self-centeredness and committing yourself to follow God's Word in spite of any feelings to the contrary.

True consistency, that of the prudent and the wise, is to act in conformity with circumstances, and not to act always the same way under a change of circumstances.

The surrender of life is nothing to sinking down into acknowledgment of inferiority.

The greatest mistake a person can make is doing nothing.

Live to learn and you will really learn to live.

Your goal as a leader isn't to be indispensable to the people you lead; it is to leave your people something that is indispensable to them.

Good character improves every aspect of a person’s life.

People may teach what they know, but they reproduce what they are.

To get out of a hard situation, try a soft answer.