John Quotes

It's amazing that people still feel, 'Oh my gosh, it's a black guy.' We've been here for a long time; let's get used to it. Let's get used to other cultures.

My dad is a minister, and my mum is a worker with the less fortunate and the disabled. They're Nigerian natives. Their first language is Yoruba, and their second language is English.

The foundation for our self-image is grounded in the first three years of life. It comes from our major caretaker's mirroring.

Be the measure great or small, let it be honest in every part.

The angels are ministering spirits; they are not governing spirits.

I was shot down by a fifth ball, which struck me squarely in the face, and passed out.

To go faster you must slow down.

Wise men never grow up; indeed, they grow younger, for they lose the appalling worldly wisdom of youth.

He who would valiant be against all disaster; let him in constancy follow the Master. There's no discouragement shall make him once relent; his first avowed intent to be a pilgrim.

It struck me that Albania was the sort of place that might keep a man from yawning.

Leadership is only courage and wisdom, and a great carefulness of self.

In brief, egoism in its modern interpretation, is the antithesis, not of altruism, but of idealism.

Be of good cheer, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole.

Humility is the light of the understanding.

Men, even the elect, have too many infirmities to come to Christ without help from heaven; inviting will not do.

A saint abroad, and a devil at home.

The name of the Slough was Despond.

The place to observe nature is where you are.

The lesson which life repeats and constantly enforces is 'look under foot.' You are always nearer the divine and the true sources of your power than you think.

[T]he cold warms me—after a different fashion from that of the kitchen stove.

The floating vapour is just as true an illustration of the law of gravity as the falling avalanche.

I feel not unlike a small boy, waking from a bad dream to find reality not much of an improvement

We're not thinking straight if we say we want to be like Jesus but we don't want to go through anything Jesus went through!

If it is hard to imagine that 20% of losses on the stock market, you should never participate

Property is in its nature timid and seeks protection, and nothing is more gratifying to government than to become a protector.

If your a leader, do everything you can to grow yourself and create the right environment for others to grow.

if you don't have peace, it isn't because someone took it from you; you gave it away. You cannot always control what happens to you, but you can control what happens in you.

God doesn't move until we move first.

We fail, not because of big problems, but because of small purposes.

A manager says 'go,' but a leader says 'let's go'.

Seek people who seek solutions.

Persuasive communication involves enthusiasm, animation, audience participation, authenticity and spontaneity.

Nobody wanders his or her way to a dream, and nobody achieves a dream by accident. Don't shortcut the process and risk cheating yourself out of your dream!

Connecting is the ability to identify with people and relate to them in a way that increases your influence with them.

You are only an attitude away from success!

Earn the right to be heard by listening to others. Seek to understand a situation before making judgments about it.

A leader can give up anything - except final responsibility.

If you want to attract people, you need to be like people you enjoy being with.

You can't build a relationship with everybody in the room when you don't care about anybody in the room.

No matter where you are in your leadership journey, never forget that what got you to where you are won't get you to the next level.

Sometimes I hear people talk about discipline of self and I think, if you don't have passion, I might discipline myself for a week or two but only passion will hold me steady.

Leadership is the readiness to stand out in a crowd.

Success each day should be judged by the seeds sown, not the harvest reaped.

One is too small a number to achieve greatness.

Never open a can of worms unless you plan to go fishing.

Everyone gets discourages...The question is: Are you going to give up or get up? It's a choice.

If you travel alone, you can probably go faster. But the journey will never be as rewarding, and you probably won't be able to go as far.

Anyone can steer a ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course

Everything begins with a decision. Then, we have to manage that decision for the rest of your life.

What you give to help others, builds them up enough that they are able to give to others. It's a cycle that can continue on long after you're dead and gone.