John Quotes

You cannot teach today the same way you did yesterday to prepare students for tomorrow.

What I have learned is that a whole lot of people with degrees don't know a damn thing, and a lot of people with no degrees are brilliant.

This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.

Prayer doesn't change things - God changes things in answer to prayer.

There is nothing colder than a Christian who does not seek to save others.

I plead with you--never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid.

I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.

The ultimate test of your greatness is the way you treat every human being.

The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others.

Beloved, it is not our long prayers but our believing God that gets the answer.

I am a Christian. He who answers thus has declared everything at once-his country, profession, family; the believer belongs to no city on earth but to the heavenly Jerusalem.

A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.

Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results.

In those early centuries of Christianity, Christianity did not go into the world apologizing. It went to slay the powers of darkness and undo the works of the devil, and it lived in holy triumph.

You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.

The church changes the world not by making converts but by making disciples.

If we are going to be masters of our destiny, we must be masters of the ideas that influence that destiny.

It is impossible to be saved without the help of the Most Blessed Virgin, because those who are not saved by the justice of God are saved by the intercession of Mary.

The Scriptures of God are my only foundation and substance in all matters of weight and importance.

Jesus did not heal the sick in order to coax them to be Christians. He healed because it was His nature to heal.

The Behaviorist cannot find consciousness in the test-tube of his science.

You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.

I have never once feared the devil, but I tremble every time I enter the pulpit.

The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

We cannot exercise our faith beyond what we believe to be possible.

In Christ we become God's sons, man's servants and the devil's masters.

Most human behavior is controlled by images. Image is a factor in how people look at themselves and what they use to reflect themselves. The control of images is a major factor in world power.

Strawberry fields forever

To be black and beautiful means nothing in this world unless we are black and powerful.

Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid.

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.

Lord, give me Scotland or I die!

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

A man's character is not judged after he celebrates a victory, but by what he does when his back is against the wall.

Men tell us in these days that sin is what you think it is. Well, it is not. Sin is what God thinks it is. You may think according to your own conscience. God thinks according to His.

To succeed, i have to believe every night, in my heart, that i am the best.

A man with God is always in the majority.

Live in Christ, die in Christ, and the flesh need not fear death.

We are awakening to that marvelous truth, that Christ is not in the heavens only, nor the atmosphere only, but Christ is in you.

No one knows just how the idea of a soul or the supernatural started... It probably had its origin in the general laziness of mankind.

One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.

One of the great uses of Twitter and Facebook will be to prove at the Last Day that prayerlessness was not from lack of time.

If you don't learn from your mistakes, then they become regrets.

While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.

No responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standard of ethical behavior for those who conduct the public business.

The rich man is not one who is in possession of much, but one who gives much.

You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage.

The true gospel is a call to self-denial. It is not a call to self-fulfillment.

If my life is fruitless, it doesn't matter who praises me, and if my life is fruitful, it doesn't matter who criticizes me.