John Quotes

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.

Find your vision, and let it guide you in all that you do. If you lack vision, look inside yourself. Draw on your natural gifts and desires.

Learn every day, but especially from the experiences of others. It's cheaper!

Crown and cloth maken no priest, nor emperor's bishop with his words, but power that crist giveth; and thus by life have been priests known.

There are no ugly questions except those clothed in condescension.

Nothing will divide the church so much as the love of power.

Art is not only about angst.

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.

Own nothing, control everything.

I want every fan of Rand to hear [Polaha] say the classic Galt phrase: “I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.

The Lord has not redeemed you so you might enjoy pleasures and luxuries or so that you might abandon yourself to ease and indolence, but rather so you should be prepared to endure all sorts of evils.

Repentance is the true turning of our life to God, a turning that arises from a pure and earnest fear of Him; and it consists in the mortification of the flesh and the renewing of the Spirit.

Anyone who makes the life of Jewish people difficult or grievous, as did the Pharaoh, as did Hitler, will be cursed by God.

I urge you by all this is dear, by all that is honorable, by all that is sacred, not only that you pray but also that you act!

The Xbox 360 is the first console that I've ever worked with that actually has development tools that are better for games than what we've had on PC.

Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.

Souls of poets dead and gone, What Elysium have ye known, Happy field or mossy cavern, Choicer than the Mermaid Tavern? Have ye tippled drink more fine Than mine host's Canary wine?

If you expect the world to be fair with you because you are fair, you're fooling yourself. That's like expecting the lion not to eat you because you didn't eat him.

The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair.

Oh, I wouldn't mind, Hazel Grace. It would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you.

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

The mutual fund industry has been built, in a sense, on witchcraft.

Rely on the ordinary virtues that intelligent, balanced human beings have relied on for centuries: common sense, thrift, realistic expectations, patience, and perseverance.

Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.

Be happy. Be yourself. If others don't like it, then let them be. Happiness is a choice. Life isn't about pleasing everybody.

I'm a con artist in that I'm an actor. I make people believe something is real when they know perfectly well it isn't.

In God's wildness lies the hope of the world.

Take a course in good water and air; and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own. Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.

I'm not afraid of death because I don't believe in it. It's just getting out of one car, and into another

Don't hate what you don't understand!

Our deeds are not the basis of our salvation, they are the evidence of our salvation. They are not foundation, they are demonstration.

The soul of one who serves God always swims in joy, always keeps holiday, is always in her palace of jubilation, ever singing with fresh ardor and fresh pleasure a new song of joy and love.

Liberty is the proper end and object of authority, and cannot subsist without it; and it is liberty to that which is good, just, and honest.

A state which dwarfs its men, in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes--will find that with small men no great thing can really be accomplished.

According to the ancient Chinese proverb, A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.

No matter how old you get, if you can keep the desire to be creative, you're keeping the man-child alive.

Democracy has to be born anew every generation, and education is its midwife.

Every area of trouble gives out a ray of hope; and the one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable.

Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge.

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.

Time is what prevents everything from happening at once.

If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery.

The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.

God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us - as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray.

We need to strengthen our analytic capacity in Washington, we need to centralize the anti-terrorism effort

The historical data support one conclusion with unusual force: To invest with success, you must be a long-term investor.

And, indeed, this is one of the greatest mysteries in the world; namely, that a righteousness that resides in heaven should justify me, a sinner on earth!

You never know what's hit you. A gunshot is the perfect way.