John Quotes

It is God himself who can be discovered in the beauty of sensible things.

True religion is slow in growth, and, when once planted, is difficult of dislodgement; but its intellectual counterfeit has no root in itself: it springs up suddenly, it suddenly withers.

Satan is inconsistent. He persuades a man not to go to a synagogue on a cold morning; yet when the man does go, he follows him into it.

Faith ... acts promptly and boldly on the occasion, on slender evidence.

Faith ventures and hazards . . . counting the costs and delighting in the sacrifice.

In this world no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are no hero; to be powerful, you must be strong, and to have dominion you must have a genius for organizing.

Two and two only supreme and luminously self-evident beings, myself and my Creator.

It's really not a difficult decision when you reflect on it, ... The situation is just so tenuous with where it's going to hit. You don't want to take any chances.

It is very difficult to get up resentment towards persons whom one has never seen.

Always remember that however good you may be, the game is your master.

Trial by jury must be preserved. It is the best system ever invented for a free people in the world's history.

Speculations apparently the most unprofitable have almost invariably been those from which the greatest practical applications have emanated.

Self-respect,--the corner-stone of all virtue.

My two major faults are that I row too long and pick up too many women

We've lost sight of our role in the region and our view of our colleagues in the region.

To send our troops, our ships, our planes to this war is ridiculous.

To make us a terrorist target in a region that is full of terrorism is dumb and unforgiveable.

The only person you resent is yourself.

I never wanted to separate from either wife. It was accumulated stress. We had virtually no time to ourselves. After politics we were both working very hard to establish new careers.

Tony Blair will probably get thrown out by his party.

Children and fools cannot lie.

The loss of wealth is loss of dirt, As sages in all times assert; The happy man's without a shirt.

For when I gave you an inch, you took an ell.

All things on earth thus change, some up, some down; Content's a kingdom, and I wear that crown.

When the iron is hot, strike.

Follow pleasure, and then will pleasure flee, Flee pleasure, and pleasure will follow thee.

No man ought to looke a given horse in the mouth.

So many heads so many wits.

Look before you leap.

Nought venture, nought have. [Nothing ventured, nothing gained.]

Who is so deaf or so blind as is he that willfully will neither hear nor see?

He makes a beggar first that first relieves him; Not us'rers make more beggars where they live Than charitable men that use to give.

Tis not the robe or garment I affect; For who would marry with a suit of clothes?

Would ye both eat your cake and have your cake? This is commonly misquotes as You can't have you're cake and eat it, too.

It had need to bee A wylie mouse that should breed in the cats eare.

Be of comfort, and your heavy sorrow Part equally among us; storms divided, Abate their force, and with less rage are guided.

I am the student who picks his nose, so come over here and take off your clothes.

I may not have voted for Donald Trump, but I'm an American first. My entire administration is going to do everything we can to make him as successful as we can.

America is always attracting people, from all over the earth.

You know the old saying: "History is written by the winners. And also, the team of hand-picked historians that the winner keeps hidden away in an underground bunker".

Democrats with a good understanding of the need for strong energy policy in our country, especially in these difficult economic times, recognized the importance of the Keystone XL pipeline.

Our single greatest challenge is the ability to move power to markets outside North Dakota.

Education is critical not only to each one of us individually, but also to build the economic vitality of our state.

Adding a sterilant to drinking water or staple foods is a suggestion that seems to horrify people, most - than most proposals for involuntarily fertility control.

The language of translation ought never to attract attention to itself.

For many years, I believed racism in America was dead and that opportunity existed for all. My beliefs were shaken when the Rodney King officers were acquitted.

How can you render the duties of justice to men when they may destroy you?

Nobody should claim that the war [in Iraq] is over. But certainly it can be said that the regime is finished.

I'm not running away from the fact that I had previously said I did not contemplate a major increase, and that was a fair statement of the Government's state of mind at the time I made that.

I feel like a man who has had truckloads of filth heaped upon him; I am now asked to struggle to my feet and talk while more truckloads pour more filth around my head.