John Quotes

You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge to Satan.

Fear of the devil is nonsense. Fear of demons is foolish. The Spirit of God anointing the Christian heart makes the soul impregnable to the powers of darkness.

Only those who have learned well to be earnestly dissatisfied with themselves, and to be confounded with shame at their wretchedness truly understand the Christian gospel.

In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human success, but rather on how much we have loved.

The secret of Christianity is in being. It is in being a possessor of the nature of Jesus Christ.

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Let no day slip over without some comfort received from the mouth of God.

Strawberry Fields is anywhere you want to go

When I took the leap, I had faith I would find a net; Instead I learned I could fly.

It's time for Black people to stop playing the separating game of geography, of where the slave ship put us down. We must concentrate on where the slave ship picked us up.

Do not forget that true love sets no conditions; it does not calculate or complain, but simply loves.

Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.

What worries you, masters you.

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

I will keep the ground that God has given me and perhaps in his grace, he will ignite me again. But ignite me or not, in his grace, in his power, I will hold the ground.

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

The propensity to make strong emotional bonds to particular individuals [is] a basic component of human nature

If you want peace, work for justice. If you want justice, defend life. If you want life, embrace truth.

People who wish to be offended will always find some occasion for taking offense.

We should be rigorous in judging ourselves and gracious in judging others.

We will have taken one giant step forward when we face this reality: Powerful people never teach powerless people how to take their power away from them.

To get the best out of your men, they must feel that you are their real leader and must know that they can depend upon you.

To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.

In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.

Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.

Speak the truth. Transparency breeds legitimacy.

A true champion is not judged by how much he or she is admired, but by how well they can stand at the face of adversity.

Faith is like an empty, open hand stretched out towards God, with nothing to offer and everything to recieve

If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.

The greatest test of faith is when you don't get what you want, but still you are able to say Thank You Lord.

Humility is the beginning of true intelligence.

There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.

The way Jesus shows you is not easy. Rather, it is like a path winding up a mountain. Do not lose heart! The steeper the road, the faster it rises towards ever wider horizons.

I sought neither preeminence, glory, nor riches; my honor was that Jesus Christ should reign.

Jesus knows the burdens we carry and the tears we shed, but He is the healer of broken hearts, broken dreams, and broken lives. Trust him. He never fails.

If a preacher is not first preaching to himself, better that he falls on the steps of the pulpit and breaks his neck than preaches that sermon.

The deadliest weapon in the world is a MARINE and his rifle!

There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us.

Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.

We should not be entertained by the sins for which Christ died.

People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.

The grand show is eternal It is always sunrise somewhere

Holy Scripture is the highest authority for every believer, the standard of faith and the foundation for reform.

You have one business on earth – to save souls.

We should ask God to increase our hope when it is small, awaken it when it is dormant, confirm it when it is wavering, strengthen it when it is weak, and raise it up when it is overthrown.

When I think of those who have influenced my life the most, I think not of the great but of the good.

The most important thing we can do is inspire young minds and to advance the kind of science, math and technology education that will help youngsters take us to the next phase of space travel.

The Eucharist is a fire that inflames us, that, like lions breathing fire, we may retire from the altar being made terrible to the devil.

Live in the world as if only God and your soul were in it; then your heart will never be made captive by any earthly thing.

To sit back and let fate play its hand out and never influence it is not the way man was meant to operate.