John Quotes

But the law of magnetism really is true: who you are is who you attract.

I've never known a person focused on yesterday to have a better tomorrow.

It is truly one day at a time.

If you live life with the intention of making a difference in others' lives, your life will be full not empty.

Everyone who got where he is started where he was.

No matter if you're just starting out or if you are at the peak of your career, the more you work in your strength zone, the more successful you will be.

Talent allows people to stand out, but their wrong choices make them sit down.

If you want to help others and become a person of influence, keep smiling, sharing, giving, and turning the other cheek.

All things being equal, attitude wins. All things not being equal, attitude sometimes still wins.

Be generous, be humble, and be grateful when achieving your dreams.

Without a vision people in leadership positions perish. You not only lose your people, you lose the person who is in a leadership position - you lose it all.

The primary limitation in life is our low expectations for ourselves and others. When we expect minimum results, that's usually what we get.

Leaders create and inspire new leaders by instilling faith in their leadership abilities and helping them develop and hone leadership skills they don't know they possess.

Holding a grudge is never positive or appropriate.

You can't grow and learn if your focus is on finding someone else to blame instead of looking at your own shortcomings.

..Give them your faith, and they become confident, energized, and self-reliant.

Are you a thinker, a doer, or a clutch player? The better you are, the greater potential for influence you will have with your people.

I was not in favor of U.S. troops in Lebanon. And I voted against it.

Psychoanalysis teaches one thing, he thought: Nothing ever happens in a vacuum. A single bad act can have all sorts of repercussions.

Fade far away, dissolve, and quite forget.

Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thought As doth eternity.

There is an old saying "well begun is half done"-'tis a bad one. I would use instead-Not begun at all 'til half done.

Where soil is, men grow, Whether to weeds or flowers.

Everything that reminds me of her goes through me like a spear.

Wherein lies happiness? In that which becks Our ready minds to fellowship divine, A fellowship with essence; till we shine, Full alchemiz’d, and free of space. Behold The clear religion of heaven!

What shocks the virtuous philosopher, delights the chameleon poet.

Give me women, wine and snuff Until I cry out 'hold, enough!' You may do so san objection Till the day of resurrection; For bless my beard then aye shall be My beloved Trinity.

I find that I can have no enjoyment in the world but the continual drinking of knowledge. I find there is no worthy pursuit but the idea of doing some good for the world.

The genius of Shakespeare was an innate university.

A quote about drinking is a joy forever

Wine is only sweet to happy men.

The trivial round, the common task,Would furnish all we ought to ask.

Oh, New Orleans is such freedom.

Milton Friedman’s misfortune is that his economic policies have been tried.

Economics exists to make astrology look respectable.

When people are least sure, they are often most dogmatic.

The modern corporation must manufacture not only goods but the desire for the goods it manufactures.

I would put primary emphasis on a good standard of living equitably distributed. It can't be equal, but one that eliminates the terrible cruelty of poverty.

Happiness does not require an expanding economy

Who is king in the world of the blind when there isn't even a one eyed man?

Economic stimulation that works through the increased outlays to the affluent has, inevitably, an aspect of soundness and sanity that is lacking in expenditure on behalf of the undeserving poor.

Third party politics, at least since La Follette, has always had an element of romance.

If you're rich you can buy books. If you're poor, you need a library.

Unemployment is rarely considered desirable except by those who have not experienced it.

The inborn instability of capitalism has been part of the history of the system for several hundred years.

There's no question that in my lifetime, the contrast between what I called private affluence and public squalor has become very much greater.

My rule on honorary degrees has always been to have one more than Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

Nothing so weakens government as persistent inflation.

No jockey ever won a race by carrying the horse across the finish line; no coach ever won a volleyball match by touching the ball during play.

I'm not claiming I'm a saint, but I have a genuine, genuine belief in trying to help others.