John Quotes

The job of a teacher is to excite in the young a boundless sense of curiosity about life, so that the growing child shall come to apprehend it with an excitement tempered by awe and wonder.

It's not about how far you fall, but how high you rebound.

Sometimes it seems things go by too quickly. We are so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us that we don't take the time to enjoy where we are.

Wherever there is a jackboot stomping on a human face there will be a well-heeled Western liberal to explain that the face does, after all, enjoy free health care and 100 percent literacy.

If you treat staff as your equal, they'll roll their sleeves up to get the job done.

Few things are more pleasant than a village graced with a good church, a good priest and a good pub.

Generally speaking, I think it is fair to say that I am a friend to the creatures of the Earth when I am not busy eating them or wearing them.

Those who do not believe do not pray. This is a good functional definition of faith. Faith prays, unbelief does not.

As Pa said, censorship encouraged people to believe nonsense.

I looked at 73 climate models going back to 1979 and every single one predicted more warming than happened in the real world.

One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire.

Economic advance is not the same thing as human progress.

Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness.

It's amazing how a little tomorrow can make up for a whole lot of yesterday.

America's Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world.

The European Union is the world's most successful invention for advancing peace.

Excellent education and an excellent environment are two hallmarks of our state. How we treat our environment is connected to so many other opportunities in Maine.

My films are always concerned with family, friendship, honor, and patriotism.

It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth.

Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin.

Instinct is intelligence incapable of self-consciousness.

The essence of fascism is to make laws forbidding everything and then enforce them selectively against your enemies.

This is the power of myth: that we can experience invisible spiritual realities and truths greater than visible, material things in story form.

Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a wise and a happy purchase.

All leaders make mistakes. They are a part of life. Successful leaders recognize their errors, learn from them, and work to correct their faults.

Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing.

The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called a 'mouse.' There is no evidence that people want to use these things.

I don't want enlightenment, I want him. Sorry Buddha, I loved him more than you.

The intent and not the deed Is in our power; and, therefore, who dares greatly Does greatly.

I cannot remember a night so dark as to have hindered the coming day.

Criticize on defense and encourage on offense.

Fictional characters are made of words, not flesh; they do not have free will, they do not exercise volition. They are easily born, and as easily killed off.

The biggest threat to the regime is information.

I love to play for audiences that are simply made of people rather than so-called special people.

Settle this issue in your heart. The Holy Spirit is always positive, and Satan is always negative.

Let us sing even when we do not feel like it, for in this way we give wings to heavy feet and turn weariness into strength.

When you defile the pleasant streams, And the wild bird's abiding place, You massacre a million dreams, And cast your spittle in God's face

The trouble with life in the fast lane is that you get to the other end in an awful hurry

One day, you’re 17 and you’re planning for someday. And then quietly, without you ever really noticing, someday is today. And then someday is yesterday. And this is your life.

Learning starts with failure; the first failure is the beginning of education.

Before you rob your first bank, knock off a couple of gas stations.

Take with you the joy of Easter to the home, and make that home bright with more unselfish love, more hearty service.

We are called upon to become creators, to make the world new.

We are in a world of irredeemable paper money - a state of affairs unprecedented in history.

The people who are playing it totally safe are never going to have either the fun or the reward of the people who decide to take some risk, stick out, do it differently.

We must have design in a picture even at the expense of truth. You are using nature for your artistic needs.

My fear now is of cliche, of complacency, of not being able to feel authenticity in myself and those around me.

When the Bible speaks, God speaks.

Prayer is the chief exercise of faith.

Confidence is directness and courage in meeting the facts of life.