John Quotes

When we have been to Holy Communion, the balm of love envelops the soul as the flower envelops the bee.

I want the whole Christ for my Savior, the whole Bible for my book, the whole Church for my fellowship, and the whole world for my mission field.

You cannot see the Grand Canyon in one view, as if it were a changeless spectacle from which a curtain might be lifted, but to see it you have to toil from month to month through its labyrinths.

Having the courage to make decisions and take action. Never be afraid to fail. You have nothing to fear if you have prepared to the best of your ability.

Dark master of sin, now my soul is yours.

In truth, the gold standard is already a barbarous relic.

Properly understood, then, the desire to act justly derives in part from the desire to express most fully what we are or can be, namely free and equal rational beings with the liberty to choose.

Let us no more contend, nor blame each other, blamed enough elsewhere, but strive, In offices of love, how we may lighten each other's burden.

You cannot change what you refuse to confront.

And help us, this and every day, to live more nearly as we pray.

The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.

The Vice Presidency isn't worth a pitcher of warm spit.

Unless we are thoroughly convinced that without Christ we are under the eternal curse of God, as the worst of His enemies, we shall never flee to Him for refuge.

Love every man in spite of his falling into sin. Never mind the sins, but remember that the foundation of the man is the same - the image of God.

It's better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.

The labor movement is organized upon a principle that the strong shall help the weak.

Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.

The first light of human consciousness and the world's first civilizations were in Africa.

In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part of our noble forests.

We (the DOE) are poisoning our people in the name of national security.

Good music can act as a guide to good living.

Don't ask 'Why', ask instead, 'Why not'.

Anyone who can solve the problems of water will be worthy of two Nobel prizes - one for peace and one for science.

Those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside

Faith does not proceed from ourselves, but is the fruit of spiritual regeneration.

Those who fall away have never been thoroughly imbued with the knowledge of Christ but only had a slight and passing taste of it.

It is insane that two men, sitting on opposite sides of the world, should be able to decide to bring an end to civilization.

The beginning don't matter. The end don't matter. All that matters is what you do in between...the greatest reward is to know that you did your job when you were here on the planet.

I know he'd be a poorer man if he never saw an eagle fly.

If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn't very vital.

People who are making films today are too concerned with mechanics - technical things instead of feeling.

I don't play a character. It's totally just an extension of myself.

Thank you guys. Thank you for never giving up on me.

Until you value yourself, you can't expect anyone else to do so.

Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride.

It isn't the kind of profession that you have that makes you flourish; it's what you are coming from, within, that makes you flourish. Then everything that you step into turns into your garden.

Since my money is God's money, every spending decision I make is a spiritual decision.

We have a new joke on the reservation: 'What is cultural deprivation?' Answer: 'Being an upper-middle class white kid living in a split-level suburban home with a color TV.'

It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.

The empty vessel giveth a greater sound than the full barrel.

Do you know the legend about cicadas? They say they are the souls of poets who cannot keep quiet because, when they were alive, they never wrote the poems they wanted to.

Credibility is a leader's currency. With it, he or she is solvent; without it, he or she is bankrupt.

All good leaders are connectors. They relate well and make people feel confident about themselves and their leader.

Leadership is taking responsibility while others are making excuses.

Great sins do draw out great grace; and where guilt is most terrible and fierce, there the mercy of God in Christ, when showed to the soul, appears most high and mighty.

I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest.

There's no such thing as the United Nations. If the U.N. secretary building in New York lost 10 stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference.

Physical maturity is bound to time. Spiritual maturity is bound to obedience.

We don't honor just to get a reward; we honor because it is the heart of God, and it is our delight.

Our fearlessness shall be our secret weapon.