John Quotes

A thrilled customer is the most potent marketing asset your organization can leverage.

Nothing ever becomes real till experienced – even a proverb is no proverb until your life has illustrated it

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed.

I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments

I am so wise I had my mouth sewn shut.

Genius is an exceedingly common human quality, probably natural to most of us.

There is no wealth but life.

The worst mistake a boss can make is not to say 'Well done'.

I'm so proud of you that it makes me proud of me. I hope you know that.

I have always believed that 98% of a student's progress is due to his own efforts, and 2% to his teacher.

There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness.

The general knowledge of time on the island depends, curiously enough, on the direction of the wind.

Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house.

Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it.

It's essential to tell the truth at all times. This will reduce life's pain. Lying distorts reality. All forms of distorted thinking must be corrected.

Barbecue is the third rail of North Carolina politics.

Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living.

You can cage the songbird, but you can't make her sing. And you can trap the free bird, but you'll have to clip her wings.

Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids, in fact it's cold as hell.

Today secular faith is ebbing, and it is the apostles of unbelief who are left stranded on the beach.

Scientific discovery is not valuable unless it has commercial value.

The destiny of America is to carry the gospel of Jesus Christ to all men everywhere.

That the desires of the majority of the people are often for injustice and inhumanity against the minority, is demonstrated by every page of the history of the world.

There's no such thing as a free lunch, unless you have a coupon for a free lunch...or someone gives you a lunch...never mind.

Banks have done more injury to the religion, morality, tranquility, prosperity, and even wealth of the nation than they can have done or ever will do good.

Forgiveness is the scent that the rose leaves on the heel that crushes it.

I think that in the process of writing, all kinds of unexpected things happen that shift the poet away from his plan and that these accidents are really what we mean when we talk about poetry.

Not until it starts to stink does the inevitable happen.

So I cradle this average violin that knows Only forgotten showtunes, but argues The possibility of free declamation anchored To a dull refrain.

Intuition is what you know before you think.

You become what you think about the most.

Globalization is not a monolithic force but an evolving set of consequences - some good, some bad and some unintended. It is the new reality.

Heroism is not blind courage: it is selfless action. it is knowing the odds are stacked against you, but feeling that you must do what you do for the good of others.

Honestly, the world can be a dark enough place. Light it up.

I do tend to eat healthily most of the time, but I don't restrict myself. I believe in eating anything and everything in moderation and doing some exercise.

Every painted image of something is also about the absence of the real thing. All painting is about the presence of absence.

The man or woman who doesn't forgive has forgotten the price that Christ paid for them on the Cross.

Well, I'm a libertarian conservative, so I believe in limited government/maximum individual freedom.

Sometimes you'd come up against a brick wall... or sometimes you go into a fill and you'd know halfway through it was going to be disastrous.

I don't consider that I'm particularly influenced by anyone or anything. But when I started playing, I was influenced by early soul. It was just that feel, that sound.

As your faith is, such your hope will be. Hope is never ill when faith is well, nor strong if faith be weak.

Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years.

My biggest prediction for the future is that people are going to start looking after individual investors.

You don't have to suffer continual chaos in order to grow.

When you find your spiritual gift, God will give you an opportunity to use it.

Believing in people before they have proved themselves is the key to motivating people to reach their potential.

If you don't change the direction you are going, then you're likely to end up where you're heading.

To achieve your dreams, you must embrace adversity and make failure a regular part of your life. If you're not failing, you're probably not really moving forward.

The GREATEST battle you wage against FAILURE occurs on the INSIDE, not the OUTSIDE.