B.S. Johnson Quotes

Every man has a right to a Saturday night bath.

In 1995 I had $7 bucks in my pocket and knew two things: I'm broke as hell and one day I won't be. You Can Achieve Anything!

It is our sacred duty to transmit unimpaired to our posterity the blessings of liberty which were bequeathed to us by the founders of the Republic.

The process of letting go is like taking a journey to the center of your being.

I'm glad God has all the answers, 'cause I barely understand the questions.

This book is dedicated to all those who fell by the airside, for nothing is wasted, and every apparent failure is but a challenge to others.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

The mind is either at war with God or it is being renewed. There is no middle ground.

The transfiguration was a physical illustration of what the renewed mind looks like in the spiritual.

I try to live in such a way that nothing gets bigger than my awareness of God presence on my life.

I think it is a pity to lose the romantic side of flying and simply to accept it as a common means of transport, although that end is what we have all ostensibly been striving to attain.

Obedience is not measured by our ability to obey laws and principles, obedience is measured by our response to God’s voice.

My policy on cake is pro having it and pro eating it.

This right to vote is the basic right without which all others are meaningless. It gives people, people as individuals, control over their own destinies.

Think back 5 yrs ago. Think of where you're at today. Think ahead 5 yrs and what you want to accomplish. Be Unstoppable.

I feel incompetent to perform duties...which have been so unexpectedly thrown upon me.

If you can somehow think and dream of success in small steps, every time you make a step, every time you accomplish a small goal, it gives you confidence to go on from there.

To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.

I woke up this mornin' Feelin' round for my shoes Know 'bout I got these, Old walkin' blues.

Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach.

If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: 'President Can't Swim.'

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.

Sometimes what I wouldn't give to have us sitting in a bar again at 9:00 a.m. telling lies to one another, far from God.

A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected.

But you're so busy changing the world Just one smile can change all of mine

I don't think it's something you can be prepared for. I'm just going with the flow.

If you're in a coalition and you're comfortable, you know it's not a broad enough coalition.

Before God, I'm an intimate. Before people, I'm a servant. Before the powers of hell, I'm a ruler, with no tolerance for their influence. Wisdom knows which role to fulfill at the proper time

Art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could the world see the man within.

Sometimes our breakthrough begins when we refuse to be impressed with the size of our problem.

Blues fallin' down like hail And the day keeps on worryin' me There's a hell hound on my trail.

Real success is being totally indulgent about your own trip. You put your blinders on about the garbage and go full speed ahead.

Knock the 't' off the 'can't.'

Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.

Keep your sunny side up, keep yourself beautiful, and indulge yourself!

Get comfortable being uncomfortable, that's how you break the plateau and reach the next level.

I've really tried to learn the art of clothes, because you don't sell for what you're worth unless you look good.

Growing is a lifetime job, and we grow most when we're down in the valleys, where the fertilizer is.

Live at your highest potential-moment to moment to moment... When do we feel most alive? When we're being ourselves-our highest selves.

I like to be buttoned onto tradition. The thing is to improve it, twist it and mold it; to make something new of it; not to deny it. The riches of history can be plucked at any point.

We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.

What you are afraid of is never as bad as what you imagine. The fear you let build up in your mind is worse than the situation that actually exists.

Lexicographer: a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge, that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words.

Stop what you are doing long enough to enjoy the sunset, listen to a special song that lifts you up, or pick up the phone and share some special thought with a caring friend.

Let them impeach and be damned.

I've been a victor of circumstance.

Democrats legislate; Republicans investigate.

I was the first athlete, from a training standpoint, with Adidas to have their own signature shoe.

The land flourished because it was fed from so many sources--because it was nourished by so many cultures and traditions and peoples.