I.B. George Quotes

I live in the spirit of prayer. I pray as I walk about, when I lie down and when I rise up. And the answers are always coming.

The secret of my success? It is simple. It is found in the Bible.

Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.

The die is now cast; the colonies must either submit or triumph.... we must not retreat.

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

A simile is like a pair of eyeglasses, one side sees this, one side sees that, the device brings them together.

Education, in the broadest of truest sense, will make an individual seek to help all people, regardless of race, regardless of color, regardless of condition.

Everyone who does not agree with me is a traitor and a scoundrel.

Those who can’t change their minds can’t change anything.

Of all the teachings we receive, this one is most important: Nothing belongs to you of what there is, of what you take, you must share.

Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations.

May God have mercy for my enemies because I won't.

Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

Can we talk of integration until there is integration of hearts and minds? Unless you have this, you only have a physical presence, and the walls between us are as high as the mountain range.

I am a Soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.

Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself.

I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong.

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.

I still believe that music is one of the greatest gifts that God gave to man.

Why are you stingy with yourselves? Why are you holding back? What are you saving for - for another time? There are no other times. There is only now. Right now.

I'm only myself when I have a guitar in my hands.

The only way to learn strong faith is to endure great trials.

Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war.

Some people have no idea what they're doing, and a lot of them are really good at it.

A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances.

Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.

Be humble, talk little, think and pray much.

What students would learn in American schools above all is the religion of Jesus Christ.

Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God.

All the media and the politicians ever talk about is things that separate us, things that make us different from one another

Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you.

I've done too many stupid things for there not to be movies made about me when I'm dead, so I might as well write the script.

What! Get to heaven on your own strength? Why, you might as well try to climb to the moon on a rope of sand!

Don’t just teach your children to read… Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything.

So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

If you are going to walk with Jesus Christ, you are going to be opposed ... In our days, to be a true Christian is really to become a scandal.

When our thoughts - which bring actions - are filled with hate against anyone, Negro or white, we are in a living hell. That is as real as hell will ever be.

God not only orders our steps, He orders our stops.

Better to fight for something than live for nothing.

Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do--then do it with all your strength.

In America, anyone can become president. That's the problem.

What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are but how you deal with incompatibility.

It's frightful that people who are so ignorant should have so much influence.

Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains taken to bring it to light.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

My friends, how desperately we need to be loved and to love. With it we are creative. With it we march tirelessly. With it, and with it alone, we are able to sacrifice for others.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

Study to know Him more and more, for the more you know, the more you will love Him.

You will always be the miracle that makes my life complete. And as long as there is breath in me, I'll make yours just as sweet.