J. A. Baker Quotes

The drummer; he inspired me to play like no one else I have ever met.

There is too much animal courage in society and not sufficient moral courage.

All fruitfulness flows from intimacy.

Living at the YMCA in Harlem dramatically broadened my view of the world.

It is almost always the cover-up rather than the event that causes trouble.

Artt Frank is my all-time favorite drummer. He always seems to know where I'm going.

A violinist had a violin, a painter his palette. All I had was myself. I was the instrument that I must care for.

God is punishing me for my past wickedness by keeping me alive and in as much pain as he can.

You are a paintbrush in hands of the Artist.

If we are not full of Him we have nothing to offer to anyone else.

Something which we think is impossible now is not impossible in another decade.

People said I'd never make 35, then I'd never make 40, 45; now I'm almost 50, so Im beginning to think maybe they might be wrong.

The people who are always hankering loudest for some golden yesteryear usually drive new cars.

Let us stop saying 'white Americans' and 'colored Americans,' let us try once and for all saying... Americans. Let human beings be equal on Earth as in Heaven.

The man who graduates today and stops learning tomorrow is uneducated the day after.

Birth is not an emergency. It is simply an emergence.

You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family.

Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things.

Each time I leaped I seemed to touch the sky and when I regained earth it seemed to be mine alone.

Looking back, I have this to regret, that too often when I loved, I did not say so.

I remember being infuriated from the top of my head to the tip of my toes the first time a screen was put around Bob Carter and me on a train leaving Washington in the 1940s.

A True Friend who leaves heart felt messages, can be a lighthouse to others, sharing light and truth, which comes from their heart.

I have walked into the palaces of kings and queens and into the houses of presidents. And much more. But I could not walk into a hotel in America and get a cup of coffee, and that made me mad.

Today I have grown taller from walking with the trees.

The only currency that will heal every culture is ceaseless love.

For most people, we often marvel at the beauty of a sunrise or the magnificence of a full moon, but it is impossible to fathom the magnitude of the universe that surrounds us.

The greatest distance in the world is the 14 inches from our minds to our hearts.

Every single human being is created in the image of God; created for dignity, created for the Father's love, created for kindness, created for mercy.

Well, I think if more people had more applause, it would make them feel better. I often give my wife a round of applause. If the meal is very good I give her a standing ovation.

Time constricts and flattens, you know. It's not evenly weighted. Certain moments linger in the mind and others disappear.

To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, today is big with blessings.

Things could change so entirely, in a heartbeat; the world could be made entirely anew, because someone was kind.

When you wish for something over and over again and it doesn't come true, something else happens; not only do you give up, but you resent your wish and you resent wishing.

I came out of a family background that involved itself with people.

Every dad, if he takes time out of his busy life to reflect upon his fatherhood, can learn ways to become an even better dad.

One should always avoid unnecessary unhappiness. Especially if one is an immortal. They taught us that in school.

I do what I did as a hobby as a kid, you know, and make a living at it. And I just feel like I'm one of the luckiest guys in the world 'cuz I get paid to make toys and play with them.

Acted drama requires surrender of one's self, sympathetic absorption in the play as it develops.

I woke up thinking a very pleasant thought. There is lots left in the world to read.

The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writing didn't require any.

I believe in prayer. It's the best way we have to draw strength from heaven.

Small though it is, the human brain can be quite effective when used properly.

When you're in love with God, you're not afraid to yield your life to Him.

All successful individuals have become such by hard work; by improving moments before they pass into hours, and hours that other people may occupy in the pursuit of pleasure.

Give respect before you expect it. Treat people the way you want to be treated. Remember the mission. Set the example. Keep going.

Love inspires, illummines, designates and leads the way.

All my life, I have maintained that the people of the world can learn to live together in peace if they are not brought up in prejudice.

Beautiful? It's all a question of luck. I was born with good legs. As for the rest... beautiful, no. Amusing, yes.

More is accomplished by spending time in God's presence than by doing anything else.

He was my cream, and I was his coffee - And when you poured us together, it was something.