J.B. Phillips Quotes

Pray the largest prayers. You cannot think a prayer so large that God, in answering it, will not wish you had made it larger. Pray not for crutches but for wings.

The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline.

The film looks suspiciously like the game itself!

That boy could throw a ball through a car wash and not get it wet. (on Warren Moon)

O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by.

As I have said so often before, the long memory is the most radical idea in America...

Sing your song Dance your dance Tell your story I will Listen and remember

Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.

I'm here to change the world, and if I am not, I am probably wasting my time.

If you wait until everything in your life is perfect before you begin something challenging and new, you'll be waiting forever. The best time is NOW.

The difference between who you are and who you want to be, is what you do.

You don't know a ladder has splinters until you slide down it.

What is fanaticism today is the fashionable creed tomorrow, and trite as the multiplication table a week after.

Find what brings you joy and go there.

Every man meets his Waterloo at last.

Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.

I do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back.

Jesus Christ, the condescension of divinity, and the exaltation of humanity.

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few.

Your lawyer is your true mercenary. Under his code honor consists in making the best possible fight in exchange for the biggest possible fee. He is frankly for sale to the highest bidder.

Coaching is not how much you know. It's how much you can get players to do.

Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection: they have many friends and few enemies.

If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we'd all be millionaires.

Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks.

The labor movement means just this: It is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth.

Tragic heroes are failed pragmatists. Their ends are unrealistic and their means are impractical.

Charity should begin at home, but should not stay there.

What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action.

The importance of colour is as nothing compared with that of form, chiaroscuro and arrangement. They are the true and enduring bases of pictorial art.

The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still.

Caffeine is my shepherd; I shall not doze. It maketh me to wake in green pastures: It leadeth me beyond the sleeping masses. It restoreth my buzz.

Im a popcorn fanatic. No matter how full I am, I can eat popcorn.

There is a world of difference between knowing what to do and actually doing it.

The most likely victim of actual religious discrimination in British society is a Muslim but the person who is most likely to feel slighted because of their religion is an evangelical Christian.

‎"There’s no such thing as mistakes – only a lack of foresight.

It's all about escapism. That's essentially what all movies are about. It's a vicarious thrill.

I don't love you anymore", she whispered. "I don't love you at all." His throat closed. "It's all right, sweetheart. I love you enough for both of us.

Jewellery takes people's minds off your wrinkles.

O, do not pray for easy lives.

There is always a ..belief that by destroying the thing that we love we destroy our needs

If man is man and God is God, to live without prayer is not merely an awful thing: it is an infinitely foolish thing.

True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.

Life is too short to nurse one's misery. Hurry across the lowlands so that you may spend more time on the mountain tops.

Revolutions are not made: they come. A revolution is as natural a growth as an oak. It comes out of the past. Its foundations are laid far back.

If I drop dead tomorrow, at least I’ll know I died in good health.

Everybody is dealing with how much of their own aliveness they can bear and how much they need to anesthetize themselves.

The trouble is that I'm in a hurry, but God isn't.

The heritage of the past is the seed that brings forth the harvest of the future.

A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words.

The past influences everything and dictates nothing.