J. J. Johnson Quotes

Realize that ultimate success comes from opportunistic,bold moves which by definition, cannot be planned.

There's no worse feeling than seeing my buildings and realizing the mistakes.

I used to think that each phase of life was the end. But now that my view on life is more or less fixed, I believe that change is a great thing. In fact, it's the only real absolute in the world.

The results are the payoff. And all this sweating and hard work will be worth it.

Never measure yourself against magazine covers. Every 'perfect' body you see in a bikini is a result of weeks of dieting and exercise. And airbrushing.

If you align your priorities in such a way that puts people first, everything begins to make more sense.

If you want it bad enough, you have to be willing to fight for it.

Only exercise on the days you want to improve your mood.

This can't last. This misery can't last. I must remember that and try to control myself. Nothing lasts really. Neither happiness nor despair. Not even life lasts very long.

I don't really get too frustrated. I know I'm going to get the ball.

I love lean meats like chicken, turkey. I'm obsessed with sushi and fish in general. I eat a lot of veggies and hummus.

To suffer one's confusion is the first step in healing.

Punk and all that was just an image that ripped people off. Johnny Rotten's a wanker, and that's all there is to it.

I realize Jubilee is a bit of a stripper name. You probably think I have heard the call of the pole.

...one of the best things about running is that no matter how fast you've run in the past, running fast in the future does not come easily or with any guarantees.

I'm lonely I'll make me a world.

Nothing can be truly great which is not right.

In solitude we have our dreams to ourselves, and in company we agree to dream in concert.

I think libertarians need somebody who can articulate getting from A to Z. But you know, if G is achievable, how about it? Let's get there!

The natural progress of the works of men is from rudeness to convenience, from convenience to elegance, and from elegance to nicety.

There is a certain degree of temptation which will overcome any virtue. Now, in so far as you approach temptation to a man, you do him an injury; and, if he is overcome, you share his guilt.

A woman always remembers. Remember that.

If we give someone a piece of bread and butter, that's kindness, but if we put jelly or peanut butter on it, then it's Loving Kindness.

If we dwell in a community that is comfortable, then it's probably not broad enough a coalition.

The thing I love about off-road racing is the pride in how abusive it is.

Don't shoot for something unattainable - completely outside of your nature or opportunity.

Those who are truly brave, shall never live in fear.

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own.

Cat's eyes seem a bridge to a world beyond the one we know.

[The United States and Israel] share many common objectives ... chief of which is the building of a better world in which every nation can develop its resources and develop them in freedom and peace.

When you're willing to do what you're unqualified to do, that's what qualifies you.

Grace does not overlook sin, it empowers righteousness!

It is INCONSISTENT to have Jesus pay a price for healing and for us to believe it is not Gods intention to heal.

Some unanswered prayers are only because God doesn't want to do something for us. He wants to do something through us.

Jazz is restless. It won't stay put & it never will.

Don't force anything. Find what you love and stick with it.

Maybe there really isn't any such thing as mortality; life simply wears us out with love.

When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor.

Nothing will see us through the age we're entering but high consciousness, and that comes hard. We don't have a good, modern myth yet, and we need one.

Some people tell me that the worried blues ain't bad. Worst old feelin' I most ever had.

Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression.

In a nation of millions and a world of billions, the individual is still the first and basic agent of change.

I'd like thousands of schools as good as the one I went to, Eton.

O for a lodge in a garden of cucumbers! O for an iceberg or two at control! O for a vale that at midday the dew cumbers! O for a pleasure trip up to the pole!

Just because you are going to Heaven doesn't mean you have Heaven established in you. Success is Heaven on earth.

When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.

People follow courage, not titles.

In His mercy, God gives us the level of revelation that our character is prepared to handle.

Compromise is the door through which deception enters.

I will not lower the standard of the Bible to my level of experience.