J.P. Martin Quotes

The Thriller album is still the biggest album of all time. That is still returning huge royalty cheques.

God does not love sinners because they are attractive; sinners are attractive to God because he loves them.

A Lannister always pays his debts.

In a society in which individualism is becoming rampant, people more and more believe that they are the center of the world. Such a belief system makes individual failure almost inconsolable.

Men should always change diapers. It's a very rewarding experience. It's mentally cleansing. It's like washing dishes, but imagine if the dishes were your kids, so you really love the dishes.

In general I love to eat anything. I enjoy anything that is well prepared, a good spaghetti, lasagna, taco, steak, sushi, refried beans.

We must learn that to expect God to do everything while we do nothing is not faith but superstition.

If you see yourself as a "little sinner" you will inevitably see Jesus as a "little savior".

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.

Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.

Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.

Just as the good life is something beyond the pleasant life, the meaningful life is beyond the good life.

We live in a world of guided missiles and misguided men.

We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive.

To gather with God's people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer.

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.

So what Ghost Stories means to me is like you've got to open yourself up to love and if you really do, of course it will be painful at times, but it will be great at some point.

O America, how you've taken necessities from the masses to give luxuries to the classes.

Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.

I'll trust in God's unchanging Word, till soul and body sever. For though all things pass away, His Word shall stand forever.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

We must combine the toughness of the serpent with the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender heart.

Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.

The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.

There's no such thing as simple. Simple is hard.

Grace was not given to heal the spiritually sick but to decorate spiritual heroes!

The great issue of life is to harness the drum major instinct.

The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven.

Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you do criticize him, you'll be a mile away and have his shoes.

Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying.

Transcendence constitutes selfhood.

Earrings are the same as sneezes: Two is okay, but ten in a row is annoying. If you have two then, God bless you.

You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it.

Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that the believer would stake his life on it a thousand times.

The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers.

God wants us to pray, and he wants to hear our prayers-not because we are worthy, but because he is merciful.

Naples sitteth by the sea, keystone of an arch of azure.

History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.

For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.

Life is miraculous, even when it's disastrous, it's still incredible, I'm fascinated with everything, life is fascinating, I'm fascinated by trees and dogs, but no one wants to hear me talk about it.

'Understanding' art is like having a sense of humour - if you don't have one, no amount of explanation is going to make you laugh.

Optimism is a tool with a certain clear set of benefits: it fights depression, it promotes achievement and produces better health.

Future generations are not going to ask us what political party were you in. They are going to ask what did you do about it, when you knew the glaciers were melting.

There are no men like me. There's only me

The worst time to have a heart attack is during a game of charades.

Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.

Doing what you were born to do … That's the way to be happy.

Being a mod is more of a sensibility than a style.

For the night is dark and full of terrors.

Success requires persistence, the ability to not give up in the face of failure. I believe that optimistic explanatory style is the key to persistence.