Jim Quotes

Please be informed, there is a Santa Claus.

Education must precede motivation.

Liberals want to manage the damage with government programs to take care of those who have fallen between the cracks. Populists want to fix the cracks so that people don't fall in the first place.

It may be the rooster that does all the crowing but it's the hen that delivers the goods.

Don't you think it's strange how many referees work at Footlocker?

Death Makes Angels of us all.

the time to hesitate is through no time to wallowin the mire Try now we can only lose and our love become a funeral pyre

Decision making can sometimes seem like inner civil war.

Personal development - the never ending chance to improve not only yourself, but also to attract opportunities and affect others.

It is not what happens that determines the major part of your future. What happens, happens to us all. It is what you do about what happens that counts.

You don't explain to the janitorial staff how your company is a part of a sinister organization with goals of global infiltration and control. You just tell them to clean the floor.

Always be willing to look at both sides of the argument. Understanding the other side is the best way to strengthen your own.

There are thirty-two ways to write a story, and I’ve used every one, but there is only one plot – things are not as they seem.

It is the accumulative weight of our disciplines and our judgments that leads us to either fortune or failure.

Life is worthwhile if you try. It doesn't mean you can do everything but there are a lot of things you can do, if you just try.

What we teach children to love and desire will always outweigh what we make them learn.

So many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality.

Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws.

A poet must discover that it’s his own story that is true, even if the truth is small indeed.

Way down deep, we're all motivated by the same urges. Cats have the courage to live by them.

Economic disaster begins with a philosophy of doing less and wanting more.

There is no shortage of opportunity. There is only a shortage of those who will apply themselves to the basics that success requires.

The movie of my life must be really low budget.

The Earth from here is a grand oasis in the big vastness of space.

The amount you give isn't important. What matters is what that amount represents in terms of your life.

We suffer one of two things. Either the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. You've got to choose discipline, versus regret, because discipline weighs ounces and regret weighs tons.

You can cut down a tree with a hammer, but it takes about 30 days. If you trade the hammer for an ax, you can cut it down in about 30 minutes. The difference between 30 days and 30 minutes is skills.

The old fun thing is when somebody typed up the first chapter of War and Peace. And then made a precis of the rest of it and sent it out and only one publisher recognized it.

The reason "other churches" don't grow: "Jim, the truth is, I couldn't have a real prayer meeting in my church. I'd be embarrassed at the smallness of the crowd..."

Anger is just anger. It isn't good. It isn't bad. It just is. What you do with it is what matters. It's like anything else. You can use it to build or to destroy. You just have to make the choice.

Happiness is the art of learning how to get joy from your substance.

When a new idea comes our way, we must put it on our mental scales and weigh it carefully before deciding its value.

There's more magic in a baby's first giggle than in any firestorm a wizard can conjure up, and don't let anyone tell you any different.

At the end of each day, you should play back the tapes of your performance. The results should either applaud you or prod you.

If you are not financially independent by the time you are forty or fifty, it doesn't mean that you are living in the wrong country or at the wrong time. It simply means that you have the wrong plan.

So now is the time, more than ever, for those who truly value all the principles of democracy, especially including dissent, to be the most forceful in speaking up, standing up and speaking out.

My hatred is a thousand times more powerful than all your good intentions.

Rest. Heal. Sleep. I shall most likely kill you on the morrow.” “You? A Princess Bride quote?” I croaked. “What is that?” she asked.

Money is usually attracted, not pursued.

Our nation owes a debt of gratitude to the 9/11 Commission members for their valuable service and important recommendations to improve homeland security.

How do you deserve a fortune? Render fortunes of service.

Disgust and resolve are two of the great emotions that lead to change.

The reason to moderate is to avoid having to quit.

Mistress: Something between a mister and a mattress.

I hope you have a miscarriage on a Walmart floor and have the baby's room already decorated.

The future does not get better by hope, it gets better by plan. And to plan for the future we need goals.

Nourish the mind like you would your body. The mind cannot survive on junk food.

Perception is NOT reality. People have always said that - perception is reality. I reject that hypothesis.

Somebody says, 'Well, I can't be concerned about other people. About the best I can do is to take care of myself' Well, then you will always be poor.

Zen is the vehicle of reality.