Jim Quotes

God, I pray Thee, light these idle sticks of my life and may I burn for Thee. Consume my life, my God, for it is Thine. I seek not a long life, but a full one, like you, Lord Jesus.

Christians are like a thirteen year old kid who still believes in Santa.

Here's the thing about people who believe in god... They're idiots.

Success is not only for the elite. Success is there for those who want it, plan for it, and take action to achieve it.

Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.

In every single day, in every walk of life, ordinary people do extraordinary things. Ordinary People accomplish Extraordinary things.

In a life properly lived, you're a river.

I was and still am happier than a pig in slop.

The more you know the less you need to say.

It's not the disability that defines you; it's how you deal with the challenges the disability presents you with.

Beware, O wanderer, the road is walking too.

Nothing has ever been accomplished in any walk of life without enthusiasm, without motivation, and without perseverance.

Your family and your love must be cultivated like a garden. Time, effort, and imagination must be summoned constantly to keep any relationship flourishing and growing.

I'm not interested in trying to work on people's perceptions. I am who I am, and if you don't take the time to learn about that, then your perception is going to be your problem.

The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.

We have a drinking game in Australia, it's called drinking.

Nobody would stay interested in me if I was normal

Death steals everything except our stories.

I think everybody should study ants. They have an amazing four-part philosophy. Never give up, look ahead, stay positive and do all you can.

I am now in control of all things.

Fishing makes us less the hostages to the horrors of making a living.

If you don't change what you are doing today, all of your tomorrows will look like yesterday.

Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

I would rather give full vent to all human loves and disappointments, and take a chance on being corny, than die a smartass.

Where's your will to be weird?

Work hard at your job and you can make a living. Work hard on yourself and you can make a fortune.

Lord, give me firmness without hardness, steadfastness without dogmatism, love without weakness.

If you care about what you do and work hard at it, there isn't anything you can't do if you want to.

Happiness is not by chance, but by choice.

Part of your heritage in this society is the opportunity to become financially independent.

Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.

Anything is always a possibility. Wouldn't talk about what we would have done or what we would do. Everything is a possibility.

What will happen will happen, what won't happen won't happen.

The attitude you have as a parent is what your kids will learn from more than what you tell them. They don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.

The problem with waiting until tomorrow is that when it finally arrives, it is called today.

Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.

People often think that there's a general who makes all the difference, but I would reject that. It's a team effort. It's the power of the wedge.

I am no more proud of my career as an athlete than I am of the fact that I am a direct descendant of that noble warrior [Chief Black Hawk].

Nobody cares that you're smart and nobody cares that your kids don't have bruises.

Whatever good things we build end up building us.

Fans have a constitutional right to expect success and have high expectations.

Life is sentimental. Why should I be cold and hard about it? That's the main content. The biggest thing in people's lives is their loves and dreams and visions, you know.

Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.

Avoid fruits and nuts. You are what you eat.

Cancer can take away all of my physical abilities. It cannot touch my mind, it cannot touch my heart, and it cannot touch my soul.

The difference between where you are today and where you'll be five years from now will be found in the quality of books you've read.

Forgive me for being so ordinary while claiming to know so extraordinary a God.

Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.

Lord, make my way prosperous not that I achieve high station, but that my life be an exhibit to the value of knowing God.