Jim Quotes

We need to have a plan equal to the challenge.

I don't want people to see me - I want them to see Jesus.

Long slow distance makes long slow runners.

Our team is good at getting dressed real quick, because we're the type of team that wears their uniforms all day.

Until as recently as November of 1966, I had complete faith in the Warren Report. Of course, my faith in the Report was grounded in ignorance, since I had never read it.

Sometimes those who need it the most are inclined the least.

Like “love,” “hope” is one of those ridiculously disproportional words that by all rights should be a lot longer.

Money is nothing more than a tool. It can be a force for good, a force for evil, or simply idle.

I need privacy. I would think that because what I do makes a lot of people happy that I might deserve a little bit of respect in return. Instead, the papers try to drag me off my pedestal.

If you want to have more, you have to become more.

Dreams get you started; discipline keeps you going.

That looks like something out of the dumpster of planned parenthood.

I love the idea that 'a person is a person no matter how small'.

To pay out millions upon millions of dollars in bonuses for incomplete work, poor performance, and unacceptable products is the height of government waste and mismanagement.

Err Houston, we've had a problem. [pause] We've had a main B bus undervolt.

It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future, and impossible to live in the past. Nothing is as far away as one minute ago.

There are images I need to complete my own reality.

Books, I found, had the power to make time stand still, retreat or fly into the future.

Emotions are the fuel and the mind is the pilot which together propel the ship of civilized progress.

Home is where you feel unjudged, and where what I do isn't necessarily stupid or wrong.

You have to be honest, have integrity, be able to cooperate and get along with other people. Sigma Chi is a great place to learn that and that's why it's a great thing to join this fraternity.

The Second Law of Thermodynamics: If you think things are in a mess now, just wait!

My upbringing in Canada made me the person I am. I will always be proud to be a Canadian.

I am a guy who talks about bacon and escalators.

Remember that all success is based on long-term commitment, faith, discipline, attitude and a few stepping stones along the way.

Imagine if you could actually be that happy? That would be powerful, man. People would be tunneling under the street to avoid you. They'd go 'Oh, man - is that happy guy still out there?'

Be grateful for what you have, while in pursuit of what you want.

It's hard for the donkeys to win the race if they're going to carry the elephants on their backs.

Direction determines destination. So the question you must ask yourself; 'Are all the disciplines that I'm currently engaged in taking me where I want to go?'

Playtime and toys are good for kids, or they wouldn't buy them. McDonald's can provide that experience. And having dinner with the family is good for kids.

Some teachers teach for others to learn. That's not me. Some teachers teach for others to accomplish. That is me.

Madness is never that far away. It's as close as saying yes to the wrong impulse.

Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary. We must not permit anything to stand between us and the book that could change our lives.

Imagination is the beginning of reality.

You suck. You suck diseased moose wang, Marcone.

By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character. Grenville Kleiser Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

Don't bring your need to the marketplace, bring your skill.

Windows work two ways, mirrors one way. You never walk through mirrors or swim through windows.

We cover hamburgers, chicken, veggie burgers, salads, we've got a pretty broad range. To me, McDonald's isn't only about the food. It's about the prices, it's about the way we eat.

Knowledge fueled by emotion equals action.

It's important to learn from your mistakes, but it is BETTER to learn from other people's mistakes, and it is BEST to learn from other people's successes. It accelerates your own success.

Don't waste your time trying to turn ducks into eagles. Hire people who already have the motivation and drive to be eagles and then just let them soar.

Showing a profit means touching something and leaving it better than you found it.

If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you.

Profits are better than wages.

So you can't lose serving God, and that all things work together for good.

Grieve not, then, if your sons seem to desert you, but rejoice, rather, seeing the will of God done gladly.

Of all the things that can have an effect on your future, I believe personal growth is the greatest.

Deadwood was a magical experience. It was an absolute culmination of everything Ive ever wanted to do as an actor as an artist, and I was enormously proud to have been involved with it.

Don't ask for security, ask for adventure. Better to live 30 years full of adventure than a 100 years safe in the corner.