Jim Quotes

Goals. There's not telling what you can do when you get inspired by them.

Never mistake the power of influence

Endurance is often the best indicator of validity & value

To attract attractive people, you must be attractive.

Learn to express rather than impress. Expressing evokes a 'me too' attitude while impressing evokes a 'so what' attitude

Life responds to deserve and not to need.

Activity leads to productivity!

Things will always go wrong so ride through your difficulties and learn from them.

There are two key lessons: a) The only way to survive in business is to be profitable, unless you have an unlimited amount of money; b) Get through your difficulty and learn to do better next time.

Finding is reserved for those who reach.

What changes your world is not wishing for change; what changes your world is changing!

Just like Brad Pitt and what's her name!

As long as any pro wrestling we see on the TV screen doesn't insult my intelligence and can continually use common sense, basic logic and the presentation, I am pretty cool with it.

I'm getting more and more isolated as I get on in years. I think people's insanity starts to slowly take over.

She thought she'd put up with however many years of stonewalling for a good reason, and she'd just figured out that as far as Castle Hubby went, she hadn't even crossed the moat yet.

A vision without action is called a daydream; but then again, action without a vision is called a nightmare.

Economic systems come, and economic systems go. No economic system lasts forever. Capitalism is not likely to last forever, either.

The Universe will now be set right. Made over to fit my unique view of what should be. Let Nihilism reign supreme!

You never know how many friends you have until you rent a house on the beach.

The sea is whipping the skyThe sky is whipping the seaYou can hide away forever from the stormBut you'll never hide away from me.

It doesn't matter what answers you get if you ask the wrong questions.

You can't stamp on a man's corns when he's got his feet cut off.

The shiny paint laid on by curiosity's hand has worn off. What thing better can a man know than the love of Christ, which passes knowledge?

But the only way never to do the wrong thing is never to do anything.

There are things you can't walk away from. Not if you want to live with yourself afterward.

I'm dealing with a lot of scary things. I think you have to react to them. And you either laugh at them or you go insane.

Caring about someone isn't complicated. It isn't easy. But it isn't complicated, either. Kinda like lifting the engine block out of a car.

I’ve had a tense couple of days. And I’ve got to tell you, burning someone’s face off sounds like a great way to relax.

I let out a battle cry. Sure, a lot of people might have mistaken it for a sudden yelp of unmanly fear, but trust me. It was a battle cry.

If I was on the road to Hell, at least I was going in style.

Put some clothes on, you weird, yellow-eyed, table-dancing, werewolf-training, cryptic, stare-me-right-in-the-eyes-and-don't-even-blink wench.

I love being a wizard. Every day is like Disneyland.

Don't call me a dinosaur. It isn't fair to the dinosaurs. What did a dinosaur ever do to you?

Age is always advancing and I'm fairly sure it's up to no good.

Apocalypse is a frame of mind." [Nicodemus] said then. "A belief. A surrender to inevitability. It is a despair for the future. It is the death of hope.

I wouldn't burden any decent system of faith by participating in it... I'm not agnostic. Just nonpartisan. Theological Switzerland, that's me.

But I don't understand God. I don't understand how he could see the way people treat one another, and not chalk up the whole human race as a bad idea.

As your heart goes, so goes your family! If your heart isn't right, no child raising system, rules, or gimmicks will ever work. As your heart goes, so goes your parenting!

Doing what you wanted to do was the only training, and the only preliminary, needed for doing more of what you wanted to do.

I sometimes give myself excellent advice. Occasionally, I even listen to it.

The Destructive Arts are exactly like Martial Arts, except they don't have uniforms or usefulness and the end result doesn't resemble art in any way.

I can't imagine the scientists wanting me to walk into the lab and start fiddling around with some big bowl of electrons they had out.

Thomas was an annoying wiseass who tended to make everyone he met want to kill him, and when I have that much in common with someone, I can't help but like him a little.

I was seducing shepherdesses when you weren't a twinkle in your great-grandcestor's eyes. I think I know what I'm doing.

When I started, I was pretty sure I was going to be writing some goofy little wizard novels that might make me some part-time money and would hopefully lead to something I could do better.

Molly was arrested. Possession.” I blinked at him. “She was possessed?

Every major accomplishment in a man's life requires a major level of commitment.

The best way to encourage your children is to let them know you are praying for them.

There is no substitute for your impassioned prayers on behalf of your children

Choose your words carefully. They reveal your inner character.