Jim Quotes

Religion made half of us afraid to die, and the other half afraid to live.

All Scripture is God-breathed and He doesn't waste His breath.

Nothing is as simple as we hope it will be.

The future is an opaque mirror. Anyone who tries to look into it sees nothing but the dim outlines of an old and worried face.

Government failure is always used as an excuse for government expansion. Government thrives on crisis and incompetence.

We Americans are trained to think big, talk big, act big, love big, admire bigness but then the essential mystery is in the small.

If you're a good marketing person, you have to be a little crazy.

Bullying is not okay. Period.

Web analytics is a fire extinguisher. Your website is on fire and you're burning cash.

Change and everything will change for you.

If we don't change, millions of American families are just one medical emergency, or one layoff, away from financial disaster and bankruptcy.

I'm a former hippie; I did drugs back when they were healthy. The only time I ever did LSD was at Disney World. I didn't go there - it came to me. I was Snow White.

The funniest people I know always seem to be the ones surrounded by darkness. And that’s probably why they’re the funniest. The deeper the pit, the more humor you need to dig yourself out of it.

Words can be applied as one might put on a scent, such as perfume. Some scents are so wonderful and others are sickening... titles can be the same.

Long patience and application saturated with your heart's blood-you will either write or you will not-and the only way to find out whether you will or not is to try.

Everything you gain in life will rot and fall apart, and all that will be left of you is what was in your heart.

You can’t have what you want to have, without doing what you need to do.

Your ability to communicate to your young people will determine your success.

To say goodbye is not to develop amnesia

When I get depressed, or anything, I go 'think of all the music I haven't even heard yet!' So, it's the one thing. Imagine the world without music. Man, just hand me a gun, will you?

Opinions are like feet. Everybody's got a couple, and they usually stink.

Rick Steiner is so stupid, he once stayed up all night to study for a urine test.

All our lives we sweat and save, Building for a shallow grave.

People aren't interested in seeing themselves as they really are.

Americans are incredibly inpatient. Someone once said that the shortest period of time in America is the time between when the light turns green and when you hear the first horn honk.

I told him I wasn't tired. He told me, no, but the outfielders sure are.

You have got to have discipline and focus - on the customer and how you run the business.

Strangely, when I totally emerged from this slump I couldn't comprehend how I had almost drowned it it.

I don't have faith in the Internet, I have faith in people connected through the Internet.

When you have a problem, rules don't solve your problem. It's caring and education.

Having a Southwest Green in my backyard is a huge advantage for me on tour. I am pleasantly surprised just how true the ball rolls and reacts to chip and pitch shots. I love my Southwest Green.

Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea.

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We set this house on fire forgetting that we live within.

It is in times of great tragedy when the true spirit of our wonderful country unites as one.

The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized - never knowing.

The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is don't do it unless you're willing to give your whole life to it. Red wine and garlic also helps.

The birth of the church was during a prayer meeting, not preaching, not singing, but prayer.

Don't mistake movement for achievement. It's easy to get faked out by being busy. The question is: Busy doing what?

As God is my witness, he is broken in half!

A sense of uncertainty that is potentially fatal is what makes climbing an adventure. Anything less is just working out

I just got one last thing, I urge all of you, all of you, to enjoy your life, the precious moments you have. To spend each day with some laughter and some thought, to get you're emotions going.

You touch things lightly or deeply; you move along because life herself moves, and you can’t stop it.

motivation alone is not enough.if you have an idiot and you motivate him,now you have a motivated idiot.

I know I drive some people crazy with what seems like ridiculous optimism, but it has always worked for me.

The more you read, the better you get, the more better you get, the more you like it; and the more you like it, the more you do it.

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

If you make a sale, you can make a living. If you make an investment of time and good service in a customer, you can make a fortune.

The smallest of disciplines, practiced every day, start an incredible process that can change our lives forever.

Be like a sponge when it comes to each new experience. If you want to be able to express it well, you must first be able to absorb it well.