Jackson, Andrew: One man with courage makes a majority . (Andrew Jackson: U.S. lawyer, soldier, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States, 1767-1845) Categories: COURAGE, MAJORITY

Jackson, Robert H.: Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard. (Robert H. Jackson: U.S. Supreme Court justice and chief U.S. prosecutor in the Nuremberg Trials, 1892-1954) Categories: AUTHORITARIANISM, UNANIMITY, COMPULSION

Jackson, Robert H.: Men are more often bribed by their loyalties and ambitions than by money. (Robert H. Jackson: U.S. Supreme Court justice and chief U.S. prosecutor in the Nuremberg Trials, 1892-1954) Categories: AMBITION, MOTIVATION

Jackson, Robert H.: We can afford no liberties with liberty itself. (Robert H. Jackson: U.S. Supreme Court justice and chief U.S. prosecutor in the Nuremberg Trials, 1892-1954) Categories: LIBERTY

Jackson Brown, H. Jr.: Opportunity dances with those who are already on the dance floor. (H. Jackson Brown Jr.: U.S. author, best known for his N.Y. Times Best Seller, Life's Little Instruction Book, 1940-2021) Categories: OPPORTUNITY

James, Alice: Truly nothing is to be expected but the unexpected. (Alice James: U.S. diarist and sister of novelist Henry James and philosopher and psychologist William James, 1848-1892) Categories: EXPECTATIONS

James, Eloisa: Dogs come when they are called; cats take a message and get back to you. (Eloisa James: U.S. professor of English literature [pen name of Mary Bly], Born 1962) Categories: CATS, DOGS, PETS

James, Josh: Things that annoy me end up fueling my ideas. (Josh James: U.S. founder and CEO of Domo, a software company, as well as previous co-founder and CEO of Omniture, a web analytics company, Born 1973) Categories: ANNOYANCES, INNOVATION, INVENTIONS

James, P. D.: What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give. (P. D. James: British author whose series of detective novels feature a police commander and Britain’s Scotland Yard, 1920-2014) Categories: CHILDCARE

James, William: A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. (William James: U.S. philosopher and psychologist whose influence led to his being known as the ‘Father of American Psychology,’ 1842-1910) Categories: ATTITUDES, OPINIONS, PREJUDICE-BIGOTRY

James, William: Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. (William James: U.S. philosopher and psychologist whose influence led to his being known as the ‘Father of American Psychology,’ 1842-1910) Categories: ACCEPTANCE, ACKNOWLEGMENT, MISFORTUNE

James, William: Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. (William James: U.S. philosopher and psychologist whose influence led to his being known as the ‘Father of American Psychology,’ 1842-1910) Categories: BEHAVIOR

James, William: Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action. (William James: U.S. philosopher and psychologist whose influence led to his being known as the ‘Father of American Psychology,’ 1842-1910) Categories: ACTION, HAPPINESS, INVOLVEMENT

James, William: Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact. (William James: U.S. philosopher and psychologist whose influence led to his being known as the ‘Father of American Psychology,’ 1842-1910) Categories: BELIEF, FEAR, SELF-CONFIDENCE

James, William: Footnotes—the little dogs yapping at the heels of the text. (William James: U.S. philosopher and psychologist whose influence led to his being known as the ‘Father of American Psychology,’ 1842-1910) Categories: WRITING, FOOTNOTES

James, William: Genius, in truth, means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way. (William James: U.S. philosopher and psychologist whose influence led to his being known as the ‘Father of American Psychology,’ 1842-1910) Categories: GENIUS

James, William: I myself believe that the evidence for God lies primarily in inner personal experience. (William James: U.S. philosopher and psychologist whose influence led to his being known as the ‘Father of American Psychology,’ 1842-1910) Categories: BELIEFS, GOD, SPIRITUALITY

James, William: Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing that ensures the successful outcome of our venture. (William James: U.S. philosopher and psychologist whose influence led to his being known as the ‘Father of American Psychology,’ 1842-1910) Categories: SELF-CONFIDENCE

James, William: Our lives are like islands in the sea, or like trees in the forest. The maple and the pine may whisper to each other with their leaves. But the trees also commingle their roots in the darkness underground, and the islands also hang together through the ocean's bottom. (William James: U.S. philosopher and psychologist whose influence led to his being known as the ‘Father of American Psychology,’ 1842-1910) Categories: RELATIONSHIPS, NATURE

James, William: The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. (William James: U.S. philosopher and psychologist whose influence led to his being known as the ‘Father of American Psychology,’ 1842-1910) Categories: PERCEPTION, WISDOM

James, William: The great use of life is to spend it in something that will outlast it (William James: U.S. philosopher and psychologist whose influence led to his being known as the ‘Father of American Psychology,’ 1842-1910) Categories: LEGACY, LIFE

James, William: The instinct of ownership is fundamental in man's nature. (William James: U.S. philosopher and psychologist whose influence led to his being known as the ‘Father of American Psychology,’ 1842-1910) Categories: OWNERSHIP

James, William: The soul is stronger than its surroundings. (William James: U.S. philosopher and psychologist whose influence led to his being known as the ‘Father of American Psychology,’ 1842-1910) Categories: SELF-UNDERSTANDING, SOUL

James, William: We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood. (William James: U.S. philosopher and psychologist whose influence led to his being known as the ‘Father of American Psychology,’ 1842-1910) Categories: OPINIONS, MODIFICATIONS

James, William: When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice. (William James: U.S. philosopher and psychologist whose influence led to his being known as the ‘Father of American Psychology,’ 1842-1910) Categories: CHOICES

James, William: Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is. (William James: U.S. philosopher and psychologist whose influence led to his being known as the ‘Father of American Psychology,’ 1842-1910) Categories: COMMUNICATION, IDENTITY, RELATIONSHIPS

James, William: With mere good intentions hell is proverbially paved. (William James: U.S. philosopher and psychologist whose influence led to his being known as the ‘Father of American Psychology,’ 1842-1910) Categories: CHALLENGES, INTENTIONS

Jameson, Anna: The streams which would otherwise diverge to fertilize a thousand meadows, must be directed into one deep narrow channel before they can turn a mill. (Anna Jameson: Anglo-Irish writer and art historian, 1794-1860) Categories: GOALS, MANAGEMENT, PLANNING

Jampolsky, Gerald G.: Forgiveness means letting go of the past. (Gerald G. Jampolsky: U.S. and international authority in the fields of psychiatry, health, business, and education. Born 1925) Categories: FORGIVENESS

Jampolsky, Gerald G.: I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge. (Gerald G. Jampolsky: U.S. and international authority in the fields of psychiatry, health, business, and education. Born 1925) Categories: FORGIVENESS

Jampolsky, Gerald G.: The world does not have to change.... The only thing that has to change is our attitude. (Gerald G. Jampolsky: U.S. and international authority in the fields of psychiatry, health, business, and education. Born 1925) Categories: ATTITUDES, CHANGE

Japanese Haiku: Now that my house is burned down, I have a much better view of the moon. (Japanese Haiku: ) Categories: PERCEPTION, RECOVERY, REACTION, VIEWPOINT

Japanese Proverb: Fear is only deep as the mind allows. (Japanese Proverb: ) Categories: FEAR, MIND, SELF-ANALYSIS

Japanese Proverb: There are formalities between the closest of friends. (Japanese Proverb: ) Categories: FRIENDS, FORMALITIES

Japanese Proverb: Vision without action is daydream; Action without vision is nightmare. (Japanese Proverb: ) Categories: ACTION, VISION

Jarrell, Randall: One of the most obvious facts about grownups to a child is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child. (Randall Jarrell: U.S. poet, literary critic, children's author, essayist, and novelist, 1914-1965) Categories: CHILDHOOD, GROWN-UPS

Jarvik, Robert: Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them. They make the impossible happen. (Robert Jarvik: U.S. scientist, researcher, and entrepreneur, known for his role in developing the Jarvik-7 — an artificial heart, Born 1946) Categories: LEADERSHIP, VISIONARIES

Jarvis, Jane: I have everything I need to be happy right between my ears. (Jane Jarvis: U.S. jazz pianist who was also known for her work as a composer, baseball stadium organist, and music industry executive, 1915-2010) Categories: SELF-AWARENESS, SENSES

Jaubert, Joseph: It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it. (Joseph Jaubert: French moralist and essayist, 1754-1824) Categories: DEBATE, DECISIONS

Jefferson, Thomas: All authority belongs to the people. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: AUTHORITY

Jefferson, Thomas: Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: BANKING

Jefferson, Thomas: Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: RELIGION

Jefferson, Thomas: Delay is preferable to error. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: DELAY, PATIENCE

Jefferson, Thomas: Divided opinions have convulsed societies since Greece and Rome; they are the oxygen of a free government. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: DEMOCRACY, GOVERNMENT, PARTISANSHIP

Jefferson, Thomas: Educate and inform the whole mass of the people. They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: EDUCATION

Jefferson, Thomas: Equal rights for all, special privileges for none. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: EQUALITY, EQUITY

Jefferson, Thomas: Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: CITIZENSHIP, MILITARY

Jefferson, Thomas: Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: HONESTY

Jefferson, Thomas: I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: BANKING

Jefferson, Thomas: I cannot live without books. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: BOOKS

Jefferson, Thomas: I consider trial by jury as the only anchor yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principle of the constitution. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: COURTS, JURISPRUDENCE

Jefferson, Thomas: I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: DILIGENCE, LUCK

Jefferson, Thomas: I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: LEADERSHIP, POWER

Jefferson, Thomas: I like the dreams for the future better than the history of the past. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: PAST, FUTURE

Jefferson, Thomas: I steer my bark with hope in my heart, leaving fear astern. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: HOPE

Jefferson, Thomas: I succeed him; no one could replace him. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: REPLACEMENT, SUCCESSION

Jefferson, Thomas: I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: DILIGENCE, LUCK

Jefferson, Thomas: If a nation expects to be ignorant and free . . . it expects what never was and never will be. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: EDUCATION, IGNORANCE

Jefferson, Thomas: If I had to choose between a government without newspapers and newspapers without a government, I would unhesitatingly choose the latter. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM, NEWSPAPERS

Jefferson, Thomas: If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you have never done. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: DREAMS, WISHES

Jefferson, Thomas: In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: BEHAVIOR, COMMUNICATION

Jefferson, Thomas: In the hands of judges, the Constitution is a mere thing of wax that judges can twist and shape to their liking and in their own design. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: JURISPRUDENCE

Jefferson, Thomas: It has been said that even if we believed God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: GOD, RELIGION

Jefferson, Thomas: It is my principle that the will of the majority should always prevail. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: GOVERNMENT, MAJORITY

Jefferson, Thomas: No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free, no one ever will. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: CENSORSHIP, INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM

Jefferson, Thomas: Resort to ridicule only when reason is against us. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: RIDICULE

Jefferson, Thomas: Taste cannot be controlled by law. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: ATTITUDE, TASTE

Jefferson, Thomas: The hole and the patch should be commensurate. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: REFORM

Jefferson, Thomas: The most successful war seldom pays for its losses. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: DEBTS, WAR

Jefferson, Thomas: The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: COMMUNICATION

Jefferson, Thomas: The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings, priests, and nobles who will rise up among us if we leave the people in ignorance. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: EDUCATION, IGNORANCE

Jefferson, Thomas: War is as much a punishment to the punisher as to the sufferer. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: PUNISHMENT, WAR

Jefferson, Thomas: We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: ENDURANCE, LIBERTY, STRUGGLES

Jefferson, Thomas: We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with inalienable rights; (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: EQUALITY (U.S.A.)

Jefferson, Thomas: Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: GOVERNMENT (U.S.A.), NEWSPAPERS (U.S.A.)

Jefferson, Thomas: When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: POLITICIANS, RESPONSIBILITY, SELF-IDENTITY

Jefferson, Thomas: When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, count to one hundred. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: ANGER

Jefferson, Thomas: Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct. (Thomas Jefferson: U.S. principal author of the 'Declaration of Independence' who later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826) Categories: POLITICIANS

Jemison, Mae C.: Never limit yourself because of others' limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination. (Mae C. Jemison: U.S. engineer, physician, former NASA astronaut when she became the first African-American woman to travel into space on the Space Shuttle Endeavor, Born, 1956) Categories: ASPIRATIONS, IMAGINATION, OPEN-MINDEDNESS

Jensen, Carsten: Only the stupid steal from the rich. The clever steal from the poor. The law usually protects the rich. (Carsten Jensen: Danish author and political columnist., Born 1952) Categories: CRIME, STEALING

Jerome, Jerome K.: Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen. (Jerome K. Jerome: English writer and humorist, 1859-1927) Categories:

Jerome, Jerome K.: It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. (Jerome K. Jerome: English writer and humorist, 1859-1927) Categories: WORK, IDLENESS

Jerrold, Douglas W.: Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest. (Douglas W. Jerrold: English dramatist and writer, 1803-1857) Categories: EARTH, GARDENING, NATURE

Jerrold, Douglas W.: It takes all sorts of people to make a world. (Douglas W. Jerrold: English dramatist and writer, 1803-1857) Categories: DIVERSITY, INCLUSION

Jerrold, Douglas W.: Love the sea? I dote upon it—from the beach. (Douglas W. Jerrold: English dramatist and writer, 1803-1857) Categories: CAUTIOUSNESS, OCEAN, SEA

Jerrold, Douglas W.: The ugliest of trades have their moments of pleasure. Now, if I was a grave digger, or even a hangman, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment. (Douglas W. Jerrold: English dramatist and writer, 1803-1857) Categories: EMPLOYMENT

Jersild, Arthur: He who moves most fully into life feels most removed from death, and he who is least afraid of living is least afraid of dying. (Arthur Jersild: U.S. developmental psychologist at Columbia University, 1902-1994) Categories: DEATH, FEAR, PARTICIPATION, ACTIVENESS

Jessel, George: The human brain is a wonderful thing. It starts working the moment you are born, and never stops until you stand up to speak in public. (George Jessel: U.S. actor, singer, songwriter, and film producer, 1898-1981) Categories: PUBLIC SPEAKING

Jesus: It is more blessed to give than to receive. (Jesus: The the central figure of Christianity, the world's largest religion 6-4 B.C.E.-A.D.33) Categories: GIVING, RECEIVING

Jewell, John: Vessels never give so great a sound as when they are empty. (John Jewell: English Bishop of Salisbury and a key figure in the Christian Reformation movement, 1522-1571) Categories: IGNORANCE

Jewett, Sarah O.: A harbor . . . is a good thing, since adventurers come into it as well as go out, and the life in it grows strong, because it takes something from the world, and has something to give in return. (Sarah O. Jewett: U.S. poet and novelist, 1849-1909) Categories: HARBORS, IMMIGRATION, EMIGRATION

Jewish proverb: God couldn’t be everywhere, so He made mothers. (Jewish proverb: ) Categories: MOTHERHOOD

Jewish proverb: Pride is the mask of one's own faults. (Jewish proverb: ) Categories: PRIDE

Jewish proverb: The only truly dead are those who have been forgotten. (Jewish proverb: ) Categories: DEATH, LEGACY

Jewish proverb: What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent with your tongue. (Jewish proverb: ) Categories: FALSEHOODS, INTEGRITY

Jewish proverb: Worries go down better with soup than without. (Jewish proverb: ) Categories: DIFFICULTIES, WORRIES

Jimenez, Juan R.: If they give you ruled paper, write the other way. (Juan R. Jimenez: Spanish poet who received the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1881-1958) Categories: ALTERNATIVES, CREATIVITY, INNOVATION, NON-CONFORMITY

Jobs, Steve: A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them. (Steve Jobs: U.S. business magnate, industrial designer, investor, and media proprietor, 1955-2011) Categories: INNOVATION

Jobs, Steve: Here’s to the crazy ones — the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do. (Steve Jobs: U.S. business magnate, industrial designer, investor, and media proprietor, 1955-2011) Categories: INNOVATION, NON-CONFORMITY

Jobs, Steve: I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance. (Steve Jobs: U.S. business magnate, industrial designer, investor, and media proprietor, 1955-2011) Categories: PERSEVERANCE

Jobs, Steve: My favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time. (Steve Jobs: U.S. business magnate, industrial designer, investor, and media proprietor, 1955-2011) Categories: TIME

Jobs, Steve: Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. (Steve Jobs: U.S. business magnate, industrial designer, investor, and media proprietor, 1955-2011) Categories: SIMPLICITY

Jobs, Steve: We're here to put a dent in the universe. (Steve Jobs: U.S. business magnate, industrial designer, investor, and media proprietor, 1955-2011) Categories: CHANGE, INITIATIVE, INNOVATION

Jodorowsky, Alejandro: Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness. (Alejandro Jodorowsky: Chilean-French film and theatre director, screenwriter, playwright, actor, author, poet, and producer, Born 1929) Categories: IGNORANCE, PREJUDICE-BIGOTRY

Johnson, Georgia D.: Your world is as big as you make it. (Georgia D. Johnson: U.S. poet and journalist who was one of the earliest female African-American playwrights and an important figure of the Harlem Renaissance, 1880-1966) Categories: CHOICES, WILLINGNESS, MINDSET

Johnson, Gerald W.: In revolutionary times, the rich are always the people who are most afraid. (Gerald W. Johnson: U.S. historian, journalist, novelist, editor, 1880-1980) Categories: REVOLUTIONS, WEALTH

Johnson, Gerald W.: Nothing changes more constantly than the past; for the past that influences our lives does not consist of what actually happened but of what people believe happened. (Gerald W. Johnson: U.S. historian, journalist, novelist, editor, 1880-1980) Categories: HISTORY, MEMORY, PAST

Johnson, Hiram: The first casualty when war comes is truth. (Hiram Johnson: U.S. governor and senator 1866-1945) Categories: WAR, TRUTH

Johnson, James W.: The colored people of this country know and understand the white people better than the white people know and understand them. (James W. Johnson: U.S. writer, civil rights activist, and a leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1871-1938) Categories: RACE

Johnson, K. G.: Education is the process of turning cocksure ignorance into thoughtful uncertainty.' (K. G. Johnson: U.S. Mechanical contractor) Categories: EDUCATION

Johnson, Lady B.: Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them. (Lady B. Johnson: U.S. socialite and the First Lady of the United States as the wife of the 36th President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson, 1912-2007) Categories: CHILDREN, PARENTHOOD

Johnson, Lady B.: Where flowers bloom, so does hope. (Lady B. Johnson: U.S. socialite and the First Lady of the United States as the wife of the 36th President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson, 1912-2007) Categories: FLOWERS, HOPE

Johnson, Lyndon B.: A man without a vote is a man without protection. (Lyndon B. Johnson: U.S. politician who served as the 36th President of the United States, 1908-1973) Categories: CITIZENSHIP, VOTING

Johnson, Lyndon B.: A man's opinion is no better than his information. (Lyndon B. Johnson: U.S. politician who served as the 36th President of the United States, 1908-1973) Categories: OPINIONS, INFORMATION

Johnson, Lyndon B.: A president's hardest task is not to do what's right, but to know what's right. (Lyndon B. Johnson: U.S. politician who served as the 36th President of the United States, 1908-1973) Categories: LEADERSHIP

Johnson, Lyndon B.: Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose. (Lyndon B. Johnson: U.S. politician who served as the 36th President of the United States, 1908-1973) Categories: FUTURE, GOALS, YESTERDAY

Johnson, Philander: Cheer up, the worst is yet to come! (Philander Johnson: U.S. journalist, humorist, poet, lyricist, and dramatic editor, 1866-1939) Categories: CHEERS

Johnson, Samuel: A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. (Samuel Johnson: English poet, playwright, essayist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784) Categories: EQUITY, GOVERNMENT, POVERTY

Johnson, Samuel: Abstinence is as easy for me as temperance (or moderation) would be difficult. (Samuel Johnson: English poet, playwright, essayist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784) Categories: ABSTINENCE

Johnson, Samuel: Adversity is the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free from admirers then. (Samuel Johnson: English poet, playwright, essayist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784) Categories: ADVERSITY, SELF-UNDERSTANDING

Johnson, Samuel: Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. (Samuel Johnson: English poet, playwright, essayist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784) Categories: CIVIL RIGHTS, OPINIONS

Johnson, Samuel: Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. (Samuel Johnson: English poet, playwright, essayist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784) Categories: PERSEVERANCE

Johnson, Samuel: He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity. (Samuel Johnson: English poet, playwright, essayist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784) Categories: ADVERSITY, SELF-AWARENESS

Johnson, Samuel: I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations. (Samuel Johnson: English poet, playwright, essayist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784) Categories: LANGUAGE

Johnson, Samuel: If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary, be not idle. (Samuel Johnson: English poet, playwright, essayist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784) Categories: IDLENESS

Johnson, Samuel: It is unjust to claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings of childhood. (Samuel Johnson: English poet, playwright, essayist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784) Categories: MATURATION

Johnson, Samuel: It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. (Samuel Johnson: English poet, playwright, essayist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784) Categories: LIFE

Johnson, Samuel: Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not. (Samuel Johnson: English poet, playwright, essayist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784) Categories: CIVILITY, KINDNESS

Johnson, Samuel: Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures. (Samuel Johnson: English poet, playwright, essayist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784) Categories: CELIBACY, MARRIAGE

Johnson, Samuel: New things are made familiar, and familiar things are made new. (Samuel Johnson: English poet, playwright, essayist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784) Categories: INNOVATION, INVENTION

Johnson, Samuel: Nothing at all will be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. (Samuel Johnson: English poet, playwright, essayist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784) Categories: COMPROMISE

Johnson, Samuel: Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. (Samuel Johnson: English poet, playwright, essayist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784) Categories: PATRIOTISM

Johnson, Samuel: Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. (Samuel Johnson: English poet, playwright, essayist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784) Categories: PLEASURE

Johnson, Samuel: Prudence keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy. (Samuel Johnson: English poet, playwright, essayist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784) Categories: PRUDENCE, SAFETY

Johnson, Samuel: Samuel Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect. (Samuel Johnson: English poet, playwright, essayist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784) Categories: CURIOSITY

Johnson, Samuel: Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say. (Samuel Johnson: English poet, playwright, essayist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784) Categories: SILENCE

Johnson, Samuel: The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. (Samuel Johnson: English poet, playwright, essayist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784) Categories: CUSTOMS, HABITS

Johnson, Samuel: The future is purchased by the present. (Samuel Johnson: English poet, playwright, essayist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784) Categories: DEBTS, FUTURE

Johnson, Samuel: The poor and the busy have no leisure for sentimental sorrow. (Samuel Johnson: English poet, playwright, essayist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784) Categories: SORROW

Johnson, Samuel: The trappings of a monarchy would set up an ordinary commonwealth. (Samuel Johnson: English poet, playwright, essayist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784) Categories: ROYALTY, MONARCHY

Johnson, Samuel: There are people whom one would like to drop, but would not wish to be dropped by. (Samuel Johnson: English poet, playwright, essayist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784) Categories: RELATIONSHIPS

Johnson, Samuel: There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. (Samuel Johnson: English poet, playwright, essayist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784) Categories: TEARS

Johnson, Samuel: We take on friends as we find them, not as we would make them. (Samuel Johnson: English poet, playwright, essayist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784) Categories: FRIENDS

Johnson, Samuel: While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert it only irritates. (Samuel Johnson: English poet, playwright, essayist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784) Categories: SORROW, GRIEF

Johnson, Samuel: Words are but the signs of ideas. (Samuel Johnson: English poet, playwright, essayist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer, 1709-1784) Categories: IDEAS, WORDS

Johnson, Vivian Elaine: We learn from two experiences: Love and Death. (Vivian Elaine Johnson: U.S. writer, speaker, and counselor, Born 1935) Categories: DEATH, EXPERIENCES, LOVE

Jones, Franklin: A bargain is something you don't need at a price you can't resist. (Franklin Jones: Expatriate U.S. spiritual teacher, writer, and artist, 1939-2008) Categories: BARGAINS

Jones, Franklin: A bargain is something you don’t need at a price you can’t resist. (Franklin Jones: Expatriate U.S. spiritual teacher, writer, and artist, 1939-2008) Categories: BARGAINS

Jones, Franklin: Love doesn't just make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile. (Franklin Jones: Expatriate U.S. spiritual teacher, writer, and artist, 1939-2008) Categories:

Jones, Franklin P.: Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. (Franklin P. Jones: U.S. columnist, 1908-1980) Categories: EXPERIENCE

Jones, Franklin P.: Love doesn’t make the world go ‘round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile. (Franklin P. Jones: U.S. columnist, 1908-1980) Categories: LOVE, MEANINGFULNESS, MOTIVATION

Jones, Franklin P.: The trouble with being punctual is that nobody’s there to appreciate it. (Franklin P. Jones: U.S. columnist, 1908-1980) Categories: PUNCTUALITY

Jones, Kimberly: Equality, not revenge. (Kimberly Jones: U.S. TV and film promoter and book author) Categories: REVENGE, EQUALITY

Jones, Paul T.: Failure is often the fire that forges the steel. (Paul T. Jones: U.S. financier and philanthropist, Born 1954) Categories: FAILURE, REFORM

Jong, Erica: Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't. (Erica Jong: U.S. novelist, satirist, and poet, known for her novel, "Fear of Flying," that played a prominent role in the development of second-wave feminism, Born 1942) Categories: ADVICE

Jong, Erica: I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me. (Erica Jong: U.S. novelist, satirist, and poet, known for her novel, "Fear of Flying," that played a prominent role in the development of second-wave feminism, Born 1942) Categories: FEAR

Jong, Erica: If I'm afraid of it, then I must do it. (Erica Jong: U.S. novelist, satirist, and poet, known for her novel, "Fear of Flying," that played a prominent role in the development of second-wave feminism, Born 1942) Categories: FEAR, ACTION

Jong, Erica: The trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more. (Erica Jong: U.S. novelist, satirist, and poet, known for her novel, "Fear of Flying," that played a prominent role in the development of second-wave feminism, Born 1942) Categories: RISK

Jong, Erica: There are no atheists on turbulent airplanes. (Erica Jong: U.S. novelist, satirist, and poet, known for her novel, "Fear of Flying," that played a prominent role in the development of second-wave feminism, Born 1942) Categories: ATHEISTS, PRAYER

Jong, Erica: You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one to blame. (Erica Jong: U.S. novelist, satirist, and poet, known for her novel, "Fear of Flying," that played a prominent role in the development of second-wave feminism, Born 1942) Categories: SELF-RELIANCE, SELF-RESPONSIBILITY

Jonson, Ben: He [Shakespeare] was not of an age but for all time. (Ben Jonson: English playwright and poet, who is generally regarded as the second most important English dramatist, after William Shakespeare, 1572-1637) Categories: IMMORTALITY, LEGACIES, SHAKESPEARE

Jonson, Ben: Language most shows a man: speak, that I may see thee. (Ben Jonson: English playwright and poet, who is generally regarded as the second most important English dramatist, after William Shakespeare, 1572-1637) Categories: SPEECH, LANGUAGE

Jonson, Ben: The burnt child dreads the fire. (Ben Jonson: English playwright and poet, who is generally regarded as the second most important English dramatist, after William Shakespeare, 1572-1637) Categories: EXPERIENCE, FEAR

Jordan, David S.: The world stands aside to let anyone pass who knows where he is going. (David S. Jordan: U.S. zoologist, educator, eugenicist, and peace activist, 1851-1931) Categories: GOALS, VISION

Jordan, Michael: I can accept failure. But I can’t accept not trying. (Michael Jordan: U.S. businessman and former professional basketball player, Born 2963) Categories: FAILURE, INDIFFERENCE

Jordan, Michael: Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships (Michael Jordan: U.S. businessman and former professional basketball player, Born 2963) Categories: TALENT, TEAMWORK

Joseph, Rhawn: Within the core of each of us is the child we once were. This child constitutes the foundation of what we have become, who we are, and what we will be. (Rhawn Joseph: U.S. neuroscientist and author) Categories: CHILDHOOD

Joubert, Joseph: Children have more need of models than of critics. (Joseph Joubert: French moralist and essayist, 1754-1824) Categories: ROLE MODELS, CRITICS, CHILDHOOD

Joubert, Joseph: Drawing is speaking to the eye; talking is painting to the ear. (Joseph Joubert: French moralist and essayist, 1754-1824) Categories: COMMUNICATION, TALKING, DRAWING

Joubert, Joseph: He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet. (Joseph Joubert: French moralist and essayist, 1754-1824) Categories: LEARNING, IMAGINATION

Joubert, Joseph: Imagination is the eye of the soul. (Joseph Joubert: French moralist and essayist, 1754-1824) Categories: IMAGINATION

Joubert, Joseph: It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it (Joseph Joubert: French moralist and essayist, 1754-1824) Categories: DELIBERATION, DEBATE

Joubert, Joseph: Never cut what you can untie. (Joseph Joubert: French moralist and essayist, 1754-1824) Categories: SOLUTIONS, RELATIONSHIPS

Joubert, Joseph: To teach is to learn twice. (Joseph Joubert: French moralist and essayist, 1754-1824) Categories: TEACHING

Joubert, Joseph: When my friends lack an eye, I look at them in profile. (Joseph Joubert: French moralist and essayist, 1754-1824) Categories: FRIENDSHIP

Joubert, Joseph: Whence? wither? why? how? These questions cover all philosophy. (Joseph Joubert: French moralist and essayist, 1754-1824) Categories: PHILOSOPHY, QUESTIONS-ANSWERS

Joubert, Joseph: Without duty, life is soft and boneless; it cannot hold itself together. (Joseph Joubert: French moralist and essayist, 1754-1824) Categories: LIFE, OBLIGATIONS

Joubert, Joseph: Words, like eyeglasses, blur everything that they do not make clear. (Joseph Joubert: French moralist and essayist, 1754-1824) Categories: WORDS, COMMUNICATION

Joyce, James: Mistakes are the portals for discovery. (James Joyce: Irish novelist, short story writer, poet, teacher, and literary critic, 1882-1941) Categories: DISCOVERY, ERRORS, MISTAKES, OPPORTUNITIES

Joyce, James: Of all the things that have happened to me, I think the least important was having been blind. (James Joyce: Irish novelist, short story writer, poet, teacher, and literary critic, 1882-1941) Categories: BLINDNESS

Juarez, Benito: Among individuals, as among nations, respect for the rights of others is peace. (Benito Juarez: Mexican politician, military commander, and lawyer who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in office in 1872, 1806-18872) Categories: TOLERANCE, RESPECTFULNESS

Jung, Carl: Embrace your grief / For there, your soul will grow. (Carl Jung: Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, 1875-1961) Categories: GRIEF

Jung, Carl: Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. (Carl Jung: Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, 1875-1961) Categories: SELF-UNDERSTANDING

Jung, Carl: I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become. (Carl Jung: Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, 1875-1961) Categories: CHOICES, SELF-RESPONSIBILITY

Jung, Carl: If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves. (Carl Jung: Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, 1875-1961) Categories: PARENTHOOD

Jung, Carl: Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering. (Carl Jung: Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, 1875-1961) Categories: NEUROSIS

Jung, Carl: Nothing worse could happen to one than to be completely understood. (Carl Jung: Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, 1875-1961) Categories: SELF-IDENTITY, UNDERSTANDING

Jung, Carl: People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls. (Carl Jung: Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, 1875-1961) Categories: SELF-ANALYSIS, SELF-UNDERSTANDING

Jung, Carl: Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you. (Carl Jung: Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, 1875-1961) Categories: SANITY

Jung, Carl: The greatest and most important problems in life are all in a certain sense insoluble. They can never be solved, but only outgrown. (Carl Jung: Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, 1875-1961) Categories: PROBLEMS

Jung, Carl: The healthy man does not torture others. Generally, it is the tortured who turn into torturers. (Carl Jung: Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, 1875-1961) Categories: TORTURE

Jung, Carl: The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances; if there is any reaction, both are transformed. (Carl Jung: Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, 1875-1961) Categories: COMMUNICATION, RELATIONSHIPS

Jung, Carl: The only thing we have to fear on this planet is man. (Carl Jung: Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, 1875-1961) Categories: BEHAVIOR, FEAR, HUMANKIND

Jung, Carl: The telling question of a person's life is one's relationship with the infinite. (Carl Jung: Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, 1875-1961) Categories: SPIRITUALITY

Jung, Carl: There is no coming to consciousness without pain. (Carl Jung: Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, 1875-1961) Categories: CHALLENGES, SELF-EXAMINATION

Jung, Carl: Trust that which gives you meaning and accept it as your guide. Those who look outwards dream but those who look inwards awake. (Carl Jung: Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, 1875-1961) Categories: SELF-UNDERSTANDING, MEANINGFULNESS

Jung, Carl: Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life, and you will call it fate. (Carl Jung: Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, 1875-1961) Categories: FATE, SELF-ANALYSIS, CONSCIOUSNESS

Jung, Carl: We cannot change anything unless we accept it. (Carl Jung: Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, 1875-1961) Categories: ACCEPTANCE, CHANGE

Jung, Carl: Western man has no need of more superiority over nature . . . . He must learn that he may not do exactly as he wills. If he does not learn this, his own nature will destroy him. (Carl Jung: Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, 1875-1961) Categories: ENVIRONMENT, NATURE

Jung, Carl: Where love rules, there is no will to power and where power predominates, love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other. (Carl Jung: Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, 1875-1961) Categories: LOVE, POWER

Jung, Carl: Where your fear is, there is your task. (Carl Jung: Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, 1875-1961) Categories: ASPIRATIONS, CHALLENGES, FEAR, GOALS

Jung, Carl: Who looks inside, awakes. (Carl Jung: Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, 1875-1961) Categories: SELF-AWARENESS, SELF-IDENTITY

Jung, Carl: Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens. (Carl Jung: Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, 1875-1961) Categories: SELF-AWARENESS, SELF-UNDERSTANDING

Junius, Philo: Emotions become more violent when expression is stifled. (Philo Junius: British writer (Pseudonym) who in the late 18th century wrote a series of controversial and influential letters written anonymously in the Public Advertiser who wrote 1769-1771) Categories: EMOTIONS

Junius, Philo: The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions. (Philo Junius: British writer (Pseudonym) who in the late 18th century wrote a series of controversial and influential letters written anonymously in the Public Advertiser who wrote 1769-1771) Categories: ACTION, INTEGRITY, CONDUCT

Jusserano, Jules: The future is not in the hands of fate, but in ours. (Jules Jusserano: French author and diplomat who was the French Ambassador to the U.S. during World War 1, 1855-1932) Categories: SELF-RELIANCE

Juster, Norton: So many things are possible just as long as you don’t know they’re impossible.” (Norton Juster: U.S. academic, architect, and writer, 1929-2021) Categories: POSSIBILITIES

Justice, Lauren: Nobody is ever too far gone to recover; it's just a matter of finding the right people to bring you back to a better version of who you want to be. (Lauren Justice: U.S. local Case Manager of City Net, a non-profit organization to help end homelessness) Categories: RECOVERY, SELF-IDENTITY