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Jackson, Andrew

It is a damned fool indeed that can't think of at least two ways to spell any word.

Jackson, Mahalia

It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing - that's the Lord's test.

James, Henry

Three things in human life are important: The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.

James, Henry

Until you try, you don't know what you can't do.

James, William

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.

James, William

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

James, William

Thinking is what a great many people think they are doing when they are simply rearranging their prejudices.

Jefferson, Thomas

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

Jefferson, Thomas

I never told my religion nor scrutinize that of another. I never attempted to make a convert nor wished to change another's creed. I have judged of others' religion by their lives, for it is from our lives and not from our words that our religion must be read. By the same test must the world judge me.

Jefferson, Thomas

Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.

Jefferson, Thomas

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.

Jefferson, Thomas

The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper.

Jefferson, Thomas

The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.

Jefferson, Thomas

We sometimes from dreams pick up some hint worth improving by reflection.

Jennings, Waylon

Honesty is something you can't wear out.

Jerome, Jerome Klapka

It is always the best policy to speak the truth - unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

Jewett, Sarah Orne

Tact is after all a kind of mindreading.

Jewett, Sarah Orne

The thing that teases the mind over and over for years, and at last gets itself put down rightly on paper - whether little or great, it belongs to literature.

Joel, Billy

How am I supposed to exist without you?

Joel, Billy

The good old days weren't always good; tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems.

Joel, Billy

The joy of life is made up of obscure and seemingly mundane victories that give us our own small satisfactions.

Joel, Billy

We might be laughing a bit too loud, but that never hurt no one.

Johannes, Signe

I keep good time, but I rush . . . .

Johnson, Betsy

Real success is being totally indulgent about your own trip.

Johnson, Diane

Laughter is the jam on the toast of life. It adds flavor, keeps it from being too dry, and makes it easier to swallow.

Johnson, Jimmy

Treat a person as he is, and he will remain what he is. Treat him as he could be, and he will become what he should be.

Johnson, Pamela Hansford

Sainthood is only acceptable in saints.

Johnson, Philander

Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.

Johnson, Wendell

Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.

Jones, Charles

You are the same today that you are going to be five years from now except for two things: the people with whom you associate and the books you read.

Jones, Mother Mary

Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.

Jong, Erica

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

Jong, Erica

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

Jong, Erica

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

Joplin, Janis

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

Jordan, Robert

We are always more afraid than we wish to be, but we can always be braver than we expect.

Jowett, Benjamin

The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.

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