Allen Johnson famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

People often remain in the dark, not due to lack of light but of failure to open their eyes.
-- Allen Johnson

#Eye #Dark #Light
It's about stepping up on the big stage. The athlete who can do that is goig to do well.
-- Allen Johnson

#Athlete #Track #Bigs
We want to live a simple life, ... I want to emphasize I'm not an environmentalist who goes to church. I want my principal identity as a Christian to be someone who follows Jesus. I want to work for peace and justice, care for God's environment, be a good neighbor and friend and live the right life.
-- Allen Johnson

#Friendship #Christian #Jesus
You just get injured more often. You take time off, you come back, you get injured again and you never get in shape.
-- Allen Johnson

#Shapes #Getting In Shape #Take Time
At noon, on the Fourth of July, 1826, while the Liberty Bell was again sounding its old message to the people of Philadelphia, the soul of Thomas Jefferson passed on; and a few hours later John Adams entered into rest, with the name of his old friend upon his lips.
-- Allen Johnson

#July #Names #Philadelphia
A mind devoid of prepossessions is likely to be devoid of all mental furniture. And the historian who thinks that he can clean his mind as he would a slate with a wet sponge, is ignorant of the simplest facts of mental life.
-- Allen Johnson

#Thinking #History #Ignorant
We have been given the privilege and responsibility of living on Earth to see it isn't ruined.
-- Allen Johnson

#Responsibility #Earth #Privilege
I figure if I have one false start every ten or 12 years that I've been running, I probably won't false start again during my career.
-- Allen Johnson

#Running #Years #Careers
Very rarely do you have a perfect race, and it's about overcoming your mistakes in the race and remaining composed.
-- Allen Johnson

#Mistake #Race #Perfect

If you close your eyes you can imagine the hackers sitting in a room, combing through the documents to find the ones that will draw the most blood. And in a room next door are American journalists doing the same thing. As demented and criminal as it is, at least the hackers are doing it for a cause. The press is doing it for a nickel.
On June 10, the worst storm in the series swept across the middle of the Indian Ocean and Wild Eyes was directly in its path.
Godâ€™s jewels are often sent us in rough packages and by dark liveried servants, but within we find the very treasures of the Kingâ€™s palace and the Bridegroomâ€™s Love.
But all of this action goes on in the dark, hidden underground. Itâ€™s called stealing or piracy, as if sharing a wealth of knowledge were the moral equivalent of plundering a ship and murdering its crew. But sharing isnâ€™t immoral - itâ€™s a moral imperative. Only those blinded by greed would refuse to let a friend make a copy.
I love love stories, no matter how dark.
The purely righteous do not complain of the dark, but increase the light; they do not complain of evil, but increase justice; they do not complain of heresy, but increase faith; they do not complain of ignorance, but increase wisdom.
Until the 1990s, there were few reliable observations about movement at the scale of the entire universe, which is the only scale dark energy effects. So dark energy could not be seen until we could measure things very, very far away.
The soul should be examined in the light of other souls.
Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Delay may give clearer light as to what is best to be done.
I am in awe of the things you've been put through and the fact you can still light up a room when you walk in. When I look at you I see life. I see joy. I see my future.

Allen Johnson famous quotes

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