James Weldon Johnson Quotes

If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

Success is not the key to happiness; happiness is the key to success.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.

The best way to predict your future is to create it.

Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

The best revenge is massive success.

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.

Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.

James Weldon Johnson Quotes part 2

Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.

The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.

Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.

The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.

Success is not in what you have, but who you are.

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.

The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.

Success is not the absence of failure; it’s the persistence through failure.

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.

Success is not the key to happiness; happiness is the key to success.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.

The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.

Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.

The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.

Success is not in what you have, but who you are.

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.