23 Motivational Quotes by John Ernst Steinbeck: John Steinbeck was an American writer. He won the Nobel prize in literature in 1962. He has been also called ‘a giant of American letters’. Here are 23 best motivational quotes by John Steinbeck.
1. In every bit of honest writing in the world, there is a base theme. Try to understand men, if you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
2. You know how advice is. You only want it if it agrees with what you wanted to do anyway.
3. Things that happen are of no importance… But from everything that happens, there is a lesson to be learned.
4. When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you’ve got tow new people.
5. All great and precious things are lonely.
6. I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible.
7. The nicest thing in the world you can do for anybody is let them help you.
8. If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.
9. What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.
10. If you’re in trouble, or hurt or need – go to the poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help – the only ones.
11. Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do, try to be better than yourself.
12. It is a time of quiet joy, the sunny morning. When the glittery dew is on the mallow weeds, each leaf holds a jewel which is beautiful if not valuable. This is no time for hurry or for bustle. Thoughts are slow and deep and golden in the morning.
13. A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger than a man on foot.
14. If you want to destroy a nation, give it too much – make it greedy, miserable and sick.
15. An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There’s a punishment for it, and it’s usually crucifixion.
16. The free exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world.
17. We are lonesome animals. We spend all life trying to be less lonesome.
18. Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
19. If you understand each other you will be kind to each other.
20. All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.
21. The clouds appeared and went away, and in a while they did not try anymore.
22. Our people are good people; our people are kind people. Pray God some day kind people won’t all be poor.
23. There ain’t no sin and there ain’t no virtue. There’s just stuff people do.
