Top 15 John Wooden Quotes

The best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.

Never make excuses. Your friends don't need them and your foes won't believe them.

Don't let yesterday take up too much of today.

Discipline yourself and others won't need to.

Happiness begins where selfishness ends.

Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.

Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating...too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they forget to make a life.

There is nothing stronger than gentleness.

If we magnified blessings as much as we magnify disappointments, we would all be much happier.

Tell the truth. That way you don't have to remember a story.

Being average means you are as close to the bottom as you are to the top.

You are not a failure until you start blaming others for your mistakes

How many of us have conflicts with someone else- and how many of us pray for that person? We have individuals with whom we are competitive, or whom we dislike or have a quarrel with; but very few of us have true enemies in the martial sense. And yet if Lincoln could pray fervently- and contemporary reports indicate he did- for the people who were opposing him, how much more can we do for someone we just find a little irritating?

Although there is no progress without change, not all change is progress.

If I were ever prosecuted for my religion, I truly hope there would be enough evidence to convict me.