Jack Miner: Original Sayings
- "Get all the education you can; then add the
learning."
- "If a man has a backbone between his shoulders, and
not a wishbone, there is nothing that will do him more
good than the criticism of some retired failure."
- "Forgive and forget; but always remember."
- "If it were not for the Builders of America, the
Pulldowns would soon be out of employment."
- "Birds are wild because they have to be. We are wild
because we prefer to be."
- "My friends can count their money; but I can't count
my friends."
- "Science can put 10,000 horsepower in a motor; but,
science cannot put the love of God in a man's
heart."
- "You can do all you can for the other fellow, but it
is a failure, unless he, himself is willing to get up in
the morning."
- "No intelligent man can live in the great outdoors
without being compelled to believe that there is an
overruling power."
- "Unselfishness is opposite to human nature."
- "The more you encourage a loafer, the more loaves he
will want to loaf on."
- "There is too much churchianity and not enough
Christianity."
- "Any man who isn't big enough to change his mind has
nothing to change."
- "If my christianity isn't any stronger than my
politics and causes me to vote for the switch end of
nothing, then I have no christianity. All I have is
politics."
- "Don't put your tongue in high until you get your
brain started."
- "Let sunshine and cheer banish sadness and fear and
everlasting life start right here."
- "Success is a journey; not a destination."
- "The real home of love is the heart, but the brain
is apparently given the power to educate the heart to
either love or hate. But any man who does not love those
who first love him, has neither heart or brains."
- "Never take advice from a failure, but watch a
success so you don't have to do much experimenting."
- "A swift kick at the right time and place gives a
barefooted boy a good lift in the end."
NOTE: Most sayings were taken
from Jack Miner's two books, "Jack Miner & the Birds" and his autobiography, "Wild Goose Jack".
Both are available in hardback from the Jack Miner Foundation.
(Toll Free Number: 1-877-289-8328).
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