John Wayne was an American film actor, director, and producer. He starred in 142 pictures and won an academy award.
John Wayne was among the top box office draws for three decades. He is an American icon and epitomized rugged masculinity especially in his western films.
Here are 20 legendary John Wayne quotes:
1. “Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway.” – John Wayne
2. “Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we’ve learned something from yesterday.” – John Wayne
3. “A man deserves a second chance, but keep an eye on him.” – John Wayne
4. “All battles are fought by scared men who’d rather be some place else.” – John Wayne
5. “I won’t be wronged. I won’t be insulted. I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people and I require the same from them.” – John Wayne
6. “I have tried to live my life so that my family would love me and my friends respect me. The others can do whatever the hell they please.” – John Wayne
7. “When you stop fighting, that’s death.” – John Wayne
8. “I’m the stuff men are made of.” – John Wayne
9. “A man’s got to have a code, a creed to live by.” – John Wayne
10. “I define manhood simply: men should be tough, fair, and courageous, never petty, never looking for a fight, but never backing down from one either.” – John Wayne
11. “I’m responsible only for what I say, not what you understand.” – John Wayne
12. “What’s the secret of success? Right decisions. How do you make right decisions? Experience. How do you get experience? Wrong decisions.” – John Wayne
13. “When you come against trouble, it’s never half as bad if you face up to it.” – John Wayne
14. “I’d like to know why the well-educated idiots keep apologizing for lazing and complaining people who think the world owes them a living.” – John Wayne
15th John Wayne Quote – “Life is tough, but it’s tougher if you’re stupid.” – John Wayne
16. “Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.” – John Wayne
17. “If everything isn’t black and white, I say, ‘Why the hell not?’” – John Wayne
18. “Everybody that I was in school with had an uncle or father in the law, and I started to realize that I was going to end up writing briefs for about ten years for these fellows who I thought I was smarter than. And I was kind of losing my feeling for that.” – John Wayne
19. “The worst part of it has been, I think, the adverse effect on family life. It kills off family conversation. And it’s harder to get your children to read books. I became a confirmed reader when I was growing up in Glendale. I’ve loved reading all my life. Now I’ve got this daughter, Aissa, a very bright young lady — but it is a hard job to get her to read. Television’s just too easy.” ― John Wayne
20. “I’m not the sort to back away from a fight. I don’t believe in shrinking from anything. It’s not my speed; I’m a guy who meets adversities head on.” – John Wayne
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