Marion Robert Morrison, known professionally as John Wayne and nicknamed The Duke, was an American actor and filmmaker who became a popular icon through his starring roles in Western films.
Inspirational John Wayne Quotes:
1. “Nothing is so discouraging to an actor than to have to work for long hours upon hours in brightly lighted interior sets.” John Wayne
2. “Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway.” John Wayne
3. “I was ashamed to admit I was hipped to the idea of acting. That’s why I started in with the props.” John Wayne
4. “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
5. “Nobody should come to the movies unless he believes in heroes.” John Wayne
6. “A man deserves a second chance, but keep an eye on him.” John Wayne
7. “In my acting, I have to identify with something in the character. The big tough boy on the side of the right that’s me.” John Wayne
8. “All battles are fought by scared men who’d rather be someplace else.” John Wayne
9. “Never apologize and never explain it’s a sign of weakness.” John Wayne
10. “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
11. “You’re short on ears and long on mouth.” John Wayne
12. “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
13. “I’ve always followed my father’s advice: he told me, first to always keep my word and, second, to never insult anybody unintentionally. If I insult you, you can be goddamn sure I intend to. And, third, he told me not to go around looking for trouble. ” John Wayne
14. “Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.” John Wayne
15. “When you stop fighting, that’s death.” John Wayne
16. “A man’s got to do what a man’s got to do.” John Wayne
17. “I’m the stuff men are made of.” John Wayne
18. “A goal, a love, and a dream give you total control over your body and your life.” John Wayne
19. “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
20. “When you come against trouble, it’s never half as bad if you face up to it.” John Wayne
21. “A man’s got to have a code, a creed to live by.” John Wayne
22. “What’s the secret of success? Right decisions. How do you make the right decisions? Experience. How do you get experience? Wrong decisions.” John Wayne
23. “If everything isn’t black and white, I say, ‘Why the hell not?’” John Wayne
24. “I would like to be remembered, well … the Mexicans have a phrase, “FeoFuertey formal”. Which means he was ugly, strong, and had dignity.” John Wayne
25. “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