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Top 25 John Jakes Quotes (2025 Update)

John Jakes Quote: “Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.”

1. “Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.”

John Jakes Quote: “The first treasure California began to surrender after the Gold Rush as the oldest: her land.”

2. “The first treasure California began to surrender after the Gold Rush as the oldest: her land.”

John Jakes Quote: “And I looked, and behold a pale horse, and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.”

3. “And I looked, and behold a pale horse, and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.”

John Jakes Quote: “Spend as much time as you can with your mouth shut and your eyes and ears open.”

4. “Spend as much time as you can with your mouth shut and your eyes and ears open.”

John Jakes Quote: “Reading’s the means by which the lowest man can lift himself from a state of ignorance.”

5. “Reading’s the means by which the lowest man can lift himself from a state of ignorance.”

John Jakes Quote: “Losing innocence. Remembering Heaven. That was the essence of Hell.”

6. “Losing innocence. Remembering Heaven. That was the essence of Hell.”

John Jakes Quote: “We are all dying of life.”

7. “We are all dying of life.”

John Jakes Quote: “Remember, men. it is better to wound than to slay, since it takes time to carry an injured man to the rear and sometimes requires two of the enemy rather than one.”

8. “Remember, men. it is better to wound than to slay, since it takes time to carry an injured man to the rear and sometimes requires two of the enemy rather than one.”

John Jakes Quote: “The race is to the driven, not the swift.”

9. “The race is to the driven, not the swift.”

John Jakes Quote: “The pain comes from knowing that we have never been safe, and therefore will never be safe again. It comes from knowing we can never be so ignorant again. It comes from knowing we can never be children again. Losing innocence. Remembering heaven. That was the essence of hell.”

10. “The pain comes from knowing that we have never been safe, and therefore will never be safe again. It comes from knowing we can never be so ignorant again. It comes from knowing we can never be children again. Losing innocence. Remembering heaven. That was the essence of hell.”

John Jakes Quote: “What impossible matter will he make easy next?”

11. “What impossible matter will he make easy next?”

John Jakes Quote: “Libraries are magical places. There’s nothing quite like strolling the hushed aisles, letting your eye rove along dimly lit shelves. Each spine, each title, seems to beckon with a promise of incredible wonders, surprises, and adventures.”

12. “Libraries are magical places. There’s nothing quite like strolling the hushed aisles, letting your eye rove along dimly lit shelves. Each spine, each title, seems to beckon with a promise of incredible wonders, surprises, and adventures.”

John Jakes Quote: “1891-1892 Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of exiles. 1883 The New Colossus by EMMA LAZARUS, written to raise funds to complete the Statue of Liberty.”

13. “1891-1892 Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of exiles. 1883 The New Colossus by EMMA LAZARUS, written to raise funds to complete the Statue of Liberty.”

John Jakes Quote: “This country’s drifting into serious trouble because of the clamor for simple and immediate solutions to complex problems that will take years to solve – even with total effort on both sides.”

14. “This country’s drifting into serious trouble because of the clamor for simple and immediate solutions to complex problems that will take years to solve – even with total effort on both sides.”

John Jakes Quote: “Be persistent. Editors change; tastes change; editorial markets change. Too many beginning writers give up too easily.”

15. “Be persistent. Editors change; tastes change; editorial markets change. Too many beginning writers give up too easily.”

John Jakes Quote: “He thought of nothing but the ardent, open warmth of this singular and passionate young woman who inspired him to love with all of his body and mind.”

16. “He thought of nothing but the ardent, open warmth of this singular and passionate young woman who inspired him to love with all of his body and mind.”

John Jakes Quote: “He and Marie wandered through a square.”

17. “He and Marie wandered through a square.”

John Jakes Quote: “Going after anything worthwile in life entailed risk, of course. A man of ambition and courage didn’t let that stop or delay him. A man accepted the dangers, the element of chance. If he didn’t, he won nothing.”

18. “Going after anything worthwile in life entailed risk, of course. A man of ambition and courage didn’t let that stop or delay him. A man accepted the dangers, the element of chance. If he didn’t, he won nothing.”

John Jakes Quote: “Davis was especially scored for allegedly favoring foreigners and Jews in his administration.”

19. “Davis was especially scored for allegedly favoring foreigners and Jews in his administration.”

John Jakes Quote: “No writer should minimize the factor that affects everyone, but is beyond control: luck.”

20. “No writer should minimize the factor that affects everyone, but is beyond control: luck.”

John Jakes Quote: “God! he swore silently. That man was ever born to be torn and troubled by women!”

21. “God! he swore silently. That man was ever born to be torn and troubled by women!”

John Jakes Quote: “Guilty she might be. But what human being was not? There were things in her past she needn’t be ashamed of, things to be proud of; she wouldn’t surrender so meekly to a condemning judgment.”

22. “Guilty she might be. But what human being was not? There were things in her past she needn’t be ashamed of, things to be proud of; she wouldn’t surrender so meekly to a condemning judgment.”

John Jakes Quote: “Neither of you ever let fear put chains on your conscience.”

23. “Neither of you ever let fear put chains on your conscience.”

John Jakes Quote: “We was at Sharpsburg. Charlie still is.”

24. “We was at Sharpsburg. Charlie still is.”

John Jakes Quote: “War was never glorious, never grand – except in the pronouncements pols and other noncombatants made about it. It was, as he had experienced it, mostly dirty, disorderly, boring, lonely, and, for brief intervals, terrifying.”

25. “War was never glorious, never grand – except in the pronouncements pols and other noncombatants made about it. It was, as he had experienced it, mostly dirty, disorderly, boring, lonely, and, for brief intervals, terrifying.”

John Jakes Quote: “Yet how strong was friendship? Could it banish disagreement over a fundamental issue of human liberty – as if the issue and the disagreement didn’t exist?”

26. “Yet how strong was friendship? Could it banish disagreement over a fundamental issue of human liberty – as if the issue and the disagreement didn’t exist?”

John Jakes Quote: “He said he would die an educated man if he didn’t live long enough to die as a free one.”

27. “He said he would die an educated man if he didn’t live long enough to die as a free one.”

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