Top 400 John Lennon Quotes (2023 Update)

1. “Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.”

— John Lennon

2. “A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.”

— John Lennon

3. “Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.”

— John Lennon

4. “A mistake is only an error. It becomes a mistake when you fail to correct it.”

— John Lennon

5. “Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it’ll always get you the right ones.”

— John Lennon

6. “There are no problems, only solutions.”

— John Lennon

7. “You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us. And the world will live as one.”

— John Lennon

8. “The more real you get the more unreal the world gets. ”

— John Lennon

9. “Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”

— John Lennon

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10. “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.”

— John Lennon

11. “As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.”

— John Lennon

12. “Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.”

— John Lennon

13. “Part of me suspects that I’m a loser, and the other part of me thinks I’m God Almighty.”

— John Lennon

14. “It’s weird not to be weird.”

— John Lennon

15. “Everything is clearer when you're in love.”

— John Lennon

16. “When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle and yet most of the audience still sleeps.”

— John Lennon

17. “Creativity is a gift. It doesn't come through if the air is cluttered.”

— John Lennon

18. “Love is the greatest refreshment in life.”

— John Lennon

19. “Love is like a flower – you’ve got to let it grow.”

— John Lennon

20. “Time wounds all heels.”

— John Lennon

21. “Don’t hate what you don’t understand!”

— John Lennon

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22. “Imagine all the people living life in peace...”

— John Lennon

23. “All you need is love.”

— John Lennon

24. “Living is easy with eyes closed.”

— John Lennon

25. “I get by with a little help from my friends.”

— John Lennon

26. “Nothing is real.”

— John Lennon

27. “You don’t need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!”

— John Lennon

28. “It matters not who you love, where you love, why you love, when you love or how you love, it matters only that you love.”

— John Lennon

29. “We live in a world where we have to hide to make love, while violence is practiced in broad daylight.”

— John Lennon

30. “Life is very short, and there’s no time for fussing and fighting my friends.”

— John Lennon

31. “I believe in everything until it’s disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it’s in your mind. Who’s to say that dreams and nightmares aren’t as real as the here and now?”

— John Lennon

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32. “Music is everybody’s business. It’s only the publishers who think people own it.”

— John Lennon

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33. “I still believe in peace, love, and understanding.”

— John Lennon

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34. “God is a concept by which we measure our pain.”

— John Lennon

35. “There’s nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be...”

— John Lennon

36. “The more I see, the less I know for sure.”

— John Lennon

37. “Nobody loves you when you’re down and out.”

— John Lennon

38. “Everybody seems to think I’m lazy I don’t mind, I think they’re crazy. Running everywhere at such a speed Till they find there’s no need.”

— John Lennon

39. “How can I go forward when I don’t know which way I’m facing?”

— John Lennon

40. “Tame birds sing of freedom. Wild birds fly.”

— John Lennon

41. “Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.”

— John Lennon

42. “I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It’s just that the translations have gone wrong.”

— John Lennon

43. “There are places I’ll remember All my life though some have changed Some forever not for better Some have gone and some remain All these places have their moments With lovers and friends I still can recall Some are dead and some are living In my life I’ve loved them all.”

— John Lennon

44. “Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.”

— John Lennon

45. “Imagine there’s no heaven, it’s easy if you try. No hell below us, above us only sky. Imagine all the people living for today...”

— John Lennon

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46. “One thing you can’t hide – is when you’re crippled inside.”

— John Lennon

47. “Make love, not war.”

— John Lennon

48. “I’m not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I’ve always been a freak. So I’ve been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I’m one of those people.”

— John Lennon

49. “Love is like a precious plant. You can’t just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it’s going to get on by itself. You’ve got to keep on watering it. You’ve got to really look after it and nurture it.”

— John Lennon

50. “When I cannot sing my heart, I can only speak my mind.”

— John Lennon