Quote

you don't always have to hold your head higher than your heart

Jack Johnson

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Jack Johnson
Age: 68 †
Born: 1878
Born: March 31
Died: 1946
Died: June 10
Athlete
Boxer
Galveston
Texas
John Johnson
John Arthur Johnson
Galveston Giant
Always
Hold
Higher
Head
Heart

More quotes by Jack Johnson

Image
Love is when you find that thing, when you want to give more than you want to take.
Jack Johnson
Image
Home is wherever we are if there's love here too
Jack Johnson
Image
Who’s to say what’s impossible? Well they forgot this world keeps spinning. And with each new day, I can feel a change in everything.
Jack Johnson
Image
It takes a long, hard effort and sustained determination to reduce crime. We will stay the course and we are confident that the numbers will continue to go down.
Jack Johnson
Image
I have dashed across continents and oceans as a fugitive and have matched my wits with the police and secret agents seeking to deprive me of one of the greatest blessings man can have-liberty.
Jack Johnson
Image
I never doubted the issue from the beginning. I knew I was too good for Burns. I have forgotten more about fighting than Burns ever knew.
Jack Johnson
Image
The horizon has been defeated by the pirates of the new age.
Jack Johnson
Image
I can never tell what's going to end up being on an album until it's all finished. I'm reading the news everyday, and sometimes I just have to be away from it. And that ends up writing the songs for me a little bit.
Jack Johnson
Image
When I'm playing music I'm usually not thinking of surfing, just because I'm usually thinking about the chords and the lyrics, and sometimes that messes me up 'cause you'll start thinking, Wait, how am I doing this? But when I'm surfing, I'm usually thinking about music - whether it's an idea for a new song, or just singing a song in my head.
Jack Johnson
Image
Plato's cave is full of freaks.
Jack Johnson
Image
It seems to me that maybe pretty much always means no. So dont tell me, I might just let it go.
Jack Johnson
Image
There were so many fewer questions when stars were still just the holes to heaven.
Jack Johnson
Image
A lot of people spend their time just floating/ We were victims together but lonely.
Jack Johnson
Image
The words are all around but the words are only sounds and no one ever seems to listen.
Jack Johnson
Image
You need aspiration if you want to really achieve greatness in this world.
Jack Johnson
Image
I made a lot of mistakes out of the ring, but I never made any in it.
Jack Johnson
Image
Love is the answer, at least for most of the questions in my heart.
Jack Johnson
Image
Going far beyond that call of duty, doing more than others expect, this is what excellence is all about! And it comes from striving, maintaining the highest standards, looking after the smallest detail, and going the extra mile. Excellence means doing your very best. In everything! In every way.
Jack Johnson
Image
All caught up in the trends, well the truth began to bend.
Jack Johnson
Image
Love is when you find that thing, when you want to give more than you want to take. When you find the things that you love the most and you want to give those away, that's love. It's when you want somebody to be happier than yourself, but then once you make them happy, it makes you happier.
Jack Johnson