The Quotes of John Wayne

Born: 5/26/1907 12:00:00 AM Died: 6/11/1979 12:00:00 AM

Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid.

Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway.

Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.

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... sure I intend to. And, third, he told me not to go around looking for trouble.

When you side with a man, you stay with him, and if you can't do that, you're like some animal. You're finished.

There's a lot of things great about life. But I think tomorrow is the most important thing. It comes to 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.

Freemasonry, as a tradition, is built on the spoken word. It is a mystic tradition that has been passed down from lip to hear across the centuries. It acknowledges the power of language to transform the mind of the individual and even the course of history itself. Throughout history, great changes in civilizations and the rise and fall of empires have depended on a few words, spoken into the right ear at the right time. Freemasonry places great importance on remembering the thoughts of our ancestors. It is from these thoughts that we can learn how to navigate the maze of life and avoid the pitfalls that have entrapped the unfortunate. The Masons below have all contributed to the wisdom of the world and we have selected a small portion of their knowledge to be shared here to inspire, uplift and educate.