John Lennon (1940–1980) was an English singer, songwriter, musician and peace activist who achieved worldwide fame as founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles.
Here Is A Collection Of John Lennon Most Inspiring Quotes: John Lennon Quotes About Love, Life and Peace. Quotes About Death and Dreams From John Lennon. Quotes And Sayings On Life, Happiness and Friends By John Lennon.
John Lennon Quotes and Sayings
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.
As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.
Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.
The more I see, the less I know for sure.
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?
A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.
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.
One thing you can't hide - is when you're crippled inside.
Living is Easy with Eyes Closed.
There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be...
Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.
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.
If someone thinks that peace and love are just a cliche that must have been left behind in the 60s, that's a problem. Peace and love are eternal.
If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.
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.
When you're drowning you don't think, I would be incredibly pleased if someone would notice I'm drowning and come and rescue me. You just scream.
Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.
It's weird not to be weird.
War is over... If you want it.
If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.
I'm not afraid of death because I don't believe in it. It's just getting out of one car, and into another.
For those of you in the cheap seats I'd like ya to clap your hands to this one; the rest of you can just rattle your jewelry!
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.
Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns it calls me on and on across the universe.
Nothing is real.
We all shine on... like the moon and the stars and the sun... we all shine on... come on and on and on...
Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.
Imagine there's no countries. It isn't hard to do. Nothing to kill or die for. And no religion too. Imagine all the people. Living life in peace. You may say that I'm a dreamer. But I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will be as one.
Love is a flower you got to let it grow.
I get by with a little help from my friends.
You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!
How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing?
We live in a world where we have to hide to make love, while violence is practiced in broad daylight.
The more real you get the more unreal the world gets.
Everything is clearer when you're in love.
Music is everybody's business. It's only the publishers who think people own it.
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.
Remember to let her into your heart.
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.
Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it'll always get you the right ones.
I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.
My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all.
Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.
The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn't the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility.
Please don't spoil my day; I'm miles away and, after all, I'm only sleeping.
Time wounds all heels.
Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friends.
I was feeling insecure you might not love me anymore.
There are no problems, only solutions.
I was the walrus, but now I am John... and so my friends, you'll just have to carry on. The dream is over.
Avant-garde is French for bullshit.
When I was about twelve I used to think I must be a genius, but nobody's noticed. If there is such a thing as a genius, I am one, and if there isn't I don't care.
There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life.
When I cannot sing my heart, I can only speak my mind.
I am a violent man who has learned not to be violent and regrets his violence.
Nobody loves you when you're down and out.
Love is the greatest refreshment in life.
Before Elvis there was nothing.
All you need is love.
There are only a few notes. Just variations on a theme.
I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me.
When you cross the street, take my hand.
paranoia is just a heightened sense of awareness.
Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make, Something you do , Something you are, And something you give away.
Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground.
My defenses were so great. The cocky rock and roll hero who knows all the answers was actually a terrified guy who didn't know how to cry. Simple.
Please don't wake me, no, don't shake me, leave me where I am, I'm only sleeping...
Turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream.
If you want peace, you won't get it with violence.
Happiness is just how you feel when you don't feel miserable.
I still believe that all you need is love.
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you've got to let it grow.
Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.
Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it.
You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.
Love is the flower you've got to let grow.
A mistake is only an error, it becomes a mistake when you fail to correct it.
We've got this gift of love, but 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 watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.
Whenever in doubt, turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream.
Imagine all the people living life in peace. 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 be as one.
The sun is up, the sky is blue It's beautiful, and so are you.
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