110+ John Wayne Quotes On Death, America And Marriage

John Wayne was an iconic American actor who appeared in over 170 films. He was best known for his roles in western films, such as Stagecoach and True Grit. He is a symbol of the classic American cowboy and was awarded an Academy Award for his performance in True Grit. Following is our collection on famous quotes by John Wayne on life, death, america.

Top 10 John Wayne Quotes

1. Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much.
2. Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.
3. Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid.
4. Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave? Sure I love my country with all her faults. I'm not ashamed of that, never have been, never will be.
5. Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into 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.
6. I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a-hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.
7. TRUE Courage is when you are scared to death and STILL saddle up and ride in!
8. I'd like to know why well-educated idiots keep apologizing for lazy and complaining people who think the world owes them a living.
9. All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else.
10. Very few of the so-called liberals are open-minded.... They shout you down and won't let you speak if you disagree with them.

John Wayne Image Quotes

Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway. — John Wayne

Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid. — John Wayne

TRUE Courage is when you are scared to death and STILL saddle up and ride in! — John Wayne

All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else. — John Wayne

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

True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done. — John Wayne

John Wayne Short Quotes

• Out here, due process is a bullet.
• True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done.
• I never trust a man that doesn't drink.
• Get off your horse and drink your milk.
• Slap some bacon on a biscuit and let's go! We're burnin' daylight!
• If you can't be thankful for what you have, be thankful for what you have escaped.
• Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.
• If you've got them by the balls their hearts and minds will follow.
• Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave?
• Talk low, talk slow and don't say too much.

John Wayne Quotes About Life

I have tried to live my life so that my family would love me and my friends respect me. The others can do whatever the hell they please. — John Wayne

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

Life's hard. It's even harder when you're stupid. — John Wayne

Life is tough pilgrim, it is even tougher if you're stupid — John Wayne

courage is being scared to death - and saddling up anyway" "A goal, A love and A dream give you total control over your body and your life — John Wayne

Let's say I hope that I appeal to the more carefree times in a person's life rather than to his reasoning adulthood. I'd just like to be an image that reminds someone of joy rather than of the problems of the world. — John Wayne

Life's tough. It's even tougher when you are stupid. — John Wayne

I'm a greedy old man. Life's been good to me, and I want some more of it. — John Wayne

You don't have to fight to be brave. Millions of good, fine, decent folks show more bravery than heavyweight champs just by getting out of bed every morning, going out to do a good day's work and living the best life they know how against the law of odds. — John Wayne

Life is tough, but if you are stupid, it's a lot tougher. — John Wayne

John Wayne Quotes About Death

Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway. — John Wayne

We brought nothing into this world and it's certain we can carry nothing out. — John Wayne

When you stop fighting, that's death. — John Wayne

John Wayne Quotes About Love

I stick to simple themes. Love. Hate. No nuances. I stay away from psychoanalyst's couch scenes. Couches are good for one thing. — John Wayne

It's kind of a sad thing when a normal love of country makes you a super patriot. I do think we have a pretty wonderful country, and I thank God that He chose me to live here. — John Wayne

Of course I know who you are. You're my girl. I love you. — John Wayne

My hope and prayer is that everyone know and love our country for what she really is and what she stands for. — John Wayne

John Wayne Quotes About Western

Well, there are some things a man just can't run away from. — John Wayne

The West - the very words go straight to that place of the heart where Americans feel the spirit of pride in their western heritage - the triumph of personal courage over any obstacle, whether nature or man. — John Wayne

Westerns are closer to art than anything else in the motion picture business. — John Wayne

John Wayne Famous Quotes And Sayings

Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway. — John Wayne

Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid. — John Wayne

Government has no wealth, and when a politician promises to give you something for nothing, he must first confiscate that wealth from you -- either by direct taxes, or by the cruelly indirect tax of inflation. — John Wayne

TRUE Courage is when you are scared to death and STILL saddle up and ride in! — John Wayne

All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else. — John Wayne

Male menopause is a lot more fun than female menopause. With female menopause you gain weight and get hot flashes. Male menopause ? you get to date young girls and drive motorcycles. — John Wayne

Women have the right to work wherever they want, as long as they have the dinner ready when you get home. — John Wayne

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

Watergate is a sad and tragic incident in our history. They were wrong, dead wrong, those men at Watergate. Men abused power, but the system still works. Men abused money, but the system still works. Men lied and perjured themselves, but the system still . — John Wayne

I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves. — John Wayne

Screw ambiguity. Perversion and corruption masquerade as ambiguity. I don`t trust ambiguity. John Wayne — John Wayne

I believe in white supremacy until the blacks are educated to the point of responsibility. I don`t believe in giving authority and positions of leadership and judgment to irresponsible people. — John Wayne

The guy you see on the screen isn’t really me. I’m Duke Morrison, and I never was and never will be a film personality like JOHN WAYNE . I know him well. I’m one of his closest students. I have to be. I made a living out of him. — John Wayne

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

Getting rid of a man without hurting his masculinity is a problem. "Get out" and "I never want to see you again" might sound like a challenge. If you want to get rid of a man, I suggest saying, "I love you. . . . I want to marry you. . . . I want to have your children." Sometimes they leave skid marks. — John Wayne

Nobody ever saw a cowboy on the psychiatrist's couch. — John Wayne

Republic. I like the sound of the word. It means people can live free, talk free, go or come, buy or sell, be drunk or sober, however they choose. Some words give you a feeling. — John Wayne

The hyphenated American is ridiculous. But that's what we have to put up with. I think that any person that's in the United States is better off here than they would be where they came from. — John Wayne

Give the American people a good cause, and there's nothing they can't lick. — John Wayne

You have to be a man before you can be a gentleman. — John Wayne

True Grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done. No moral man can have peace of mind if he leaves undone what he knows he should have done. — John Wayne

My favorite four-letter words are 'hard work'. — John Wayne

If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?' — John Wayne

Senator Joseph McCarthy was one of the greatest Americans who ever lived. — John Wayne

I want to play a real man in all my films, and I define manhood simply: men should be tough, fair, and courageous, never petty, never looking for a fight, but never backing down from one either. — John Wayne

You're going to think I'm being corny, but this is how I really feel: I hope my family and my friends will be able to say that I was an honest, kind and fairly decent man. — John Wayne

There's right and there's wrong. You got to do one or the other. You do the one and you're living. You do the other and you may be walking around, but you're dead as a beaver hat. — John Wayne

Never apologize, mister, it’s a sign of weakness. — John Wayne

Courage is being afraid and going on the journey anyhow. — John Wayne

Men forget everything; women remember everything. — John Wayne

That's why men need instant replays in sports. They've already forgotten what happened. — John Wayne

A man's got to do what a man's got to do. — John Wayne

I read someplace that I used to make B-pictures. Hell, they were a lot farther down the alphabet than that . . . but not as far down as R and X. I think any man who makes an X-rated picture ought to be made to take his own daughter to see it. — John Wayne

There's been no top authority saying what marijuana does to you. I really don't know that much about it. I tried it once but it didn't do anything to me. — John Wayne

Most men hate to shop. That's why the men's department is usually on the first floor of a department store, two inches from the door. — John Wayne

Oscar and I have something in common. Oscar first came to Hollywood scene in 1928. So did I. We're both a little weather-beaten, but we're still here and plan to be around for a whole lot longer. — John Wayne

Any man who'd make an X-rated movie ought to have to take his daughter to see it. — John Wayne

I would think somebody like Jane Fonda and her idiot husband would be terribly ashamed and saddened that they were a part of causing us to stop helping the South Vietnamese. Now look what's happening. They're getting killed by the millions. Murdered by the millions. How the hell can she and her husband sleep at night? — John Wayne

Get off your butt and join the Marines! — John Wayne

My main object in making a motion picture is entertainment. If at the same time I can strike a blow for liberty, then I'll stick one in. — John Wayne

I drink for comradeship, and when I drink for comradeship, I don't bother to keep count. — John Wayne

I play John Wayne in every part regardless of the character, and I've been doing okay, haven't I? — John Wayne

Jesus Christ! I would crawl over the mountains of Beverly Hills on my hands and knees if I could do a movie with Doris Day! — John Wayne

I don't want ever to appear in a film that would embarrass a viewer. A man can take his wife, mother, and his daughter to one of my movies and never be ashamed or embarrassed for going. — John Wayne

General MacArthur told me, "You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself." — John Wayne

Sometimes I wonder whose side God's on. — John Wayne

If I depended on the critics' judgment and recognition, I'd never have gone into the motion-picture business. — John Wayne

Paul Newman would have been a much more important star if he hadn't always tried to be an anti-hero, to show the human feet of clay. — John Wayne

Cause even grown men need understanding. — John Wayne

I'm sure we can talk things out like civilized people. — John Wayne

I never killed a man I didn't have to. — John Wayne

Out here a man settles his own problems. — John Wayne

When the road looks rough ahead, remember the 'Man upstairs' and the word HOPE. Hang onto both and 'tough it out'. — John Wayne

I don't have to assert my virility. I think my career has shown that I'm not exactly a pantywaist. But I do take pride in my work, even to the point of being the first one on the set in the morning. I'm a professional. — John Wayne

Cowboys, just like the word says. — John Wayne

I didn't vote for him, but he's my President, and I hope he does a good job. — John Wayne

Thanking people is dangerous business. A name always slips your mind. — John Wayne

The reason there are so many stupid people is because it's illegal to kill them. — John Wayne

We're burnin' daylight! — John Wayne

One look that works is better than twenty lines of dialogue. — John Wayne

This kind of war, you've gotta believe in what you're fighting for. — John Wayne

A man ought to do what he thinks is right — John Wayne

I am a demonstrative man, a baby picker-upper, a hugger and a kisser--that's my nature. — John Wayne

When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it. — John Wayne

Healthy, lusty sex is wonderful. — John Wayne

A man is no better than he has to be. — John Wayne

I never shot nobody I didnt have to. — John Wayne

A man's got to have a code, a creed to live by, no matter his job. — John Wayne

A long time ago, I made me a rule. I let people do what they want to do. — John Wayne

But don't get me wrong. As far as a man and a woman is concerned, I'm awfully happy there's a thing called sex. It's an extra something God gave us. I see no reason why it shouldn't be in pictures. Healthy, lusty sex is wonderful. — John Wayne

I'm an American actor. I work with my clothes on. I have to. Riding a horse can be pretty tough on your legs and elsewheres. — John Wayne

A friend of mine told me to shoot first and ask questions later. I was going to ask him why, but I had to shoot him. — John Wayne

In my acting, I have to identify with something in the character. The big tough boy on the side of right - that's me. Simple themes. Same me from the nuances. All I do is sell sincerity and I've been selling the hell out of that ever since I started. — John Wayne

But you know, I'm very conscious that people criticize Hollywood. Yet we've created a form, the Western, that can be understood in every country. The good guys against the bad guys. No nuances. And the horse is the best vehicle of action in our medium. You take action, a scene, and scenery, and cut them together, and you never miss. — John Wayne

When you come to see a picture of mine, I want you to know that I'm not going to do anything that will make you uncomfortable. I want you to know that you won't be disappointed in me. — John Wayne

Contrary to what people think, I'm no politician, and when I have something to say I say it through my movies. — John Wayne

Ahh, women! I never met one yet that was half as reliable as a horse! — John Wayne

I'm the stuff men are made of! — John Wayne

Life Lessons by John Wayne

1. John Wayne taught us to be brave and courageous in the face of adversity, to never back down from a challenge, and to always stand up for what is right.
2. He also showed us the importance of loyalty and friendship, and the value of hard work and dedication.
3. Finally, he demonstrated that with a strong moral compass and a positive attitude, anything is possible.