John Wayne was born on May 26, 1907. His real name was Marion Robert Morrison. One of the most iconic movie stars of all time, he offers anyone a feeling of security, honor, and true determination. His films have long since given fans the feeling that someway, in the end, everything will turn out okay, even if a big fight is needed in the process. It is normal that, because of this, his fans will want to show their gratitude and their love. One of the best and easiest ways to do this is to buy John Wayne collectibles and display them proudly within the home. John Wayne quotes are inspirational, he teaches us to work hard to achieve greatness in life.

35 John Wayne Quotes
- “A goal, a love, and a dream give you total control over your body and your life.” John Wayne
- “’High Noon’ was the most un-American thing I have ever seen in my whole life. The last thing in the picture is old Coop putting the United States marshal’s badge under his foot and stepping on it. I’ll never regret having run out of this country.” John Wayne
- “A lot of guys make mistakes, I guess, but every one we make, a whole stack of chips goes with it. We make a mistake, and some guy doesn’t walk away forevermore, he doesn’t walk away.” John Wayne
- “When you stop fighting, that’s death.” John Wayne
- “The reason there are so many stupid people is because it’s illegal to kill them.” John Wayne
- “A man who won’t stand for what he believes isn’t a man!” John Wayne
- “All the screen cowboys behaved like real gentlemen. They didn’t drink, they didn’t smoke. When they knocked the bad guy down, they always stood with their fists up, waiting for the heavy to get back on his feet. I decided I was going to drag the bad guy to his feet and keep hitting him.” John Wayne
- “Courage is being scared to death. And saddling up anyway.” John Wayne
- “Don’t pick a fight, but if you find yourself in one I suggest you make damn sure you win.” John Wayne
- “A man deserves a second chance, but keep an eye on him.” John Wayne
- “Get off your butt and join the Marines.” John Wayne
- “I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” 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
- “Healthy, lusty sex is wonderful.” John Wayne
- “I am a demonstrative man, a baby picker-upper, a hugger, and a kisser—that’s my nature.” John Wayne
- “I don’t go around shooting off my mouth about the problems of acting. In fact, I don’t even call myself an actor. I’m a re-actor.” John Wayne
- “Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.” John Wayne
- “You can take everything a man has as long as you leave him his dignity.” John Wayne
- “Hurry it up. We’re burning daylight!” 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
- “John Ford isn’t exactly a bum, is he? Yet he never gave me any manure about art. He just made movies and that’s what I do.” John Wayne
- “Life is hard; it’s harder if you’re stupid.” John Wayne
- “There’s right and there’s wrong. Y’gotta do one or the other, do the other and you may be walking around, but you’re dead as a beaver hat.” John Wayne
- “My folks always let me go to the movies every Saturday. We were really motion-picture goers.” John Wayne
- “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.” John Wayne
- “Talk low, talk slow, and don’t say too much.” John Wayne
- “You’re short on ears and long on mouth.” John Wayne
- “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.” John Wayne
- “I never feel sorry for anything that happens to a woman.” John Wayne
- “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
- “A horse is a horse, it ain’t make a difference what color it is.” John Wayne
- “Well, there are some things a man just can’t run away from.” John Wayne
- “I’m not the sort to back away from a fight. I don’t believe in shrinking from anything. It’s not my speed; I’m a guy who meets adversities head-on.” John Wayne
- “All battles are fought by scared men who’d rather be someplace else.” John Wayne
- “You know, pity isn’t for me.” John Wayne