The 15 Most Inspirational John Lennon Quotes

Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.

Part of me suspects that I'm a loser, and the other part of me thinks I'm God Almighty.

It matters not who you love, where you love, why you love, when you love or how you love, it only matters that you love.

Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.

I don't know which will go first - rock 'n' roll or Christianity.

The postman wants an autograph. The cab driver wants a picture. The waitress wants a handshake. Everyone wants a piece of you.

You're all geniuses, and you're all beautiful. You don't need anyone to tell you who you are. You are what you are. Get out there and get peace, think peace, and live peace and breathe peace, and you'll get it as soon as you like.

Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it.

Guilt for being rich, and guilt thinking that perhaps love and peace isn't enough and you have to go and get shot or something.

Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip.

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.

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.

If you want peace, you won't get it with violence.

God is a concept by which we measure our pain.

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 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.

There are no problems, only solutions.

The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction.

The basic thing nobody asks is why do people take drugs of any sort? Why do we have these accessories to normal living to live? I mean, is there something wrong with society that's making us so pressurized, that we cannot live without guarding ourselves against it?

People think you want them to do something or say something special you don't. You just want them to be themselves, so you can be yourself.

A mistake is only an error, it becomes a mistake when you fail to correct it