John Steinbeck Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old John Steinbeck quotes, John Steinbeck sayings, and John Steinbeck proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas team takes the field against a foreign state, it is an army with banners. John Steinbeck
Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word. John Steinbeck.
People don’t take trips, trips take people. John Steinbeck
What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness. John Steinbeck
A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it. John Steinbeck
A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it. John Steinbeck
Florida is a golden word...The very name Florida carried the message of warmth and ease and comfort. It was irresistible. John Steinbeck
What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness. John Steinbeck
Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory. John Steinbeck
Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory. John Steinbeck
Strength and success - they are above morality, above criticism. John Steinbeck
All the world's great have been little boys who wanted the moon. John Steinbeck
Across the Colorado River from the Needles, the dark and jagged ramparts of Arizona stood up against the sky, and behind them the huge tilted plain rising toward the backbone of the continent again. John Steinbeck.
I suffer as always from the fear of putting down the first line. It is amazing the terrors, the magics, the prayers, the straightening shyness that assail one. John Steinbeck
All of them had a restlessness in common. John Steinbeck
What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness. John Steinbeck
The true biologist deals with life, with teaming boisterous life, and learns something from it; learns that the first rule of life is living. John Steinbeck
In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, and every sunset is different. John Steinbeck
Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens. The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away. John Steinbeck
We value virtue but do not discuss it. The honest bookkeeper, the faithful wife, the earnest scholar get little of our attention compared to the embezzler, the tramp, the cheat. John Steinbeck
It gives a fella relief to tell, but it just spreads out his sin. John Steinbeck
A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ. John Steinbeck
What hidden, hoarded longings there are in all of us. John Steinbeck
I believe a strong woman may be stronger than a man, particularly if she happens to have love in her heart. I guess a loving woman is indestructible. John Steinbeck
Goddammit, whenever a person wants reassurance he tells a friend to think what he wants to be true. It's like asking a waiter what's good tonight. John Steinbeck