John Kasich > Quotes

“In addition to an open heart and open mind, I also brought (to the small group Bible study) an open mouth.”
― John Kasich, Every Other Monday: Twenty Years of Life, Lunch, Faith, and Friendship

“Faith enables you to hold on loosely without letting go.”
― John Kasich, Every Other Monday: Twenty Years of Life, Lunch, Faith, and Friendship

“But the health of a society can be measured by how often and how meaningfully its people are able to reach that higher plane, to live lives bigger than they are.”
― John Kasich, Two Paths: America Divided or United

“At a Trump rally, many people were driven to anger and blame; there was name-calling and finger-pointing; there was a certain “my way or the highway” tone. At a Kasich event, people were given hope and all kinds of reasons to lift each other up instead of holding each other down; there was a “we’re all in this soup together” tone.”
― John Kasich, Two Paths: America Divided or United

“If there’s nothing heroic about how you approach your time in office, you can’t expect to be held up as any kind of hero to your nation’s young people.”
― John Kasich, Two Paths: America Divided or United

“All around me, candidates were making wild promises and outlandish statements, while I was out there trying to offer up sound strategies and proven approaches—in other words, trying to be responsible. But you know what? That was seen as boring. Nobody seemed to care—at least, not in any kind of measurable way in this early going.”
― John Kasich, Two Paths: America Divided or United

“The author describes a previous Bible study with a lot of turnover as "not so much together as in each other's midst.”
― John Kasich, Every Other Monday: Twenty Years of Life, Lunch, Faith, and Friendship

“Formative commendation to the author as an altar boy: "You're the only one we've got to anticipates what's coming.”
― John Kasich, Every Other Monday: Twenty Years of Life, Lunch, Faith, and Friendship

“The baseline level—that’s where we stumble and fall, that’s where we go through the motions. And that’s where most of us live, most of the time. But the health of a society can be measured by how often and how meaningfully its people are able to reach that higher plane, to live lives bigger than they are.”
― John Kasich, Two Paths: America Divided or United

“I couldn’t give as good as I’d gotten. Why? Plain and simple: I hadn’t gotten into politics to serve the Republican Party. From the very beginning, I’ve told people the Republican Party was my vehicle, not my master,”
― John Kasich, Two Paths: America Divided or United

“He (the Bible study leader) is blessed with a light touch and a firm hand.”
― John Kasich, Every Other Monday: Twenty Years of Life, Lunch, Faith, and Friendship

“My thinking was this: Just because you’re out to curb some of the ridiculous costs doesn’t mean you’re out to weaken the nation’s defense.”
― John Kasich, Two Paths: America Divided or United

“I don’t care what party you belong to or what office you’re seeking—you owe it to your constituents, to the people you’re looking to serve, to get it right. If you say something is so, then it ought to be so.”
― John Kasich, Two Paths: America Divided or United

“Their lot in life, their station, became a part of their personalities and helped to for my worldview.”
― John Kasich , Every Other Monday: Twenty Years of Life, Lunch, Faith, and Friendship

“So much of what we read and write these days is disposable.”
― John Kasich, Every Other Monday: Twenty Years of Life, Lunch, Faith, and Friendship

“I hadn’t gotten into politics to serve the Republican Party. From the very beginning, I’ve told people the Republican Party was my vehicle, not my master,”
― John Kasich, Two Paths: America Divided or United

“We have to be tolerant of other people’s points of view; we have to be able to disagree without being disagreeable, without claiming that we have a monopoly on the truth.”
― John Kasich, Two Paths: America Divided or United

“We put up a kind of spiritual firewall and make a conscious effort to shut out the headlines, because our (Bible) discussions are meant to be timeless.”
― John Kasich, Every Other Monday: Twenty Years of Life, Lunch, Faith, and Friendship

“True leadership means pursuing it, even if it is hard. The sacrifice is part of the job, however, because leaders can’t lead unless they are servants first.”
― John Kasich, Two Paths: America Divided or United

“The (Bible) story is much more powerful as Truth than as metaphor.”
― John Kasich, Every Other Monday: Twenty Years of Life, Lunch, Faith, and Friendship