My father taught that the only helping hand you're ever going to be able to rely on is the one at the end of your sleeve. J. C. Watts More Quotes by J. C. Watts More Quotes From J. C. Watts It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go. J. C. Watts strengthmotivationallove Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught. J. C. Watts integritycharacterthinking It takes a lot of strength to let go. J. C. Watts letting-go Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. J. C. Watts honestyinspirationallife I'm looking forward to the day when America will mature to the point that we are a color-blind society. I'm not so sure that in politics that will ever be reality, because politics has a way of separating us based on skin color. J. C. Watts skin-colorrealityamerica I'm secure in who I am. I don't need the validation of those that would say, you have to be a certain thing in order to be accepted. I'm comfortable going against the grain if I need to. J. C. Watts validationwho-i-amorder I like to call the ethos I grew up with 'Oklahoma values.' But you'd be just as accurate if you said 'American values.' Except for our lack of a seacoast, Oklahoma has a little bit of just about everything that's American. J. C. Watts ethosoklahomalittles If you are explaining, you are losing. J. C. Watts conservativeexplaininglosing Reparations, I believe, are talked about for political reasons, trying to cater for the purpose of getting votes. If Congress was serious about reparations - in '93 and '94 the Democrats controlled the House, the Senate and the White House, and not one single Republican vote was needed for reparations. J. C. Watts whitehousebelieve Governor is not the position to have in Oklahoma. It is the head coach of Oklahoma or Oklahoma State or Tulsa. J. C. Watts tulsaoklahomastates I never got into politics for it to be a career. J. C. Watts careers My views on everything from welfare to a balanced budget to affirmative action can be traced to what Buddy and Helen Watts taught me as a young boy growing up poor but proud in Eufaula. J. C. Watts growing-upviewsboys Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking. J. C. Watts darktryingcharacter You take a poor black child. Give him a good education, tell him he's somebody, that God didn't create junk when he created him, and that black child will create his own affirmative action. J. C. Watts blackgivingchildren Everything I am I owe to my faith and secondly to parents who were old school. J. C. Watts old-schoolparentschool I think you grow wherever God plants you. I hope I'm growing as a person of faith, as a Christian. That should be our number one objective this journey of life. That all starts with a personal intimate relationship with Christ and then being in prayer every single day about all of those things - being tenacious about it. J. C. Watts journeyprayerchristian A Black man voting for the Republicans makes about as much sense as a chicken voting for Col. Sanders. J. C. Watts votingblackmen Death and taxes may be inevitable, but they shouldn't be related. J. C. Watts inevitablesarcasticmay When it comes to the American dream, no one has a corner on the market. All of us have an equal chance to share in that dream. J. C. Watts chancesharedream The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let government programs disconnect our souls from each other. J. C. Watts soullove-ismen
