Jack Thornton Quotes & Sayings

We can learn a lesson from the butterfly beginning it's life crawling along the ground, then spinning a cocoon, patiently waiting until the day it will fly. — Heather Wolf

True power wasn't convincing a cowardly lot to be afraid of something that people were already afraid of; it was giving them a complex that made them run screaming when a fluffy kitten came bounding into the room. — Seanan McGuire

John Thornton stood over Buck, struggling to control himself, too convulsed with rage to speak. "If you strike that dog again, I'll kill you," he at last managed to say in a choking voice. — Jack London

Before you can achieve success in the higher and broader sense you must gain such thorough control over yourself that you will be a person of poise. — Napoleon Hill

How beautiful a woman can be if kindness is her true beauty. — Debasish Mridha

Suddenly, they saw its back end drop down, as into a rut, and the gee-pole, with Hal clinging to it, jerk into the air. Mercedes's scream came to their ears. They saw Charles turn and make one step to run back, and then a whole section of ice give way and dogs and humans disappear. A yawning hole was all that was to be seen. The bottom had dropped out of the trail. John Thornton and Buck looked at each other. "You poor devil," said John Thornton, and Buck licked his hand. — Jack London

Never touch a butterfly's wing with your finger. — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Just because it's taken you three years to notice, Ron, doesn't mean no one else has spotted I'm a girl! — J.K. Rowling

They seemed to share the kindliness and largeness of John Thornton. — Jack London