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Top 10 Quotes by Presidents
Ninety-nine percent of failures come from people who make excuses. ― George Washington
To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do. ― John Adams
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. ― John Quincy Adams
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for ’tis better to be alone than in bad company. ― George Washington
We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage. ― Teddy Roosevelt
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. ― Thomas Jefferson
It is by a thorough knowledge of the whole subject that [people] are enabled to judge correctly of the past and to give a proper direction to the future. ― James Monroe
Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in. ― Andrew Jackson
All the lessons of history and experience must be lost upon us if we are content to trust alone to the peculiar advantages we happen to possess. ― Martin Van Buren
The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty. ― James Madison
Most Famous Quotes From Presidents
The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph. ― George Washington
You will ever remember that all the end of study is to make you a good man and a useful citizen. ― John Adams
Honesty is the first chapter of the book wisdom. ― Thomas Jefferson
The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money. ― James Madison
On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock. ― Thomas Jefferson
If tyranny and oppression come to this land it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. ― James Madison
Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error. ― Andrew Jackson
A little flattery will support a man through great fatigue ― James Monroe
It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn’t. ― Martin Van Buren
When angry, count ten, before you speak; if very angry, a hundred. ― Thomas Jefferson
I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free. ― William Henry Harrison
Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. ― Barack Obama
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear, and obstacles vanish into air. ― John Quincy Adams
Times change, and we change with them. ― William Henry Harrison
Try and fail, but don’t fail to try. ― John Quincy Adams
I can never consent to being dictated to. ― John Tyler
One man with courage makes a majority. ― Andrew Jackson
The gratitude … should be commensurate with the boundless blessings which we enjoy. ― James K. Polk
I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me. ― Zachary Taylor
Wealth can only be accumulated by the earnings of industry and the savings of frugality. ― John Tyler
There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power. ― William Henry Harrison
An honorable defeat is better than a dishonorable victory. ― Millard Fillmore
It is not strange… to mistake change for progress ― Millard Fillmore
While men inhabiting different parts of this vast continent cannot be expected to hold the same opinions, they can unite in a common objective and sustain common principles. ― Franklin Pierce
May the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country’s peace and prosperity, and in some degree the hopes and happiness of the whole human family. ― James Polk
You don’t know what you can miss before you try. ― Franklin Pierce
The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there. ― James Buchanan
I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards. ― Abraham Lincoln
I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better. ― Abraham Lincoln
In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. ― Abraham Lincoln
If you always support the correct principles, then you will never get the wrong results! ― Andrew Johnson
In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins. ― Ulysses S. Grant
Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today. ― Abraham Lincoln
It would be judicious to act with magnanimity towards a prostrate foe. ― Zachary Taylor
Whatever you are, be a good one. ― Abraham Lincoln
Every expert was once a beginner. ― Rutherford B. Hayes
Right reason is stronger than force. ― James A. Garfield
The storm of frenzy and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the Constitution. ― Franklin Pierce
There are men and women who make the world better just by being the kind of people they are. They have the gift of kindness or courage or loyalty or integrity. It really matters very little whether they are behind the wheel of a truck or running a business or bringing up a family. They teach the truth by living it. ― James Garfield
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. ― Abraham Lincoln
Be fit for more than the thing you are now doing. Let everyone know that you have a reserve in yourself; that you have more power than you are now using. If you are not too large for the place you occupy, you are too small for it. ― Chester A. Arthur
If wrinkles must be written on our brow, let them not be written on our heart. The spirit should never grow old. ― James Garfield
It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by committing subterfuge. ― Grover Cleveland
A long visit to a friend is often a great bore. Never make people twice glad. ― James Buchanan
Great lives never go out; they go on. ― Benjamin Harrison
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing. ― Abraham Lincoln
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. ― Theodore Roosevelt
Unswerving loyalty to duty, constant devotion to truth, and a clear conscience will overcome every discouragement and surely lead the way to usefulness and high achievement. ― Grover Cleveland
Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide. ― Ulysses S. Grant
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. ― Theodore Roosevelt
In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest. ― William McKinley
Be patient and calm; no one can catch a fish with anger. ― Herbert Hoover
Best Known Presidential Quotes To Change Your Life
If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month. ― Theodore Roosevelt
For honest merit to succeed amid the tricks and intrigues which are now so lamentably common, I know is difficult; but the honor of success is increased by the obstacles which are to be surmounted. Let me triumph as a man or not at all. ― Rutherford B. Hayes
Words without actions are the assassins of idealism. ― Herbert Hoover
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. ― Franklin D. Roosevelt
Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists. ― Franklin D. Roosevelt
The object of love is to serve, not to win. ― Woodrow Wilson
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight- it’s the size of the fight in the dog. ― Dwight D. Eisenhower
There’s good in everybody. Boost. Don’t knock. ― Warren G. Harding
A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil. ― Grover Cleveland
Never question another man’s motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives. ― Dwight D. Eisenhower
If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you. ― Calvin Coolidge
It’s amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. ― Harry S. Truman
I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process. ― Benjamin Harrison
Never waste a minute thinking about people you don’t like. ― Dwight D. Eisenhower
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds. ― Franklin D. Roosevelt
Don’t write so that you can be understood, write so that you can’t be misunderstood. ― William Taft
The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word ‘crisis.’ One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger–but recognize the opportunity. ― John F. Kennedy
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. ― Harry S. Truman
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. ― John F. Kennedy
Pessimism never won any battle. ― Dwight D. Eisenhower
Our differences are policies; our agreements, principles. ― William McKinley
One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to be supplied is light, not heat. ― Woodrow Wilson
The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality. ― John F. Kennedy
One person can make a difference, and everyone should try. ― John F. Kennedy
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. ― John F. Kennedy
America’s present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not revolution, but restoration; not agitation, but adjustment; not surgery, but serenity; not the dramatic, but the dispassionate; not experiment, but equipoise; not submergence in internationality, but sustainment in triumphant nationality. ― Warren G. Harding
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. ― John F. Kennedy
We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams. ― Jimmy Carter
Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose. ― Lyndon B. Johnson
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb … Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. ― Calvin Coolidge
On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock. ― Thomas Jefferson
Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God. ― Ronald Reagan
Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself. ― Richard M. Nixon
Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die. And it is youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow and the triumphs that are the aftermath of war. ― Herbert Hoover
I have opinions of my own – strong opinions – but I don’t always agree with them. ― George H.W. Bush
Never be satisfied with less than your very best effort. If you strive for the top and miss, you’ll still ‘beat the pack.’ ― Gerald R. Ford
A volunteer is a person who can see what others cannot see; who can feel what most do not feel. Often, such gifted persons do not think of themselves as volunteers, but as citizens – citizens in the fullest sense: partners in civilization. ― George H.W. Bush
The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty. ― James Madison
You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can. ― Jimmy Carter
Yours is not the task of making your way in the world, but the task of remaking the world which you will find before you. ― Franklin D. Roosevelt
We all do better when we work together. Our differences do matter, but our common humanity matters more. ― Bill Clinton
Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They’re just braver five minutes longer. ― Ronald Reagan
One man with courage makes a majority. ― Andrew Jackson
It is not strange… to mistake change for progress ― Millard Fillmore
I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it. ― Harry S. Truman
When our memories outweigh our dreams, it is then that we become old. ― Bill Clinton
No problem of human making is too great to be overcome by human ingenuity, human energy, and the untiring hope of the human spirit. ― George H. W. Bush
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. ― John Quincy Adams
There’s an old saying in Tennessee — I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can’t get fooled again. George W. Bush
In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years ― Abraham Lincoln
It’s easier to do a job right, than to explain why you didn’t. ― Martin Van Buren
You don’t know what you can miss before you try. ― Franklin Pierce
If tyranny and oppression come to this land it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. ― James Madison
If you live long enough, you’ll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you’ll be a better person. It’s how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit. ― Bill Clinton
Neither a wise man or a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him. ― Dwight Eisenhower
There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power. ― William Henry
If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress ― Barack Obama
A leadership is someone who brings people together. ― George W. Bush
“Try and fail, but don’t fail to try. ― John Quincy Adams
I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards ― Abraham Lincoln
The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope. ― Barack Obama
A little flattery will support a man through great fatigue ― James Monroe
Without passion you don’t have energy, without energy you have nothing. ― Donald Trump
Yes, We Can! ― Barack Obama
