16
Aug

Famous quotes from american presidents



To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace. (George Washington)

Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation. It is better be alone than in bad company. (George Washington)

Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected. (George Washington)

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. (George Washington)

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. (George Washington)

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit. (Thomas Jefferson)

Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper. (Thomas Jefferson)

Don’t talk about what you have done or what you are going to do. (Thomas Jefferson)

He who knows best knows how little he knows. (Thomas Jefferson)

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. (Thomas Jefferson)

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong. (Abraham Lincoln)

Things may come to those who wait…but only the things left by those who hustle. (Abraham Lincoln)

If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surely will. (Abraham Lincoln)

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him. (Abraham Lincoln)

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.(Abraham Lincoln)

A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user. (Theodore Roosevelt)

Believe you can and you’re halfway there. (Theodore Roosevelt)

Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. (Theodore Roosevelt)

I am a part of everything that I have read. (Theodore Roosevelt)

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. (Theodore Roosevelt)

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. (John F. Kennedy)

Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings. (John F. Kennedy)

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining. (John F. Kennedy)

We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth. (John F. Kennedy)

We need men who can dream of things that never were. (John F. Kennedy)

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)

When the winds blow and the rains fall and the sun shines through the clouds he still resolves as he did then, that nothing so fine ever happened to him or anyone else as falling in love with Thee-my dearest heart. (Richard M. Nixon)

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain. (Richard M. Nixon)

The greatness comes not when things go always good for you. But the greatness comes when you’re really tested, when you take some knocks, some disappointments, when sadness comes. (Richard M. Nixon)

Always remember that others may hate you but those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself. (Richard M. Nixon)

America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense, it is the other way around. Human rights invented America. (Jimmy Carter)

We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children. (Jimmy Carter)

You just have to have a simple faith. (Jimmy Carter)

There are no easy answers’ but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right. (Ronald Reagan)

There are no such things as limits to growth, because there are no limits to the human capacity for intelligence, imagination, and wonder (Ronald Reagan)

Some people wonder all their lives if they’ve made a difference. The Marines don’t have that problem. (Ronald Reagan)

I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there’s purpose and worth to each and every life. (Ronald Reagan)

To sit back hoping that someday, some way, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last — but eat you he will. (Ronald Reagan)

I haven’t eaten at a McDonald’s since I became President. (William J. Clinton )

I tried marijuana once. I did not inhale. (William J. Clinton )

Strength and wisdom are not opposing values. (William J. Clinton )

We must teach our children to resolve their conflicts with words, not weapons. (William J. Clinton )

You can put wings on a pig, but you don’t make it an eagle. (William J. Clinton )

You know, everybody makes mistakes when they are president. (William J. Clinton )

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24
Apr

Best quotes about failure


I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.(Michael Jordan)

Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up. ( Chinese Proverbs)

Try and fail, but don’t fail to try. ( Stephen Kaggwa)

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better (Samuel Beckett)

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.( Theodore Roosevelt)

When a man arrives at great prosperity God did it: when he falls into disaster he did it himself. (Mark Twain)

I didn’t fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.(Benjamin Franklin)

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud. (Sophocles)

If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative. (Woody Allen)

Failure is success if we learn from it.(Malcolm S. Forbes)

The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.( Sven Goran Eriksson)

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.(Colin Powell )

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent in doing nothing.(Bernand Shaw)

Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently. (Henry Ford)

It is possible to fail in many ways…while to succeed is possible only in one way.(Aristotle)

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18
Jan

Best Quotes by Famous People


Give me a museum and I’ll fill it. - Pablo Picasso

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. - Albert Einstein

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former - Albert Einstein

Don’t stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed. - George Burns

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. - Napoleon Bonaparte

God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. - Voltaire

Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance. -Samuel Johnson

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. - Thomas Alva Edison

A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship. - John D. Rockefeller

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.” - Isaac Asimov

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit. - Aristotle

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. - Albert Einstein

In any situation, the best thing you can do is the right thing; the next best thing you can do is the wrong thing; the worst thing you can do is nothing. - Theodore Roosevelt

“My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.” - Socrates

In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on. - Robert Frost

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. - John F. Kennedy

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage. - Seneca

Behind every great fortune there is a crime. - Honore de Balzac

If women didn’t exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning - Aristotle Onassis

An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind. - M.K. Gandhi

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. - Mark Twain

“The difference between pornography and erotica is lighting.” - Gloria Leonard

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature. — Frank Lloyd Wright

Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.- Mark Twain

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. - Aristotle

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say i- Voltaire

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon. - Napoleon Bonaparte

Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance. - Samuel Johnson

If you judge people, you have no time to love them. - Mother Teresa

The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that’s the essence of inhumanity. - G.B. Shaw

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever. - Napoleon Bonaparte

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. - Will Durant

On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow. - Friedrich Nietzsche