Famous quotes by Presidents

"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"

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power"

"The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read"

"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other"

"You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was"

"You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence"

"You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time"

"As our case is new, we must think and act anew"

"I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end"

"I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end... I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me"

"In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth"

"Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory"

"Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it"

"I will prepare and some day my chance will come"

"I walk slowly, but I never walk backward"

"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"

"I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause"

"I don't like that man. I must get to know him better"

"He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help"

"Everybody likes a compliment"

"Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old"

"Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be"

"Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition"

"I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice"

"I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life"

"I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day"

"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt"

"It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues"

"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years"

"Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right"