(139 quotes found)
“I studied the lives of great men and famous women; and I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work.”
Harry S Truman
“To hell with them. When history is written they will be the sons of bitches - not I.”
“The absence of war is not peace.”
“Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of registering, perpetuating and transmitting thought.”
“I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work.”
“A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties”
“A leader has to lead, or otherwise he has no business in politics.”
“All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it”
“Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination.”
“Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan I know he's going to vote against me”
