Notable Quotes
“I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.”
— Thomas Jefferson
“Character is like a tree and reputation is like its shadow.
The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.”
— Abraham Lincoln
“I respect my limitations, but I don’t use them as an excuse.”
— Stephen R. Donaldson
“Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense.
Their meaning is not to be sought for in metaphysical subtleties which may make anything mean everything or nothing at pleasure.”
— Thomas Jefferson
“Nothing in this 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.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
The slogan ‘Press On!’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”
— Calvin Coolidge
“If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.
It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time;
but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.”
— Abraham Lincoln
“The manner in which women are treated is a good criterion to judge the true state of society.
If we know but this one feature in a character of a nation, we may easily judge the rest…”
— Benjamin Harrison
“You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.”
— Pablo Neruda