Notable Quotes


“Diplomacy is the art of saying ‘nice doggie’ until you can find a rock.”

—Will Rogers

 

 

“When I was very young, most of my childhood heroes wore capes, flew through the air, or picked up buildings with one arm.
They were spectacular and got a lot of attention. But as I grew, my heroes changed,
so that now I can honestly say that anyone who does anything to help a child is a hero to me. ”

—Fred Rogers

 

 

“It is of great importance to set a resolution, not to be shaken, never to tell an untruth.
There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible; and he who permits himself to tell a lie once,
finds it much easier to do it a second and a third time, till at length it becomes habitual;
he tells lies without attending to it, and truths without the world’s believing him.
This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good disposition.”

—Thomas Jefferson

 

 

“We should be unfaithful to ourselves if we should ever lose sight of the danger to our liberties
if anything partial or extraneous should infect the purity of our free, fair, virtuous, and independent elections.”

—John Adams

 

 

The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity.
Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.”

—Dwight D. Eisenhower

 

 

“In a very general way, our society has fallen out of love with the skilled trades.
Part of the problem is a myriad of myths and misperceptions that surround the jobs themselves,
but the biggest cause is our stubborn belief that a four-year degree is the best path for the most people.”

—Mike Rowe

 

 

It’s difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato. 

—Lewis Grizzard

 

 

“It will not be denied that power is of an encroaching nature and that it ought to be effectually restrained
from passing the limits assigned to it. After discriminating, therefore, in theory, the several classes of power,
as they may in their nature be legislative, executive, or judiciary, the next and most difficult task
is to provide some practical security for each, against the invasion of the others.” 

—James Madison

 

 

“The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose,
we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.”

—Vince Lombardi