Inspiring Presidential Quotes

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all I can borrow. ~ Woodrow Wilson

Never waste a minute thinking about people you don't like. ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower

A President's hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right. ~ Lyndon B. Johnson

Anything that you learn becomes your wealth, a wealth that cannot be taken away from you; whether you learn it in a building called school or in the school of life. To learn something new is a timeless pleasure and a valuable treasure. And not all things that you learn are taught to you, but many things that you learn you realize you have taught yourself. ~ C. JoyBell C.

Memories, even bittersweet ones, are better than nothing. ~ Jennifer L. Armentrout

Where you see valid achievements or virtue being attacked, it's by someone viewing them as a mirror of their own inadequacy instead of an inspiring beacon for excellence. ~ Vanna Bonta

Believe in your heart that you're meant to live a life full of passion, purpose, magic and miracles. ~ Roy Bennett

Adversity is an opportunity for heroism. ~ Marv Levy

The stories are success stories. The letters from listeners often touch the heart and can be inspiring. ~ Casey Kasem

Millions of individuals making their own decisions in the marketplace will always allocate resources better than any centralized government planning process. ~ Ronald Reagan

Every perfect gift comes from the great God. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Pick yourself up, don't let the world keep you down. ~ Matshona Dhliwayo

America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle," he said. "We as a people have such a purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the nation and gentler the face of the world. ~ George W. Bush

Unfortunately, the greater consciousness among Whites about Black equality has not carried over to the new victims of racism - Muslims and Immigrants. There is no racial enlightenment for these groups, which are huge. Millions of Muslims and an equal number of immigrants, who whether legal or illegal, face discrimination both legally from the government and extra-legally from White Americans - and sometimes Black and Hispanic Americans. The Democratic Presidential candidates are avoiding these issues in order to cultivate support among White Americans. ~ Howard Zinn

We cannot change ideas in the minds of men and races with machine guns or battle ships. ~ Herbert Hoover

Every living creature breathes. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

I would rather walk alone in light than with many in the darkness. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

But these men had become object lessons for me, men I might love but never emulate, white men and brown men whose fates didn't speak to my own. It was into my father's image, the black man, son of Africa, that I'd packed all the attributes I sought in myself, the attributes of Martin and Malcolm, DuBois and Mandela. And if later I saw that the black men I knew - Frank or Ray or Will or Rafiq - fell short of such lofty standards; if I had learned to respect these men for the struggles they went through, recognizing them as my own - my father's voice had nevertheless remained untainted, inspiring, rebuking, granting or withholding approval. ~ Barack Obama

I definitely enjoy getting to know people I find inspiring. ~ Spike Jonze

Prayer, sacred supernatural act. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

AFFIRMATION: Letting love flow abundantly from me before me with illuminating unique and miraculous richness in every unfolding moment. Healing my hurts and inspiring my actions. Letting love live within me, that spreads beauty through all that I do and all that I am. Filling my thoughts with goodness and my intentions with kindness. Letting love brighten every corner of my world ~ Angie Karan

Courage is fear that has said its prayers and decided to go forward anyway. ~ Joyce Meyer

No man who ever held the office of president would congratulate a friend on obtaining it. ~ John Adams

Poor is the man, whose pleasures depend on the permission of another ~ Madonna

Men will always be boys. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The more we see ourselves as a vibrant, successful, inspiring person who boldly declares and manifests her vision, the more we become just that. ~ Kristi Bowman

I, as prime minister, never went to Washington. Certainly never went to a presidential ranch. I hate to say this, but I wasn't going to be the pilot fish to the shark, whereas Australia quite happily bobbed along like a happy little pilot fish with a shark who was a messy eater, and I just couldn't feel like that. ~ David Lange

The United States ... has been proud of its association with the State of Israel. We shall continue to stand with Israel. We are committed to Israel's survival and security. The United States for a quarter of a century has had an excellent relationship with the State of Israel. We have cooperated in many, many fields - in your security, in the well-being of the Middle East, and in leading what we all hope is a lasting peace throughout the world. ~ Gerald R. Ford

Professionals have to decide on which subjects they are prepared to give nagging rights ~ David Maister

As Barry Commoner, US biologist and 1980 presidential candidate, formulated it in his Four Laws of Ecology:
Everything is connected to everything else.
Everything must go somewhere.
Nature knows best.
There is no such thing as a free lunch. ~ Kennedy Warne

May find the right road to travel on. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

There is no need to put your heart in a bottle, then you will die.
- Ty from Stolen ~ Lucy Christopher

Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves - to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today. ~ John C. Maxwell

Any guy that's not working with the same amount of intensity and passion that I do, I don't want to know. ~ Zakk Wylde

I used to think as I looked out on the Hollywood night - there must be thousands of girls sitting alone like me, dreaming of becoming a movie star. But I'm not going to worry about them. I'm dreaming the hardest. ~ Marilyn Monroe

Remember the days you prayed for the things you have now. ~ Unknown

Faithfulness is a fortress. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

You can put off your dreams, your desires, your careers, your farms. You can avoid your responsibilities, obligations, promises, and sovereign rights. But any person who wants to make music, and doesn't, is a goddamned fool. ~ Jenna Woginrich

Men think it's a women's word. But what it means is that you believe in equality, and if you stand for equality, then you're a feminist. Sorry to tell you. You're a feminist. You're a feminist. That's it. ~ Emma Watson

Dreams are the greatest imaginative power of mankind. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

I know I'm not inspiring much confidence at this point, but there's something else I thought I'd bring up." She lifted her eyes to him. "I love you more than I love books. ~ Cynthia Hand

If we had no faults, we would not derive so much pleasure from noting those of other people. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld

You don't know the sacrifice behind the success! ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Change in the world begins with change in your neighborhood. And change in your neighborhood begins with change in you - a change from indifference to responsibility - a change from purpose-less survival to purpose-full living. ~ Abhijit Naskar

There is no less invention in aptly applying a thought found in a book, than in being the first author of the thought. ~ Pierre Bayle