Presidential Quotes – Everyday Principles

Some things are so simple, yet so true. Here are some of those basics with which the Presidents shared with us.

[blockquote cite=”Martin Van Buren”]It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn’t. [/blockquote]

[blockquote cite=”Abraham Lincoln”]You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was. [/blockquote]

[blockquote cite=”James Garfield”]Things don’t turn up in this world until somebody turns them up. [/blockquote]

[blockquote cite=”Teddy Roosevelt”]Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. [/blockquote]

[blockquote cite=”Calvin Coolidge”]It takes a great man to be a good listener. [/blockquote]

[blockquote cite=”Harry Truman”]It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. [/blockquote]

[blockquote cite=”Richard Nixon”]A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits. [/blockquote]

[blockquote cite=”John F. Kennedy”]Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. [/blockquote]

[blockquote cite=”John Quincy Adams”]Idleness is sweet, and its consequences are cruel. [/blockquote]

[blockquote cite=”Andrew Jackson”]Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in. [/blockquote]