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US Presidential Quotes – Wisdom from the US Presidents

Have you ever had a time when you just needed some advice? The US Presidents offer us their wisdom through some quotes.

 

[blockquote cite=”George Washington”]It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Thomas Jefferson”]I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, a cause for withdrawing from a friend. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”James Monroe”]A little flattery will support a man through great fatigue. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Millard Fillmore”]An honorable defeat is better than a dishonorable victory. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Abraham Lincoln”]Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Ulysses S. Grant”]Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Teddy Roosevelt”]I am only an average man, but By George, I work harder at it than the average man. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”William Howard Taft”]The world is not going to be saved by legislation. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Woodrow Wilson”]If you want to make enemies, try to change something. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Calvin Coolidge”]Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshiped. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Franklin Roosevelt”]Be sincere; be brief; be seated. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Harry Truman”]The reward for suffering is experience. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Dwight Eisenhower”]Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”John F. Kennedy”]The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”Richard Nixon”]The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire. [/blockquote]
[blockquote cite=”George HW Bush”]Never ask anyone over 70 how they feel. They’ll tell you. [/blockquote]

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