Motivation Quotes

I perhaps ought to say that individually

I never was much interested in the Texas question.

I never could see much good to come of annexation,

inasmuch as they were already

a free republican people on our own model.

If you tell the truth,

you don't have to remember anything.

Fear of something is at the root of hate for others,

and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.

I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate;

and while the debate goes on,

the canal does also.

Fear defeats more people than

any other one thing in the world.

I drink too much.

The last time I gave a urine sample it had an olive in it.

Riches can all be lost,

but that happiness in your own heart can only be veiled,

and it will bring you happiness again,

as long as you live.

The fundamental cause of trouble in the world today

is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.

In preparing for battle,

I have always found that plans are useless,

but planning is indispensable.

If men were angels,

no government would be necessary.

The people,

and the people alone,

are the motive force in the making of world history.

The energy you put in your craft is the energy you get back.

You do what you can with the limited resources you have.

We don't get a chance to do that many things,

and every one should be really excellent.

Where there is righteousness in the heart,

there is beauty in the character.

When there is beauty in the character,

there is harmony in the home.

When there is harmony in the home,

there is order in the nation.

When there is order in the nation,

there is peace in the world.

I should like to know if,

taking this old Declaration of Independence,

which declares that all men are equal upon principle,

you begin making exceptions to it,

where will you stop?

If one man says it does not mean a Negro,

why not another say it does not mean some other man?

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority,

it is time to pause and reflect.

Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough.

Not only have I found that when I talk to the little flower,

or to the little peanut they will give up their secrets,

but I have found that when I silently commune with people,

they give up their secrets also,

if you love them enough.

The most important single ingredient in

the formula of success is knowing

how to get along with people.

The fox has many tricks.

The hedgehog has but one.

But that is the best of all.