Quotes to inspire and reflect

The main thing needed to make men happy is intelligence.

Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual--and the soul of a people.

The thing that I should wish to obtain from money would be leisure with security.

Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.

In all affairs, it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.

Wide-sounding Zeus takes away half a man's worth on the day when slavery comes upon him.

Come to the edge He said. They said We are afraid. Come to the edge He said. They came. He pushed them, and they flew...

Young men's minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks both before and after.

Zeus does not bring all men's plans to fulfillment.

A companion's words of persuasion are effective.

The single best augury is to fight for one's country.

In saffron-colored mantle, from the tides of ocean rose the morning to bring light to gods and men.

How God ever brings like to like.

A decent boldness ever meets with friends.

Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.

He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent.

Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.

Look at the Justice Department, it's full of Jews...The lawyers in government are damn Jews.

The antiwar movement is a wild orgasm of anarchists sweeping across the country like a prairie fire.

The game of life is to come up a winner, to be a success, or to achieve what we set out to do.

I believe in the battle-whether it's the battle of a campaign or the battle of this office, which is a continuing battle.

The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them.

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I earned everything I've got.

Unless a president can protect the privacy of the advice he gets, he cannot get the advice he needs.

My own view is that taping of conversations for historical purposes was a bad decision on the part of all the presidents.

There is a time to be timid. There is a time to be conciliatory. There is a time, even, to fly and there is a time to fight.

My strong point, if I have a strong point, is performance. I always do more than I say. I always produce more than I promise.

This is a burden I shall bear for every day of the life that is left to me.

Certainly, in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than you think.

Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you.

It is not too strong a statement to declare that this is the way civilizations begin to die ...

Violence or the threat of violence must never be permitted to influence the actions or judgments of the university community.

I wouldn't bet the farm on it, but I'd bet the main house. I wouldn't even bet the outhouse on Mondale.

If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never stood for anything.

I wish I could give you a lot of advice, based on my experience of winning political debates. But I don't have that experience.

My view is that one should not break up a winning combination.

Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don't care what they say, they like it.

I let the American people down.

No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.

I turned into the helicopter ... the red carpet was rolled up. ... The White House was behind us now.

Rarely have so many people been so wrong about so much.

It's a piece of cake until you get to the top. You find you can't stop playing the game the way you've always played it.

I took a look around the office. ... I walked out and closed the door behind me.

I hereby resign this office of president of the United States.

Well, I'm not a crook.

Once you get into this great stream of history, you can't get out.

We are all in it together. This is a war. We take a few shots and it will be over.