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Of all the Presidents of the United States, some were better than others. However, all of them have gone down as important historical figures. As such, for this Presidents Day, check out the top 83 Presidential quotes.
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#83 – 80. Presidential Quotes
83. “Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.” – Calvin Coolidge
82. “There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.” – William Henry Harrison
81. If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time. – Franklin D. Roosevelt
80. I walk slowly, but I never walk backward. – Abraham Lincoln
#79 – 70. Presidential Quotes
79. “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” – Barack Obama
78. “By leadership we mean the art of getting someone else to do something that you want done because he wants to do it, not because your position of power can compel him to do it.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower
77. “Without passion you don’t have energy, with out energy you have nothing.” – Donald Trump
76. “Be patient and calm; no one can catch a fish with anger.” – Herbert Hoover
75. “If you live long enough, you’ll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you’ll be a better person. It’s how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.” – Bill Clinton
74. “God knows that I detest slavery, but it is an existing evil, for which we are not responsible, and we must endure it, till we can get rid of it without destroying the last hope of free government in the world.” – Millard Fillmore
73. “Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.” – Thomas Jefferson
72. Believe you can and you’re halfway there. – Theodore Roosevelt
71. “The gratitude … should be commensurate with the boundless blessings which we enjoy.” – James K. Polk
70. “It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by committing subterfuge.” – Grover Cleveland
#69 – 60. Presidential Quotes
69. “No nation is fit to sit in judgment upon any other nation.” – Woodrow Wilson
68. “An honorable defeat is better than a dishonorable victory.” – Millard Fillmore
67. “Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.” – Andrew Jackson
66. “Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.” – John F. Kennedy
65. Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. – John F. Kennedy
64. “If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.” – Calvin Coolidge
63. “If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.” – Theodore Roosevelt
62. “Aggression unopposed becomes a contagious disease.” – Jimmy Carter
61. “The object of love is to serve, not to win.” – Woodrow Wilson
60. Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time. – Gerald R. Ford
#59 – 50. Presidential Quotes
59. “I don’t know much about Americanism, but it’s a damn good word with which to carry an election.” – Warren Gamaliel Harding
58. “To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.” – John Adams
57. “Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They’re just braver five minutes longer.” – Ronald Reagan
56. “Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.” – Richard M. Nixon
55. “It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn’t.” – Martin Van Buren
54. “It is by a thorough knowledge of the whole subject that [people] are enabled to judge correctly of the past and to give a proper direction to the future.” – James Monroe
53. “Right reason is stronger than force.” – James A. Garfield
52. “Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.” – Andrew Jackson
51. “The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.” – James Madison
50. “Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today.” – Abraham Lincoln
#49 – 40. Presidential Quotes
49. “Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for ’tis better to be alone than in bad company.” – George Washington
48. “Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.” – Lyndon B. Johnson
47. “Be fit for more than the thing you are now doing. Let everyone know that you have a reserve in yourself; that you have more power than you are now using. If you are not too large for the place you occupy, you are too small for it.” – Chester A. Arthur
46. “It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favors.” – George Washington
45. “We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.” – William Howard Taft
44. “99% of failures come from people who make excuses.” – George Washington
43. “We must teach our children to resolve their conflicts with words, not weapons.” – Bill Clinton
42. “While men inhabiting different parts of this vast continent cannot be expected to hold the same opinions, they can unite in a common objective and sustain common principles.” – Franklin Pierce
41. “I can never consent to being dictated to.” – John Tyler
40. “If you always support the correct principles then you will never get the wrong results!” – Andrew Johnson
#39 – 30. Presidential Quotes
39. “In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.” – Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
38. “I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.” – Abraham Lincoln
37. Accomplishment will prove to be a journey, not a destination. – Dwight D. Eisenhower
36. “The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.” – James Buchanan
35. “Have you not learned that not stocks or bonds or stately houses, or products of the mill or field are our country? It is a spiritual thought that is in our minds.” – Benjamin Harrison
34. “I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process.” – Benjamin Harrison
33. “Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.” – John F. Kennedy
32. “Never be satisfied with less than your very best effort. If you strive for the top and miss, you’ll still ‘beat the pack.’” – Gerald R. Ford
31. “Labor disgraces no man, but occasionally men disgrace labor.” – Ulysses S. Grant
30. “One of the tests of the civilization of people is the treatment of its criminals.” – Rutherford Birchard Hayes
#29 – 20. Presidential Quotes
29. “Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” – Thomas Jefferson
28. If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress. – Barack Obama
27. “Unswerving loyalty to duty, constant devotion to truth, and a clear conscience will overcome every discouragement and surely lead the way to usefulness and high achievement.” – Grover Cleveland
26. “Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it.” – Abraham Lincoln
25. “A leadership is someone who brings people together.” – George W. Bush
24. “You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.” – Jimmy Carter
23. “Great lives never go out; they go on.” – Benjamin Harrison
22. “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader” – John Quincy Adams
21. “The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.” – William McKinley, Jr.
20. “There’s good in everybody. Boost. Don’t knock.” – Warren G. Harding
#19 – 10. Presidential Quotes
19. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
18. “The only thing to fear is, fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
17. “Every expert was once a beginner.” – Rutherford B. Hayes
16. “It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” – Harry S. Truman
15. “Times change, and we change with them.” – William Henry Harrison
14. “I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me.” – Zachary Taylor
13. “A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.” – Richard Nixon
12. “America—a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose.” – Herbert Hoover
11. “Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
10. “Read my lips. No new taxes.” – George H. W. Bush
#9 – 1. Presidential Quotes
9. “In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.” – William McKinley
8. In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. – Thomas Jefferson
7. “When you are in any contest you should work as if there were—to the very last minute a chance to lose it.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower
6. “For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that is sleeping in the unplowed ground.” – Lyndon Johnson
5. “The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away.” – Ronald Reagan
4. “No problem of human making is too great to be overcome by human ingenuity, human energy, and the untiring hope of the human spirit.” – George Bush
3. “Pessimism never won any battle.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower
2. “Don’t write so that you can be understood; write so that you can’t be misunderstood.” – William H. Taft
1.”It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get nothing save by effort.” – Theodore Roosevelt
Ideas for the top 83 Presidential quotes were taken from the following sources.[1]Psychology Today – Inspirational Quotes from the 45 U.S. Presidents[2]Entrepreneur – 10 Inspirational Presidential Quote[3]Inc. – 15 Timeless Presidential Quote on Leadership for Presidents Day[4]ThoughtCo. – Famous Quotes From America’s Legendary Presidents
