50 Inspirational Presidential Quotes

“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” — Theodore Roosevelt. Here are 50 Inspirational Presidential Quotes.

Presidential Quotes

1. “On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.” — Thomas Jefferson

2. “The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.” — James Madison

3. “If tyranny and oppression come to this land it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.” — James Madison

4. “A little flattery will support a man through great fatigue” — James Monroe

5. “Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.” — John Quincy Adams

6. “Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.” — John Quincy Adams

7. “One man with courage makes a majority.” — Andrew Jackson

8. “It’s easier to do a job right, than to explain why you didn’t.” — Martin Van Buren

9. “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

10. “It is not strange… to mistake change for progress” — Millard Fillmore

11. “You don’t know what you can miss before you try.” — Franklin Pierce

12. “I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.” — Abraham Lincoln

Presidential Quotes

13. “There are men and women who make the world better just by being the kind of people they are. They have the gift of kindness or courage or loyalty or integrity. It really matters very little whether they are behind the wheel of a truck or running a business or bringing up a family. They teach the truth by living it.” — James Garfield

14. “It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” — Theodore Roosevelt

15. “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” — Abraham Lincoln

16. “If wrinkles must be written on our brow, let them not be written on our heart. The spirit should never grow old.” — James Garfield
17. “Be patient and calm; no one can catch a fish with anger.” — Herbert Hoover

18.“What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight- it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower

19. “Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.” — Herbert Hoover

20. “It’s amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.”— Harry S. Truman

21. “The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word ‘crisis.’ One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger–but recognize the opportunity.” — John F. Kennedy

22. “Never waste a minute thinking about people you don’t like.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower

23. “Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth” — John F. Kennedy

24. “We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.” — Jimmy Carter

Presidential Quotes

25. “Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.”— Ronald Reagan

26. “I have opinions of my own – strong opinions – but I don’t always agree with them.” — George H.W. Bush

27. “We all do better when we work together. Our differences do matter, but our common humanity matters more.” — Bill Clinton

28. “There’s an old saying in Tennessee — I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can’t get fooled again.” — George W. Bush

29. “If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.”        — Barack Obama

30. “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” — Thomas Jefferson

31. “Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.” — John F. Kennedy

32. “When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt

33. “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” — Theodore Roosevelt

34. “It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.” — George Washington

35. “Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower

36. “It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” — Harry S Truman

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37. “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” — John Adams
38. “No dream is too big. No challenge is too great. Nothing we want for our future is beyond our reach.” — Donald Trump
39. “Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.” — Lyndon B. Johnson

40. “If men were angels, no government would be necessary.” — James Madison

41. “Yes We Can!” ― Barack Obama

42. “I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.” — Richard M. Nixon

43. “Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die." — Herbert Hoover

44. “A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.” — Gerald R. Ford

45. “Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.” — John Quincy Adams

46. “The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.” — James Monroe

47. “Don't write so that you can be understood, write so that you can't be misunderstood.” — William Howard Taft

48. “The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men.” — James Buchanan

49. “America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.”    — Warren G. Harding

50. “Honor lies in honest toil” — Grover Clevelandd