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A coalition of groups ... is waging a massive propaganda campaign against the president of the United States. ... an all-out attack. Their aim is total victory for themselves and total defeat for him. (On Watergate crisis) – Gerald R. Ford
A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the faade of his appearance. – Jean Iris Murdoch
A person has three choices in life. You can swim against the tide and get exhausted, or you can tread water and let the tide sweep you away, or you can swim with the tide, and let it take you where it wants you to go. – Andrew Schneider
Against logic there is no armor like ignorance. – Laurence J. Peter
All men have an equal right to the free development of their faculties they have an equal right to the impartial protection of the state but it is not true, it is against all the laws of reason and equity, it is against the eternal nature of things, that the indolent man and the laborious man, the spendthrift and the economist, the imprudent and the wise, should obtain and enjoy an equal amount of goods. – Victor Cousin
All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work. – Thomas John Watson, Sr.
All the problems of the world could be settled if people were only willing to think. The trouble is that people very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work. – Thomas J. Watson
Banning gun shows to reduce violent crime will work about as well as banning auto shows to reduce drunken driving. – Bill McIntire
Bias against the Negro is the worst disease from which the society of our nation suffers. – Albert Einstein
Determination, perseverance and hard work make the impossible possible. – Abderrahman Hassi
Do not hire a man who does your work for money, but him who does it for love of it. – Henry David Thoreau
Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be the miracle. – Phillips Brooks
Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against not with the wind. – Hamilton Mabie
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life. – Brigham Young
Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women. – M.K. Ataturk
Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. – Theodore Roosevelt
Fear Is Weak Against Hope. – Crescans Master
From a psychological point of view, when people go under pressure in life, be it economically or otherwise, they seek support from the people closest to them, usually religious or ethnic groups. They also start blaming other groups who have more control over the national resources. If the gap of power is wide, this will eventually create deep divisions in the nation. The divisions can take on new forms of conflict such as class warfare, ethnic, religious, political unrest and sometime civil war. The only effective protection against national divisions is an open socioeconomic system with a large and growing middle class – Med Jones
Good leadership consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people. – John D. Rockefeller
Hard work is the yeast that raises the dough. But it's the dough that makes the bread – Arber Doci
Hardly a competent workman can be found who does not devote a considerable amount of time to studying just how slowly he can work and still convince his employer that he is going at a good pace. – Frederick W. Taylor
Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work You don't give up. – Anne Lamott
I am a strong believer in luck and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. – Benjamin Franklin
I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been given the credit they deserve. It was a difficult war against an unorthodox enemy. – William Westmoreland
I go walking, and the hills loom above me, range upon range, one against the other. I cannot tell where one begins and another leaves off. But when I talk with God, He lifts me up where I can see clearly where everything has a distinct contour. – Madam Chaiang Kai-shek

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