Today I have for you the top 10 quotes from American presidents. These are words for all times and all nations. They are about success, strength and working on yourself.
Dwight Eisenhower:
‘No man is right all the time.’
Everyone makes mistakes. Even the very famous, titled and influential.
That is why it is important to think critically about everything that happens.
You should also be patient and understanding towards the mistakes of others and your own mistakes. The main thing is to correct mistakes in time and draw the right conclusions.
Ronald Reagan:
‘Facts are the most convincing and stubborn thing in the world.’
Words can be beautiful, right and very desirable. But they are just words.
Trust the deeds, the numbers and the facts.
It doesn't matter who says what if it's not backed up by any facts.
And it is easier to measure your own effectiveness by results - by facts.
Thomas Jefferson:
‘I certainly believe in luck. But I have one observation: the harder I work, the luckier I am’
Be optimistic, believe in the best and believe in yourself.
But thinking alone is not enough. You have to work, work smart, work hard.
Ronald Reagan:
‘Heroes aren't really stronger or braver than the rest of us. They just stay strong for a few minutes longer.’
This echoes a famous Japanese proverb: ‘The winner is the one who endures half an hour longer than his opponent.’
Everyone is scared, everyone doubts, everyone makes mistakes. But the really strong individuals who succeed in the end - just managed to find a little more strength in themselves. They waited, they believed, they looked to the future and did not give up early.
Theodore Roosevelt:
‘I love the simple adage: ‘Keep your voice low, but keep a big stick at the ready’’
Why shake the air with words when you can strengthen your own resources?
‘A baton’ is not just a metaphor for physical strength.
A baton is a person's various resources. It is worth constantly strengthening your strength and knowledge, building up your potential.
If something happens, you will always be able to fight back. And it is much calmer and more comfortable to live with a baton behind your back.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt:
‘Apart from fear itself, we have nothing to fear.’
Most of our fears never materialize. We spend most of our energy on agonizing expectations, on trying to predict how we will act when the fear comes to life.
If we try and it works, that's good. If we fail, it's just experience.
It's worth focusing less on fears. It is often pointless and destructive to ourselves.
George Washington:
‘It is better to find no excuse at all than to find a poor excuse.’
He who wants to do, does. Those who don't want to do it, look for excuses.
Sometimes we spend our time and energy looking for excuses. Most people around us do not need our excuses, they do not care about our lives.
By making excuses for ourselves, including being overly analytical, we tie our own hands.
Martin Van Buren:
‘It's easier to do a job well and right the first time than to explain why you didn't do it that way.’
This #quote is just in continuation of the excuses theme.
Why feel sorry for yourself all the time, why procrastinate on completing a task? If you can try, work hard and do it well and correctly.
Theodore Roosevelt:
‘To fail is painful and difficult. But it is far worse to never try to succeed at all.’
No one can guarantee you #success.
One thing you can guarantee is that if you don't try to achieve something, nothing will change. It might even get worse.
Successful people are distinguished from unsuccessful people by a greater number of attempts, optimism and activity of the former.
Calvin Coolidge:
‘Nothing in this world can replace perseverance. Not talent, not genius, not education.’
Sure, a natural ability to be predisposed to a particular endeavor or direction is great.
But if you don't regularly invest in your talent, if you don't create results, it will never manifest itself for you or the world.
It's just that persistent people who are able to focus and hit a single point achieve much more powerful results.
