“If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.”
H. G. Wells
“Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.”
Theodore Roosevelt
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Quotations on Leadership
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“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands in times of challenge and controversy.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
“I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men.”
Lao Tzu
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“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
Theodore Roosevelt
“People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together.”
Michelle Obama
Quotations on Perseverance
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“Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.”
Teddy Roosevelt
“If you are going through hell, keep going.”
Winston Churchill
“When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Let us all remember that we have a responsibility to the greater good, and let us take a lesson in action from the behavior of the Greatest Generation. We must sacrifice and endure inconvenience so that others may live.”
Charles F. French
Quotations On Empathy
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“Never Criticize A Man Until You Have Walked A Mile In His Moccasins.”
Native American Saying
“I do not ask the wounded person how he feels, I myself become the wounded person.”
Walt Whitman
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“No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care”
Theodore Roosevelt
“Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and, therefore, the foundation of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared.”
J. K. Rowling
Quotations On Presidential Responsibility
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“The Buck Stops Here!” (from desk sign)
Harry S. Truman
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“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”
Abraham Lincoln
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“Let us not seek the Republican answer, or the Democratic answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.”
John F. Kennedy
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“Power always brings with it responsibility.”
Teddy Roosevelt
Sometimes, leaders do not rise to the necessary levels during such times of need.
“I don’t take responsibility at all.”
Donald Trump
Quotations On Justice
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“Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events. It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”
Robert F. Kennedy
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“No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.”
Theodore Roosevelt
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“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
“In a democracy, justice must apply to the most powerful as well as the weakest among us. If it does not, then the experiment in democracy that is the United States of America will fail.”
Charles F. French
Quotations On The Need For Justice
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“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”
Elie Wiesel
“No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.”
Theodore Roosevelt
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“When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?”
Eleanor Roosevelt
“An injustice to one person is a crime against everyone, and we must always try to achieve true justice in the world.”
Charles F. French
Quotations On The Environment
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“Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children’s children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance.”
Theodore Roosevelt
“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.”
Mahatma Gandhi
“Climate change is happening, humans are causing it, and I think this is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing us.”
Bill Nye
Quotations on Perseverance
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“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”
Maya Angelou
“If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.”
H. G. Wells
“Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.”
Theodore Roosevelt
Quotations on Perseverance
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“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”
Maya Angelou
“Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.”
Theodore Roosevelt
