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Uitspraken van Amerikaanse presidenten
"Continuous effort—not strength or intelligence—is the key to unlocking our potential." - Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16e president van de VS
"The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion." - Abraham Lincoln
"Things may come to those who wait. But only the things left by those who hustle." - Abraham Lincoln
"You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today" - Abraham Lincoln
"Force is all-conquering but its victories are short-lived." Abraham Lincoln
"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
"Energy and persistence conquer all things" – Benjamin Franklin
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn (Benjamin Franklin)
"He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else."
-- Benjamin Franklin
"The man who does things makes mistakes, but he never makes the biggest mistake of all -- doing nothing." - Benjamin Franklin
"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it." - Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
"The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do" - Thomas Jefferson
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it (Thomas Jefferson)
"A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping stone to the optimist." - Eleanor Roosevelt
"Never let anyone tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes."- Eleanor Roosevelt
"The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people." - Theodore Roosevelt
"Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work
to change a small portion of events, and in the total, of all those acts will be
written the history of this generation." --Robert F. Kennedy
"Let us not seek the Republican answer nor the Democratic answer but the right
answer." --John F. Kennedy
"Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction." - John F. Kennedy
"You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do." - Henry Ford
"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal" - Henry Ford
"I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself." —Ronald Reagan
Een theorie is een vermoeden met academische opleiding. Carter, Jimmy Amerikaans staatsman, 39e President