It’s recession when your neighbor loses his job; it’s a depression when you lose yours.
– Harry S Truman
Selfishness and greed, individual or national, cause most of our troubles.
– Harry S. Truman
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
– Harry S. Truman
Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
– Harry S Truman
Brave men don’t belong to any one country. I respect bravery wherever I see it.
– Harry S. Truman
Actions are the seeds of fate. Deeds grow into destiny.
– Harry S. Truman
If I want to be great I have to win the victory over myself… self-discipline.
– Harry S Truman
Men often mistake notoriety for fame, and would rather be noticed for their vices than not be noticed at all.
– Harry S. Truman
The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all.
– Harry S. Truman
The absence of war is not peace.
Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.
– Harry S. Truman
Tact is the ability to step on a man’s toes without messing up the shine on his shoes.
– Harry S. Truman
The only thing new in the world is the history you do not know.
– Harry S. Truman
The decision doesn’t have to be logical, it was unanimous.
– Harry S Truman
I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.
– Harry S. Truman
My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there’s hardly any difference.”
– Harry S. Truman
It is through generous giving, that we affirm before the world, our nation’s faith in the inalienable right of every man, to a life of freedom, justice and security.
– Harry S. Truman
The Republicans believe in the minimum wage – the more the minimum, the better.
– Harry S. Truman
Once a decision was made, I didn’t worry about it afterward.
– Harry S. Truman
A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.
– Harry S. Truman
All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it
– Harry S Truman