“Every successful person finds that great success lies just beyond the point when they're convinced their idea is not going to work.” PersonsIdeasLyingSuccessfulConvincedGoing To WorkGreat SuccessSuccessful Person Author:Napoleon Hill
“Individuals we consider happy commonly seem complete in the present and we see them constantly in their wholeness: attentive, cheerful, open rather than closed to events, integral in the moment rather than distended across time by regret or anxiety.” MomentsSeemsIndividualEventsRegretAnxietyWholenessCheerful Book:Time and the Art of Living Source: Time and the Art of Living
“The president is the cuticle of the nail bed of America: one would think pushing back makes him stronger, yet it turns out the opposite is true.” ThinkingAmericaTurnsPresidentBedOppositesStrongerPushingNailsPushing Back Author:Warren G. Harding
“A good president does with executive power what Pablo Picasso did with paint. He takes bills into new and slightly discomfiting territory. He puts extra eyes on policies. He moves the mouth of the Supreme Court from where it should be to where it must be.” ShouldDoeEyeMovingPresidentPolicyMouthsBillsCourtPaintSupremeExtrasExecutivesTerritorySupreme CourtExecutive Power Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“So much of the presidency is a matter of standing in the path of a Newsham Engine for Quenching Fires, opening one's mouth, and attempting to get a drink.” MatterPathFireDrinkMouthsStandingOpeningEnginesPresidencyAttempting Author:Thomas Jefferson
“The president is that invisible force that makes a school of fish suddenly change direction, so that everyone 'ohhs' and 'ahhs' at the glimmering mass and only later wonders what makes them move in that way. I read somewhere-_Harper's_, I'm fairly certain-that the fish are only avoiding pockets of extra cold water.” WaySchoolMovingCertainForcePresidentWaterWonderColdMassFishesInvisibleExtrasPocketsAvoidingCold WaterSchools Of Fish Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“Being president is as difficult as writing the perfect poem. And being president is as effortless as writing the perfect poem. Always a Reckoning, my first collection of poetry, was described by Booklist as 'keenly evocative.'” WritingFirstsDifficultPresidentPerfectCollectionsEffortlessReckoning Author:Jimmy Carter
“The president stands between the twin mirrors of the past and future, causing his being to become reflected an infinite amount of times. At first, this can be very disorienting. But it induces the president to move quickly. He may, for example, mimic a wave with his arms in order to see how his actions extend across this mirroring of time, observing if the figure at the end acts at the same instant as the figure before him, and so on and so forth.” IfsFirstsMayEndsActionPastMovingOrderPresidentFiguresExampleArmsAmountInfiniteMirrorsWaveInstantTwinsObservingMirroring Author:Calvin Coolidge
“Being president means leaving one's name in the history book of which few men are authors. It is my fortune to be blessed with a proud name, one that parents will employ for generations to instill the values of honesty, independence, and above all, courage in their sons.” MenMeanBookValuesNamesParentPresidentGenerationsHonestySonProudIndependenceBlessedFortuneLeavingInstillHistory BooksBeing Blessed Author:Grover Cleveland
“Someone always needs rescuing, yet there's only one person who ever seems to understand you. It's a lot like being Lassie.” NeedsPersonsSeemsLassie Author:John F. Kennedy