414 Quotes by Harry S Truman

The President hears a hundred voices telling him that he is the greatest man in the world. He must listen carefully indeed to hear the one voice that tells him his is not.

There is no gratitude for things past. Gratitude is always for what you're going to do for people in the future.

The only thing you have to worry about is bad luck. I never had bad luck.

At this time, we should renew our faith in God. We celebrate the hour in which God came to man. It is fitting that we should turn to Him. . . But there are many others who are away from their homes and their loved ones on this day. Thousands of our boys are on the cold and dreary battlefield of Korea. But all of us, at home, at war, wherever we may be, are within reach of God's love and power. We can all pray. We should all pray.

A leader has to lead otherwise he has no business in politics.

If I want to be great, I have to win the victory over myself...self-d iscipline.

The Russians are liars - you can't trust them. At Potsdam they agreed to everything and broke their word. It's too bad the second world power is like this, but that's the way it is, and we must keep our strength.

It sure is hell to be president.

The United States has become great because we, as a people, have been able to work together for great objectives even while differing about details.