Good Thoughts Tough Times

I can not remember being in tougher times than we are now, but everything passes and eventually gets better. Let’s hope and pray for our new president that he can bring some common sense to congress and get the ball rolling….Below are some quotes from past presidents which you might enjoy. Prepare yourself in every way to adjust to the environment you now find yourself in and do your best…Lee

Theodore Roosevelt (1858 – 1919)
“Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.”
“In a moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do in nothing.”

Ronald Reagan (1911 – 2004)
“America is too great for small dreams.”
“We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be free.”

George Washington (1732 – 1799)
“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.“
“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.“

Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826)
“The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.”
“We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

Andrew Jackson (1767 – 1845)
“One man with courage makes a majority.”
“Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.”

Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865)
“Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it.”
“The probability that we may fall in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.”

Franklin Roosevelt (1882 – 1945)
“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.”
“We and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.”

John F. Kennedy (1917 – 1963)
“We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others.”
“Liberty without learning is always in peril; learning without liberty is always in vain.”