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William J. Clinton Quotes and Sayings
Quotes by William J. Clinton

You can put wings on a pig,
but you don't make it an eagle.
- William J. Clinton

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Part of our essential humanity is paying respect to what God gave us
and what will be here a long time after we're gone.
- William J. Clinton

Sometimes when people are under stress, they hate to think,
and that's the time when they most need to think.
- William J. Clinton

We must teach our children to resolve
their conflicts with words, not weapons.
- William J. Clinton

Strength and wisdom are not opposing values.
- William J. Clinton

We should not let our response to
the people who disagree with us
be dictated by what they say about us
or even how they treat people we care for.
There has to be a chance that we can find love.
- William J. Clinton

Let me say this as clearly as I can:
No matter how sharp a grievance or how deep a hurt,
there is no justification for killing innocents.
- William J. Clinton

There is nothing wrong with America
that cannot be cured with what is right in America.
- William J. Clinton

Let us all take more responsibility,
not only for ourselves and our families, but
for our communities and our country.
- William J. Clinton

When I took office, only high energy physicists
had ever heard of what is called the Worldwide Web...
Now even my cat has its own page.
- William J. Clinton

You know, everybody makes mistakes when they are president.
- William J. Clinton

Nothing big ever came from being small.
- William J. Clinton

In today's knowledge-based economy,
what you earn depends on what you learn.
- William J. Clinton

A lot of presidential memoirs, they say, are dull and self-serving.
I hope mine is interesting and self-serving.
- William J. Clinton

In the new economy, information, education,
and motivation are everything.
- William J. Clinton

I like the job. That's what I'll miss the most...
I'm not sure anybody ever liked this as much as I've liked it.
- William J. Clinton

When we make college more affordable,
we make the American dream more achievable.
- William J. Clinton

Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.
- William J. Clinton

The new rage is to say that the government
is the cause of all our problems,
and if only we had no government, we'd have no problems.
I can tell you, that contradicts
evidence, history, and common sense.
- William J. Clinton

America and Israel share a special bond.
Our relationship is unique among all nations.
Like America, Israel is a strong democracy,
a symbol of freedom, and an oasis of liberty,
a home to the oppressed and persecuted.
- William J. Clinton

You are the most powerful cultural force in the world.
- William J. Clinton

You Quotes and Sayings

You are Never Too Old to Give or Get Gold Stars.
Show Your Honest Appreciation - Today.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
- John Lennon

If you do what you've always done,
you'll get what you always got.
- Mark Twain

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.
- Amelia Earhart

If (s)he's an apple and you're an orange,
celebrate your differences -
make a great fruit salad.
Love isn't about being the same -
it's about being sweet with each other.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

If you don't know where you're going,
any road will take you there.
- Lewis Carroll
(Alice in Wonderland)

I love you just the way you are.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble.
It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.
- Mark Twain (attributed)

You can't cross the sea merely by
standing and staring at the water.
- Rabindranath Tagore

Keep busy - with tasks that inspire you,
motivate you, or please you.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Anything that costs you more hours of effort or worry
than it brings you hours of enjoyment
is a candidate for downsizing.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Majority rule only works if you're also
considering individual rights,
because you can't have five wolves and one sheep
voting on what to have for dinner.
- Larry Flynt

Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition,
is not only a waste of energy
but the worst habit you could possibly have.
- Dale Carnegie

The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple:
you should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities
but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.
- Quentin Crisp

When dealing with people, remember you are
not dealing with creatures of logic,
but creatures of emotion.
- Dale Carnegie

Live as if you were to die tomorrow.
Learn as if you were to live forever.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

A divorce is like an amputation:
you survive it, but there's less of you.
- Margaret Atwood

Life's a game, all you have to do is know how to play it.
- Anonymous

Make the most of yourself,
for that is all there is of you.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

You have enemies? Good.
That means you've stood up for something,
sometime in your life.
- Winston Churchill

If you were a warrior,
you would know that the worst thing
one can do is confront human beings directly.
- Carlos Castaneda

What you resist, persists.
- Carl Jung

Truth is absolute, but only to one person.
My truth is absolute to me, and your truth is absolute to you.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Life doesn't step on your toes when you Dance Lightly.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Imagine for yourself a character,
a model personality whose example you determine to follow,
in private as well as in public.
- Epictetus

Unexpected events can set you back or set you up.
It's all a matter of - perspective.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Life is a game - a game you can never win.
You already know the final score: Life 1, You 0.
Doesn't mean you can't have fun playing.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Footprints in the sands of time...
Where have you been?
Where are you going?
Why are you going there?
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Life is as easy or as hard as you think it is.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Don't part with your illusions.
When they are gone you may still exist,
but you have ceased to live.
- Mark Twain

If your only tool is a hammer,
you tend to see every problem as a nail.
- Abraham Maslow

Life is like an onion:
you peel it off one layer at a time,
and sometimes you weep.
- Carl Sandburg

The true meaning of life is to plant trees,
under whose shade you do not expect to sit.
- Nelson Henderson

Life is greater than you have ever known it.
- Ernest Holmes

It is neither wealth nor splendor;
but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.
- Thomas Jefferson

A true friend is someone who
thinks that you are a good egg
even though he knows that
you are slightly cracked.
- Bernard Meltzer

No one is in control of your happiness but you;
therefore, you have the power to change anything
about yourself or your life that you want to change.
- Barbara De Angelis

The power of intuitive understanding
will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
- Lao Tzu

You get what you settle for.
- the character Louise in the movie Thelma and Louise

I am merely a bit player in your stories,
as you are merely a bit player in mine.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Life is without meaning.
You bring the meaning to it.
The meaning of life is
whatever you ascribe it to be.
Being alive is the meaning.
- Joseph Campbell

Be prepared for life -
to live happily and without regret,
knowing that you have done your best.
- the Boy Scout Handbook

When you feel worried and depressed,
consciously form a smile on your face and act upbeat
until the happy feeling becomes genuine.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Nothing other people do is because of you.
It is because of themselves
- don Miguel Ruiz

Learn to be calm and you will always be happy.
- Paramahansa Yogananda

It's a funny thing about life;
if you refuse to accept anything but the best,
you very often get it.
- W. Somerset Maugham

Between believing a thing and thinking you KNOW
is only a small step and quickly taken.
- Mark Twain

Do you feel stuck?
Whether in a project, a job, a relationship,
or some other situation,
there is a time for perseverance,
and a time for letting go and moving on.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

If the only tool you have is a hammer,
you tend to see every problem as a nail.
- Abraham Maslow

Life is like riding a bicycle.
To keep your balance you must keep moving.
- Albert Einstein

Getting old is a fascination thing.
The older you get, the older you want to get.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Today is Your Day to Dance Lightly with Life.  It Really Is.
      - Jonathan Lockwood Huie