In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.
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The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all.Harry S. Truman
You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one. I don't believe in little plans. I believe in plans big enough to meet a situation which we can't possibly foresee now.
Harry S. Truman
A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment.
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Give me a one-handed economist All my economics say, ''On the one hand on the other.''
Harry S. Truman
A statesman is a politician who's been dead 10 or 15 years.
Harry S. Truman
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