Life Quotes by Lyndon B. Johnson

I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

If you have a mother-in-law with only one eye and she has it in the center of her forehead, don't keep her…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

He that in the latter part of his life too strictly inquires what he has done, can very seldom receive from his…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

Every man should know that his conversations, his correspondence, and his personal life are private.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

In this age when there can be no losers in peace and no victors in war; we must recognize the obligation to…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

Presidents quickly realize that while a single act might destroy the world they live in, no one single decision can make life…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

It may be, it just may be, that life as we know it with its humanity is more unique than many have…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

This nation, this generation, in this hour has man's first chance to build a Great Society, a place where the meaning of…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

Life is never easy. There is work to be done and obligations to be met - obligations to truth, to justice, and…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

It is happily and kindly provided that in every life there are certain pauses, and interruptions, which force consideration upon the careless,…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

...in the decline of life shame and grief are of short duration; whether it be that we bear easily what we have…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

It is not uncommon for those who at their first entrance into the world were distinguished for attainments or abilities, to disappoint…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

So far are we generally from thinking what we often say of the shortness of life, that at the time when it…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

No man should think that peace comes easily. Peace does not come by merely wanting it, or shouting for it, or marching…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

How incredible it is that in this fragile existence we should hate and destroy one another. There are possibilities enough for all…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

I believe that the essence of government lies with unceasing concern for the welfare and dignity and decency and innate integrity of…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

But, most of all, the Great Society is not a safe harbor, a resting place, a final objective, a finished work. It…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

We have heard all of our lives how, after the Civil War was over, the South went back to straighten itself out…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

Such is the condition of life that something is always wanting to happiness. In youth we have warm hopes, which are soon…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

It is very seldom that any one is in prison for an ordinary crime unless early in life he entered a path…

— Lyndon B. Johnson