"Listening to parents' advice is sort of like……" — Harry S. Truman
"Listening to parents' advice is sort of like watching commercials. You know what's coming, you've heard it all before, it's a big bore, but you listen anyway"
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314 Quotes by Harry S. Truman
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No one in the world can take the place of your mother. Right or wrong, from her viewpoint you are…
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I always remember an epitaph which is in the cemetery at Tombstone, Arizona. It says: 'Here lies Jack Williams. He…
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When we refused to be forced out of Berlin, we demonstrated to the people of Europe that with their cooperation…
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The responsibility of the great states is to serve, and not to dominate, the world.
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A leader is the man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don't want to…
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Whenever a man does the best he can, then that is all he can do.
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Work Hard. Do your best. Keep your word. Never get too big for your britches. Trust in God. Have no…
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I don't want this office, this responsibility, any longer, even if you want me. Find the strongest and most able…
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The fundamental basis of this Nation's law was given to Moses on the Mount. The fundamental basis of our Bill…
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This Nation was established by men who believed in God. ... You will see the evidence of this deep religious…
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This is a Christian nation.
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I've had a few setbacks in my life, but I never gave up.
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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.
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If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice.
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Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man;…
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Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
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To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.
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If I were to give advice, I would say to parents that they ought to be very careful whom they…
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It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.
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He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but…
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The worst men often give the best advice.
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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
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There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there…
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