"There is some risk involved in action, there……" — Harry S. Truman

"There is some risk involved in action, there always is. But there is far more risk in failure to act."

— Harry S. Truman

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314 Quotes by Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman has 314 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

No one in the world can take the place of your mother. Right or wrong, from her viewpoint you are…
I always remember an epitaph which is in the cemetery at Tombstone, Arizona. It says: 'Here lies Jack Williams. He…
When we refused to be forced out of Berlin, we demonstrated to the people of Europe that with their cooperation…
The responsibility of the great states is to serve, and not to dominate, the world.
A leader is the man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don't want to…
Whenever a man does the best he can, then that is all he can do.
Work Hard. Do your best. Keep your word. Never get too big for your britches. Trust in God. Have no…
I don't want this office, this responsibility, any longer, even if you want me. Find the strongest and most able…
The fundamental basis of this Nation's law was given to Moses on the Mount. The fundamental basis of our Bill…
This Nation was established by men who believed in God. ... You will see the evidence of this deep religious…
This is a Christian nation.
I've had a few setbacks in my life, but I never gave up.

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More Act Quotes

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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has… — Hannah Arendt
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,… — Aristotle
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden

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