"Pessimism is an excuse for not trying and……" — William J. Clinton

"Pessimism is an excuse for not trying and a guarantee to a personal failure."

— William J. Clinton

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481 Quotes by William J. Clinton

William J. Clinton has 481 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's…
Sometimes when people are under stress, they hate to think, and it's the time when they most need to think.
When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may…
There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.
Democrats think the country works better with a strong middle class, real opportunities for poor people to work their way…
You can put wings on a pig, but you don't make it an eagle.
I am in support of the NRA position on gun control.
Promising too much can be as cruel as caring too little.
Being president is like running a cemetery: you've got a lot of people under you and nobody's listening.
Well, first of all, I think that a lot of the voters who are voting for the tea party candidates…
Work is about more than making a living, as vital as that is. It's fundamental to human dignity, to our…
Let us all take more responsibility, not only for ourselves and our families but for our communities and our country.

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Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of… — Hannah Arendt
A Boss in Heaven is the best excuse for a boss on earth, therefore If God did exist, he would… — Mikhail Bakunin
Excuse the mess but we live here. — Roseanne Barr
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself. — Henry Ward Beecher
The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself. — Henry Ward Beecher
Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure. — Ambrose Bierce
Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk. — Ambrose Bierce
Christ's crucifix shall be made an excuse for executing criminals. — William Blake
Any excuse will serve a tyrant. — Aesop
The politics of partisanship and the resulting inaction and excuses have paralyzed decision-making, primarily at the federal level, and the… — Michael Bloomberg
I learnt to stop fantasising about the perfect job or the perfect relationship because that can actually be an excuse… — Alain de Botton
The financial crisis should not become an excuse to raise taxes, which would only undermine the economic growth required to… — George W. Bush

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