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Quotes by Bill Clinton - (33 quotes)

Bill Clinton - From the Aging category:

When our memories outweigh our dreams, it is then that we become old. (Bill Clinton)

Bill Clinton - From the Character category:

Character is a journey, not a destination. (Bill Clinton)

Bill Clinton - From the Determination category:

We should, all of us, be filled with gratitude and humility for our present progress and prosperity. We should be filled with awe and joy at what lies over the horizon. And we should be filled with absolute determination to make the most of it. (Bill Clinton)

Bill Clinton - From the Expectation category:

Big things are expected of us, and nothing big ever came of being small. (Bill Clinton)

Bill Clinton - From the Gender category:

Simply put, no society can truly flourish if it stifles the dreams and productivity of half its population. Happily, I see evidence all over the world that women are gaining social and economic power that they never had before. This is good news... (Bill Clinton)

Bill Clinton - From the Generosity category:

We cannot build our own future without helping others to build theirs. (Bill Clinton)

Bill Clinton - From the Hope category:

I end tonight where it all began for me: I still believe in a place called Hope. (Bill Clinton)

Bill Clinton - From the Humanity category:

We all do better when we work together. Our differences do matter, but our common humanity matters more. (Bill Clinton)

Bill Clinton - From the Immortality category:

We want to live forever, and we're getting there. (Bill Clinton)

Bill Clinton - From the Interest category:

All my life I've been interested in other people's stories. I wanted to know them, understand them, feel them. (Bill Clinton)

Bill Clinton - From the Life category:

I learned a lot from the stories my uncle, aunts and grandparents told me: that no one is perfect but most people are good; that people can't be judged by their worst or weakest moments; that harsh judgements can make hypocrites of us all; that a lot of life is just showing up and hanging on; that laughter is often the best, and sometimes the only response to pain. (Bill Clinton)

Bill Clinton - From the Listening category:

Being President is like being the groundskeeper in a cemetery: there are a lot of people under you, but none of them are listening. (Bill Clinton)

Bill Clinton - From the Money category:

Globalization is not something we can hold off or turn off... it is the economic equivalent of a force of nature - like wind or water. (Bill Clinton)

Bill Clinton - From the Optimism category:

Pessimism is an excuse for not trying and a guarantee to a personal failure. (Bill Clinton)

Bill Clinton - From the Perseverance category:

If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit. (Bill Clinton)

Bill Clinton - From the Politics category:

Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America. (Bill Clinton)

Bill Clinton - From the Power category:

The world has always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power. (Bill Clinton)

Bill Clinton - From the Progress category:

Progress changes consciousness, and when people's consciousness changes, then their awareness of what is possible changes as well - a virtuous circle. (Bill Clinton)

Bill Clinton - From the Questions category:

What are the needs of the world? What can I do that won't be done if I don't do it? (Bill Clinton)

Bill Clinton - From the Reality category:

You can put wings on a pig, but that doesn't make it an eagle. (Bill Clinton)

Bill Clinton - From the Religion category:

Politics is not religion and we should govern on the basis of evidence, not theology. (Bill Clinton)

Bill Clinton - From the Rewards category:

Keep your eyes on the prize and don't turn back. (Bill Clinton)

Bill Clinton - From the Skill category:

A man is more than the sum of all the things he can do. (Bill Clinton)

Bill Clinton - From the Stress category:

Sometimes when people are under stress, they hate to think, and it's the time when they most need to think. (Bill Clinton)

Bill Clinton - From the Success category:

Success is not the measure of a man but a triumph over those who choose to hold him back. (Bill Clinton)

Bill Clinton - From the Teaching category:

We need to help younger people recognize their own capacity to do good, and help them discover the rewards of generosity. (Bill Clinton)

Bill Clinton - From the Technology category:

Forget what you may have heard about a digital divide or worries that the world is splintering into 'info haves' and 'info have-nots.' The fact is, technology fosters equality, and it's often the relatively cheap and mundane devices that do the most good. (Bill Clinton)

Bill Clinton - From the Time category:

Though we march to the music of our time, our mission is timeless. (Bill Clinton)

Bill Clinton - From the Tradition category:

Yesterday is yesterday. If we try to recapture it, we will only lose tomorrow. (Bill Clinton)

Bill Clinton - From the Tyranny category:

The road to tyranny, we must never forget, begins with the destruction of the truth. (Bill Clinton)

Bill Clinton - From the Vulnerability category:

Sometimes I feel like a fire hydrant looking at a pack of dogs. (Bill Clinton)

Bill Clinton - From the Wisdom category:

Strength and wisdom are not opposing values. (Bill Clinton)

Bill Clinton - From the Words category:

That depends on what your definition of 'is' is. (Bill Clinton)