Harry S. Truman quotes

You are never fully dressed until you wear a smile.
- Harry S. Truman

Money is not everything. There's MasterCard & Visa.
- Harry S. Truman

If you can't convince them, confuse them.
- Harry S. Truman

I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work. –
- Harry S. Truman

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.
- Harry S. Truman

The atom bomb was no 'great decision.' It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness.
- Harry S. Truman

I can remember when a good politician had to be 75 percent ability and 25 percent actor, but I can well see the day when the reverse could be true.
- Harry S. Truman

Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.
- Harry S. Truman

A man who is influenced by the polls or is afraid to make decisions which make him unpopular is not a man to represent the welfare of the country.
- Harry S. Truman

It's plain hokum. If you can't convince them, confuse them. It's an old political trick. But this time it won't work.
- Harry S. Truman

The only thing new in the world is the history you do not know.
- Harry S. Truman

A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader.
- Harry S. Truman

It's amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
- Harry S. Truman

The successful man has enthusiasm. Good work is never done in cold blood; heat is needed for forge anything. Every great achievement is the story of a flaming heart.
- Harry S. Truman

The responsibility of the great states is to serve and not to dominate the world.
- Harry S. Truman

I want a one-armed economist, that way he cannot say, “on the other hand”.
- Harry S. Truman

Fame is a vapor, popularity is an accident, riches take wings, those who cheer today may curse tomorrow and only one thing endures - character.
- Harry S. Truman

The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members.
- Harry S. Truman

The White House is the finest prison in the world.
- Harry S. Truman

The reward of suffering is experience.
- Harry S. Truman

Children and dogs are as necessary to the welfare of the country as Wall Street and the railroads.
- Harry S. Truman

I come to the office each morning and stay for long hours doing what has to be done to the best of my ability. And when you've done the best you can, you can't do any better.
- Harry S. Truman

We must have strong minds, ready to accept facts as they are.
- Harry S. Truman

All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.
- Harry S. Truman