Woodrow Wilson quotes and words of wisdom

"The world must be made safe for democracy."
Found in the topic Democracy.

"Armed neutrality."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"America is not a mere body of traders; it is a body of free men. Our greatness is built upon our freedom is moral, not material. We have a great ardor for gain; but we have a deep passion for the rights of man."
Found in the topic Freedom.

"We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter"s evening. Some of us let these dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who hope that their dreams will come true."
Found in the topic Dream.

"The history of liberty is the history of the limitation of governmental power, not the increase of it. When we resist ... concentration of power we are resisting the powers of death, because concentration of power is what always precedes the destruction of human liberties."
Found in the topic History.

"You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand."
Found in the topic World.

"THE SUM OF THE WHOLE MATTER IS THIS ? OUR CIVILIZATION CANNOT SURVIVE MATERIALLY UNLESS IT BE REDEEMED SPIRITUALLY."
Found in the topic Civilization.

"The nation"s honor is dearer than the nation"s comfort; yes, than the nation"s life itself."
Found in the topic Nation.

"A man is the part he plays among his fellows. He is not isolated; he cannot be. His life is made up of the relations he bears to others ? is made or marred by those relations, guided by them, judged by them, expressed in them. There is nothing else upon which he can spend his spirit ? nothing else that we can see. It is by these he gets his spiritual growth; it is by these we see his character revealed, his purpose, his gifts. A few (men) act as those who have mastered the secrets of a serious art, with deliberate subordination of themselves to the great end and motive of the play. These have "found themselves," and have all the ease of a perfect adjustment."
Found in the topic Relationships.

"We are not put into this world to sit still and know; we are put into it to act."
Found in the topic Action.

"There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized peace."
Found in the topic Power.

"When you have read the Bible, you will know it is the word of God, because you will have found it the key to your own heart, your own happiness and your own duty."
Found in the topic Energy.

"I not only use all the brains I have but all that I can borrow."
Found in the topic Intelligent.

"Every great man of business has got somewhere a touch of the idealist in him."
Found in the topic Business.

"If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in the face, you ought to go home and examine your conscience."
Found in the topic Conscience.

"One cool judgment is worth a dozen hasty councils. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat."
Found in the topic Advice.

"In the Lord"s Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach."
Found in the topic God.

"The truth is, we are all caught in a great economic system which is heartless."
Found in the topic Easy.

"If you want to make enemies, try to change something."
Found in the topic Understand.

"Some people have a large circle of friends while others have only friends that they like."
Found in the topic Friendship.

Interesting Quotes

I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.Dwight D. Eisenhower - US general & Republican politician (1890 - 1969)

It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.Henry Louis Mencken