Harry S. Truman Quotes about Life

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My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. To tell the truth, there's hardly a difference.

My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. To tell the truth, there's hardly a difference.

Harry S. Truman

Life, Music, Wisdom

"The Wit & Wisdom of Harry 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

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

I always remember an epitaph which is in the cemetery at Tombstone, Arizona. It says: 'Here lies Jack Williams. He done his damnedest.' I think that is the greatest epitaph a man can have - When he gives everything that is in him to do the job he has before him. That is all you can ask of him and that is what I have tried to do.

Harry S. Truman

Life, Jobs, Tombstone

Peace is precious to us. It is the way of life we strive for with all the strength and wisdom we possess. But more precious than peace are freedom and justice. We will fight, if fight we must, to keep our freedom and to prevent justice from being destroyed.

Harry S. Truman

Life, Strength, Peace

United States. President (1945-1953 : Truman), Harry S. Truman (1965). “Harry S. Truman: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President, 1945-53”

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.

Harry S. Truman

Life, Motivational, Reading

Harry S. Truman (1999). “Strictly Personal and Confidential: The Letters Harry Truman Never Mailed”, p.138, University of Missouri Press

All my life I have fought against prejudice and intolerance.

Harry S. Truman

Life, Prejudice, Intolerance

Harry S. Truman (1956). “Memoirs”