Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes about Life

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Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Johnson, Lyndon B. (1965). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963-1964”, p.11, Best Books on

I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having her own way. And second, let her have it.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Inspirational, Funny, Life

I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Life, Courage, Fear

This nation, this generation, in this hour has man's first chance to build a Great Society, a place where the meaning of man's life matches the marvels of man's labor.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Life, Men, Society

Address accepting Democratic presidential nomination, Atlantic City, N.J., 27 Aug. 1964

In this age when there can be no losers in peace and no victors in war; we must recognize the obligation to match national strength with national restraint.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Life, Peace, War

Let Us Continue, delivered 27 November 1963

No man should think that peace comes easily. Peace does not come by merely wanting it, or shouting for it, or marching down Main Street for it. Peace is built brick by brick, mortared by the stubborn effort and the total energy and imagination of able and dedicated men. And it is built in the living faith that, in the end, man can and will master his own destiny.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Life, Peace, Thinking