12 quotes
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)
“Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.”
"Government can provide opportunity. But opportunity means nothing unless people are prepared to seize it."
on Life
"Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects."
on Wisdom
"The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire."
on Resilience
"If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories."
on Courage
"We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy."
on Education
"In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose."
on Politics
"If I had feelings, I probably wouldn’t have even survived."
on Emotion
"I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get."
"The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker."
on Peace
"Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion."
on Truth
"If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together."
on Creativity
