William J. Clinton Quotes

American - President Born: August 19, 1946

See also: Quotes about Bill Clinton

If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.

William J. Clinton

Life, Adversity, Live, You, Mistakes

It turns out that advancing equal opportunity and economic empowerment is both morally right and good economics, because discrimination, poverty and ignorance restrict growth, while investments in education, infrastructure and scientific and technological research increase it, creating more good jobs and new wealth for all of us.

William J. Clinton

Education, Good, Growth, Opportunity

I married my best friend. I was still in awe after more than four years of being around her at how smart and strong and loving and caring she was. And I really hoped that her choosing me and rejecting my advice to pursue her own career was a decision she would never regret.

William J. Clinton

Friend, Best, Decision, Me, Smart

Work is about more than making a living, as vital as that is. It's fundamental to human dignity, to our sense of self-worth as useful, independent, free people.

William J. Clinton

Work, People, Independence, Free, Living

You can put wings on a pig, but you don't make it an eagle. - William J. Clinton

You can put wings on a pig, but you don't make it an eagle.

William J. Clinton

You, Eagle, Wings, Pig, Make, Put

Character is a journey, not a destination.

William J. Clinton

Journey, Character, Destination

Promising too much can be as cruel as caring too little.

William J. Clinton

Caring, Too Much, Cruel, Little, Much

If you want a future of shared prosperity, where the middle class is growing and poverty is declining, where the American Dream is alive and well, and where the United States remains the leading force for peace and prosperity in a highly competitive world, you should vote for Barack Obama.

William J. Clinton

Future, Peace, Vote, You, American Dream

When we make college more affordable, we make the American dream more achievable.

William J. Clinton

American Dream, College, Dream, American

If you win elections on the theory that government is always bad and will mess up a two-car parade... a real change-maker represents a real threat. So your only option is to create a cartoon, a cartoon alternative, then run against the cartoon. Cartoons are two-dimensional; they're easy to absorb.

William J. Clinton

You, Win, Bad, Government, Easy, Run

Being president is like running a cemetery: you've got a lot of people under you and nobody's listening.

William J. Clinton

People, You, Nobody, Listening, Like

I am in support of the NRA position on gun control.

William J. Clinton

I Am, Gun, Support, Gun Control, Control

Let me say this as clearly as I can: No matter how sharp a grievance or how deep a hurt, there is no justification for killing innocents.

William J. Clinton

Me, Hurt, Deep, I Can, Say, Matter

In the new economy, information, education, and motivation are everything.

William J. Clinton

Education, New, Motivation, Information

You have to make a conscious decision to change for your own well-being and that of your family and your country.

William J. Clinton

Family, Change, Decision, You, Country

My fellow Americans, you have to decide what kind of country you want to live in. If you want a you're on your own, winner take all society you should support the Republican ticket. If you want a country of shared opportunities and shared responsibilities - a 'we're all in it together' society, you should vote for Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

William J. Clinton

Live, Support, Together, Winner, Society

Strength and wisdom are not opposing values.

William J. Clinton

Strength, Wisdom, Values, Opposing

I want American Dream growth - lots of new businesses, well-paying jobs, and American leadership in new industries, like clean energy and biotechnology.

William J. Clinton

Leadership, Growth, American Dream, New

I like the job. That's what I'll miss the most... I'm not sure anybody ever liked this as much as I've liked it.

William J. Clinton

Job, Miss, Like, Most, Sure, Much

It's heartbreaking to see so many people trapped in a web of enforced idleness, deep debt, and gnawing self-doubt.

William J. Clinton

People, Deep, See, Debt, Trapped, Web

I am grateful to President George W. Bush for PEPFAR, which is saving the lives of millions of people in poor countries and to both Presidents Bush for the work we've done together after the South Asia tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and the Haitian earthquake.

William J. Clinton

Work, I Am, Grateful, People, Together

We must teach our children to resolve their conflicts with words, not weapons.

William J. Clinton

Children, Words, Teach, Our, Weapons

There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.

William J. Clinton

Wrong, Nothing, America, Memorial Day

I haven't eaten at a McDonald's since I became President.

William J. Clinton

Food, McDonald, President, Eaten, Since

Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.

William J. Clinton

Democracy, World, Wrong, Envy, America

When times are tough, constant conflict may be good politics but in the real world, cooperation works better. After all, nobody's right all the time, and a broken clock is right twice a day.

William J. Clinton

Good, Day, Politics, Time, Broken, Tough

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