To do things today exactly the way you did them yesterday saves thinking. Woodrow Wilson More Quotes by Woodrow Wilson More Quotes From Woodrow Wilson If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Character is a by-product, and any man who devotes himself to its cultivation in his own case will become a selfish prig. Woodrow Wilson selfishinspirationalcharacter Unless justice be done to others it will not be done to us. Woodrow Wilson donejustice I would not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with great respect of the past. Woodrow Wilson respectpartypast Let me... remind you that it is only by working with an energy which is almost superhuman and which looks to uninterested spectators like insanity that we can accomplish anything worth the achievement. Work is the keystone of a perfect life. Work and trust in God. Woodrow Wilson achievementdisciplineperfect America was born a Christian nation. America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness, which are derived from Holy Scripture. Ladies and gentlemen, I have a very simple thing to ask of you. I ask of every man and woman in this audience that, from this night on, they will realize that part of the destiny of America lies in their daily perusal of this great Book of revelations. (The Bible) That if they would see America free and pure they will make their own spirits free and pure by the baptism of Holy Scripture. Woodrow Wilson christianbooklying I believe that soldiers will bear me out in saying that both come in time of battle. I take it that the moral courage comes in going into the battle, and the physical courage in staying in. Woodrow Wilson battlesoldierbelieve The great monopoly in this country is the money monopoly. So long as it exists, our old variety of freedom and individual energy of development are out of the question. Woodrow Wilson developmentlongcountry Conformity will be the only virtue and any man who refuses to conform will have to pay the penalty. Woodrow Wilson presidentpaymen The welfare, the happiness, the energy and spirit of the men and women who do the daily workis the underlying necessity of all prosperity.... There can be nothing wholesome unless their life is wholesome; there can be no contentment unless they are contented. Woodrow Wilson energyspiritmen ...men are not put into this world to go the path of ease, they are put into this world to go the path of pain and struggle. Woodrow Wilson painstrugglewar The ordinary literary man, even though he be an eminent historian, is ill-fitted to be a mentor in affairs of government. For... Woodrow Wilson simplemenbook What every man seeks is satisfaction. He deceives himself so long as he imagines it to lie in self-indulgence. Woodrow Wilson selfmenlying The man who reads everything is like the man who eats everything: he can digest nothing, and the penalty of crowding one's mind with other men's thoughts is to have no thoughts of one's own. Woodrow Wilson readingmenbook We came to America, either ourselves or in the persons of our ancestors, to better the ideals of men, to make them see finer things than they had seen before, to get rid of the things that divide and to make sure of the things that unite. Woodrow Wilson immigrationmenamerica To be free is not necessarily to be wise. Wisdom comes with counsel, with the frank and free conference of untrammeled men united in the common interest. Woodrow Wilson wisdomwisemen Uncompromising thought is the luxury of the closeted recluse. Untrammeled reasoning is the indulgence of the philosopher, of the dreamer of sweet dreams. Woodrow Wilson luxurydreamsweet You have the greatest soul, the noblest nature, the sweetest, most loving heart I have ever known, and my love, my reverence, my admiration for you, you have increased in one evening as I should have thought only a lifetime of intimate, loving association could have increased them. You are more wonderful and lovely in my eyes than you ever were before; and my pride and joy and gratitude that you should love me with such a perfect love are beyond all expression, except in some great poem which I cannot write. Woodrow Wilson gratitudeheartwriting There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect. Woodrow Wilson pay-the-priceselfpeace Understanding is the soil in which grow all the fruits of friendship. Woodrow Wilson soilfruitunderstanding The nature of men and of organized society dictates the maintenance in every field of action of the highest and purest standards of justice and of right dealing.... By justice the lawyer generally means the prompt, fair, and open application of impartial rules; but we call ours a Christian civilization, and a Christian conception of justice must be much higher. It must include sympathy and helpfulness and a willingness to forego self-interest in order to promote the welfare, happiness, and contentment of others and of the community as a whole. Woodrow Wilson christianmenmean
