Harry S. Truman Quotes About Opportunity

Quotes about: Opportunity

• A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.

  Harry S. Truman

  Change, Attitude, Optimistic

• Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.

  Harry S. Truman

  Change, Leadership, Men

• We are profoundly grateful for the blessings bestowed upon us: the preservation of our freedom, so dearly bought and so highly prized; our opportunities for human welfare and happiness, so limitless in their scope; our material prosperity, so far surpassing that of earlier years; and our private spiritual blessings, so deeply cherished by all. For these we offer fervent thanks to God.

  Harry S. Truman

  Thanksgiving, Spiritual, Grateful

• There shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion or national origin.

  Harry S. Truman

  Opportunity, Color, Race

  Colin L. Powell, Harry S. Truman, National Legal Center for the Public Interest (1998). “President Truman and the desegregation of the armed forces: A 50th anniversary view of Executive Order 9981”

• An optimist is presented with a problem and sees an opportunity. A pessimist is presented with an opportunity and sees a problem.

  Harry S. Truman

  Opportunity, Problem, Pessimist

• The newcomers quickly learned their way about and soon felt at home. The Homestead Act of 1862 provided them, as well as many other pioneers, with an opportunity to acquire land and establish family farms. To the land-hungry immigrants, the tough prairie sod seemed a golden opportunity and they conquered it by hard work.

  Harry S. Truman

  Hard Work, Home, Opportunity

  United States. President (1945-1953 : Truman), Harry S. Truman (1964). “Harry S. Truman: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President, 1945-53”

• Millions of our citizens do not now have a full measure of opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health. Millions do not now have protection or security against the economic effects of sickness. The time has arrived for action to help them attain that opportunity and that protection.

  Harry S. Truman

  Opportunity, Citizens, Helping

  "The Truman Program: Addresses and Messages".

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