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 WILSONA little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.
More Woodrow Wilson Quotes
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I have the feeling that he would rather see a good cause fail than succeed if he were not the head of it.
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We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this.
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To do things today exactly the way you did them yesterday saves thinking.
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All things come to him who waits – provided he knows what he is waiting for.
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Responsibility is proportionate to opportunity.
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No man can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.
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We are not here merely to make a living. We are here to enrich the world.
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If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.
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I would never read a book if it were possible for me to talk half an hour with the man who wrote it.
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It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilizationitself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things we have always carried closest to our hearts.
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There is something better, if possible, that a man can give than his life. That is his living spirit to a service that is not easy, to resist counsels that are hard to resist, to stand against purposes that are difficult to stand against.
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Work is the keystone of a perfect life. Work and trust in God.
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It does not become America that within her borders, where every man is free to follow the dictates of his conscience, men should raise the cry of church against church. To do that is to strike at the very spirit and heart of America.
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The use of a university is to make young gentlemen as unlike their fathers as possible.
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The masters of the government of the United States are the combined capitalists and manufacturers of the United States.
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