Top 15 Bill Clinton Quotes

We all do better when we work together. Our differences do matter, but our common humanity matters more.

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People are more impressed by the power of our example rather than the example of our power...

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

When our memories outweigh our dreams, it is then that we become old.

I learned a lot from the stories my uncle, aunts and grandparents told me: that no one is perfect but most people are good; that people can’t be judged by their worst or weakest moments; that harsh judgements can make hypocrites of us all; that a lot of life is just showing up and hanging on; that laughter is often the best, and sometimes the only response to pain.

Perhaps most important, I learned that everyone has a story – of dreams and nightmares, hope and heartache, love and loss, courage and fear, sacrifice and selfishness. All my life I’ve been interested in other people’s stories. I wanted to know them, understand them, feel them. When I grew up into politics, I always felt the main point of my work was to people a chance to have better stories. - Page 15, Paragraph 5, ‘My Life’ by Bill Clinton. –Hard cover version-

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.

The real differences around the world today are not between Jews and Arabs; Protestants and Catholics; Muslims, Croats, and Serbs. The real differences are between those who embrace peace and those who would destroy it. Between those who look to the future and those who cling to the past. Between those who open their arms and those who are determined to clench their fists.

If you want to live like a Republican, vote like a Democrat.

Being President is like being the groundskeeper in a cemetery: there are a lot of people under you, but none of them are listening.

All America loses when any person is denied or forced out of a job because of sexual orientation. Being gay, the last time I thought about it, seemed to have nothing to do with the ability to read a balance book, fix a broken bone, or change a spark plug.

People around the world have always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power.

We cannot build our own future without helping others to build theirs.

A man is more than the sum of all the things he can do.

Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma and bias shame us all.

I did not have sexual relations with that woman