Quotes by Harry Truman

I always remember an epitaph which is in the cemetery at Tombstone, Arizona. It says: "Here lies Jack Williams. He done his damnedest." I think that is the greatest epitaph a man can have – When he gives everything that is in him to do the job he has before him. That is all you can ask of him and that is what I have tried to do.

"I never give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it's hell." - Harry Truman

I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.

How far would Moses have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt? What would Jesus Christ have preached if he had taken a poll in the land of Israel? What would have happened to the Reformation if Martin Luther had taken a poll? It isn't polls or public opinion of the moment that counts. It's right and wrong and leadership.

Humility is to make a right estimate of oneself.

Whenever I make a bum decision, I just go out and make another.

I studied the lives of great men and famous women, and I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm.

On leaving the White House: If I'd known how much packing I'd have to do, I'd have run again.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

We can never tell what is in store for us.