{"id":5910,"date":"2017-02-21T10:39:22","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T15:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Projects\/Internsdc\/?p=5910"},"modified":"2017-02-21T10:39:22","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T15:39:22","slug":"presidential-quotes-inspire-us-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/presidential-quotes-inspire-us-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidential Quotes That Inspire Us to Action"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Inspiring<\/p>\n

In honor of President\u2019s Day, we took a look at the past to seek wisdom and inspiration. Here are some of our favorite words from our founding fathers, (and some newcomers as well). May the words from these leaders encourage us to take action and seek to be leaders in our own lives.<\/p>\n

We love these inspiring Presidential quotes:<\/h2>\n
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If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.<\/em>– George Washington<\/i><\/h4>\n
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\u201cIf your actions inspire others to dream more, do more and become more, you are a leader.\u201d \u2013 John Quincy Adams<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cI walk slowly, but I never walk backward.\u201d \u2013 Abraham Lincoln<\/em><\/h4>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re walking down the right path and you\u2019re willing to keep walking, eventually you\u2019ll make progress.\u201d \u2013 Barack Obama<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cConformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.\u201d \u2013 John F. Kennedy<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cBelieve you can and you\u2019re halfway there.\u201d \u2013 Theodore Roosevelt<\/h4>\n

For more inspiration, read “Obamaisms that inspire”<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.\u201d \u2013 Harry S. Truman<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cDo you want to know who you are? Don\u2019t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.\u201d \u2013 Thomas Jefferson<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cMost folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.\u201d \u2013 Abraham Lincoln<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cIn matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock\u201d \u2013 Thomas Jefferson<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWhen angry, count ten, before you speak; if very angry, a hundred.\u201d \u2013 Thomas Jefferson<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIf you want total security, go to prison. There you\u2019re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking \u2026 is freedom.\u201d \u2013 Dwight D. Eisenhower<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.\u201d \u2013 Jimmy Carter<\/h4>\n

\u201cA volunteer is a person who can see what others cannot see; who can feel what most do not feel. Often, such gifted persons do not think of themselves as volunteers, but as citizens \u2013 citizens in the fullest sense: partners in civilization.\u201d \u2013 George H.W. Bush<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen our memories outweigh our dreams, it is then that we become old.\u201d \u2013 Bill Clinton<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.\u201d \u2013 Barack Obama<\/em><\/h4>\n

\u201cThe harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.\u201d \u2013 George Washington<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cHonesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.\u201d \u2013 Thomas Jefferson<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cAccomplishment will prove to be a journey, not a destination.\u201d \u2013 Dwight D. Eisenhower<\/em><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.” – George Washington<\/strong><\/p>\n

What\u2019s your favorite presidential quote or speech?<\/h3>\n

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In honor of President\u2019s Day, we took a look at the past to seek wisdom and inspiration. Here are some of our favorite words from our founding fathers, (and some newcomers as well). May the words from these leaders encourage us to take action and seek to be leaders in our own lives. We love these inspiring […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8855,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-political-coverage","category-im-positive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atdevserver.com\/Internsdc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}