Herbert Hoover Quotes

I have an obligation to the people of Illinois, to the Senate and to myself to leave the Senate while I am still eager to serve, not after I tire of serving.

To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.

Have I said dumb things? Absolutely, who hasn't? But I have never backed away from being called out on something I did or said wrong.

How could I get up there and say, 'People, we've got to do better,' when I was the poster child for everything that was wrong? I've always believed leaders don't ask others to do what they're unwilling to do.

When God hands you a gift, he also hands you a whip; and the whip is intended for self-flagellation solely.

If my mum thinks I'm acting like a diva she'll soon tell me off... She'll cut me down to size!

I put myself and all the members of Congress in the same boat of things that could have been done better.

You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.

I struggle with pride every day, but the one thing that I try to remind myself everyday is that I'm still a sinner no matter how many points/assists/win I get on the court.

Now I am a private citizen, During the time of my government I have wielded almost absolute powers. I ask you to believe me that whatever wrongs I may have done have been the result of difficult conditions in which it was my lot to govern, and not the fruit of evil passions. I am ready to answer any accusations you wish to make against me. And if the wrongs I have done can be purged by my blood, then take of me the vengeance you will. Here is my breast!

Men in great places are thrice servants: servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business.

If you accept the privilege of public service, you had better understand the responsibilities of public service.

I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds.

Each of us in our time in high office had our ample share of severe critics. But only we actually knew, far better than our worst critics ever dreamed, how truly fallible and all-too-human each of us really was.

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind should we serve?

When you are called, you serve

I will make it a point to voice my opinions. But if I am at fault, I will also apologise.

The No. 1 thing you should know about me: I've always tried to put God first in my life, and I'm the first to admit I often have failed because I'm too proud and too stubborn.

I'm aware of the fact that people that are watching to see what I do next - It's challenging to make the best decisions, and I don't always get it right.

There comes a time in everybody's life when it's no longer enough to point and say he or she should do it, but you have to answer yourself... That's why I put myself at the party's service.

I would prefer a thousand times to receive reproofs than to give them to others.

The three most difficult words to speak are, "I was wrong."

Do not go on His errands till first you have sat at His feet.

One must first learn to live oneself before one blames others.

It is proper for every one to consider, in the case of all men, that he who has not been a servant cannot become a praiseworthy master; and it is meet that we should plume ourselves rather on acting the part of a servant properly than that of the master, first, towards the laws, (for in this way we are servants of the gods), and next, towards our elders.