Herbert Hoover Quotes

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

Progress toward a more abundant material life does not come like manna from heaven, however. My message certainly is not one of complacency. The ultimate resource is people — especially skilled, spirited, and hopeful young people endowed with liberty — who will exert their wills and imaginations for their own benefit and inevitably benefit the rest of us as well.

Taking risk is good, and America is a country based on boldness and looking to the future.

We can all become better than we are.

Confidence in the future -- Hope -- gives power to individuals and communities. It is that which enables the poor man to become rich, and the character of all legislative action is to be judged by its greater or lesser tendency to produce this effect.

We don't always have an accurate view of our own potential. I think most people who are frightened of public speaking and can't imagine they might feel different as a result of training. Don't assume you know how much potential you have. Sometimes the only way to know what you can do is to test yourself.

Hold on to your dream. Don't let past failures or dire economic forecasts make you a pessimist. Keep your youthful dreams alive and create your own opportunities.

America is a nation with many flaws that only the stupid would deny, but with hopes so vast that only the cowardly would refuse to acknowledge them.

I always felt like wherever I was, I'd be successful.

You have to have the ultimate faith and belief in what you do.

In a way, and I don't like to use this word, but delusion can be a good thing, it can be a bad thing, but when you genuinely believe in something, if you're putting in the effort to progress, you're going to progress more than someone who doesn't think they can do it.

It's in the American spirit to take advantage of an opportunity.

It's just about confidence and believing in your own ability. If you hit it over the wall, you've got every chance of it going in.

I hope to encourage younger Singaporeans not to be so fearful.

I've always been a big believer in myself and that if you give me an opportunity I am going to make the most of it.

Britain lacks that fundamental belief that anyone can make it. What we need is a British dream. Let's give young people the courage and ambition to go for it.

Confidence is a funny thing, and sometimes that's all you need is just that little bit to elevate you to the next level.

If you go into a room of 100-plus people, and you want to be the prince of darkness, you can be it. But I don't operate in the dark, I operate in the light.

You’re strong enough to stand up to anyone. Smart enough to do anything you want. Don’t sell yourself short; don’t be afraid of what your new life is going to offer. Because I know—if there’s any justice in this world, good things are going to come to you. Better things than you ever dreamed.

It’s a New Year and with it comes a fresh opportunity to shape our world. So this is my wish, a wish for me as much as it is a wish for you: in the world to come, let us be brave – let us walk into the dark without fear, and step into the unknown with smiles on our faces, even if we’re faking them. And whatever happens to us, whatever we make, whatever we learn, let us take joy in it. We can find joy in the world if it’s joy we’re looking for, we can take joy in the act of creation. So that is my wish for you, and for me. Bravery and joy.

You can start where you are with what you've got and go wherever it is you want to go.

Leadership is helping other people grow and succeed. it is not just about you. It's all about them.... everyone deserves a chance.... you can never let yourself be a victim.

If we will concentrate on the best, that element will grow until it sparkles.

It's not what is available or unavailable that determines your level of success and happiness; it's what you convince yourself is true.

If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.