Presidential Stress Quotes

Being president does seem a lot more stressful than being vice president.

In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character.

President Obama is going to take two weeks to unwind, as opposed to President Bush, who never wound.

You know I vowed when I became President not to talk about the loneliest toughest job in the world and I didn't.

Every president, if you watch what they look like when they come into office, you can see their hair turn white because it's such a hard job.

I've got God's shoulder to cry on. And I cry a lot. I do a lot of crying in this job. I'll bet I've shed more tears than you can count, as president.

It sure is hell to be president.

I think running for president causes more stress.

After the 1960s and '70s, there were real doubts about whether a mortal man could handle the country's highest office. It had destroyed Johnson, corrupted Nixon, and overwhelmed Ford and Carter.

America's presidents tend to die young. Maybe it is in the nature of the men who reach such heights, or of the job once they attain it.

I once told Nixon that the Presidency is like being a jackass caught in a hail storm. You've got to just stand there and take it.

Now personally, I think the president should golf every day and never have a press conference. I want the leader of the free world to be as stress-free as possible. And if golf helps fade the psychic heat from the job, by all means tee it up often, Mr. President.

The only President who clearly died of overwork was Polk, and that was a long time ago. Hoover, who worked intensely and humorlessly as President, lived for more than thirty years after the White House; Truman, who worked intensely and gaily, lived for twenty

I believe our Presidents work hard and it's the loneliest job in the world.