Quotes by Gerald R. Ford

“Never be satisfied with less than your very best effort. If you strive for the top and miss, you'll still 'beat the pack.”

“The harder you work, the luckier you are, and I worked like hell.”

“If I went back to college again, I'd concentrate on two areas learning to write and to speak before an audience. Nothing in life is more important than the ability to communicate effectively.”

“A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.”

“I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators.”

“I had pro offers from the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, who were pretty hard up for linemen in those days. If I had gone into professional football the name Jerry Ford might have been a hous...”

“I love sports. Whenever I can, I always watch the Detroit Tigers on the radio.”

“Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time.”

“History and experience tell us that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times, but out of trial and confusion.”

“Our constitution works. Our great republic is a government of laws, not of men.”

“Our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here, the people rule.”

“If Lincoln were alive today he'd be turning over in his grave.”