1900s, The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses (1900), National Duties
“To think we could have spared ourselves from living all that we have lived!”
Anathemas and Admirations (1987)
“We do not think ourselves into new ways of living, we live ourselves into new ways of thinking.”
“Biggest damfool mistake I ever made.”
Referring to his appointment of Earl Warren as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; reported in Fred Rodell, "The Complexities of Mr. Justice Fortas", The New York Times Magazine (July 28, 1968), p. 12. William B. Ewald, Jr., research assistant for Eisenhower's memoirs, says in Eisenhower the President, p. 95 (1981), "I myself once, and once only, heard him say in Gettysburg in 1961, 'The two worst appointments I ever made came out of recommendations from the Justice Department: that fellow who headed the Antitrust Division, Bicks, and Earl Warren'".
Disputed
“We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.”
Variant: We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same
Source: Journey to Ixtlan
“The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.”
How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth? (BBC Horizon, 2009)
