Leadership Quotes by Thomas Jefferson

Be polite to all, but intimate with few.

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

I'm a great believer in luck, and I find that the harder I work, the more I have of it.

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

Nothing gives a person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.

We confide in our strength, without boasting of it; we respect that of others, without fearing it.

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

Thomas Jefferson did not serve in the military.

Thomas Jefferson began the practice of shaking hands with the President. Prior to his presidency people bowed to them.

Thomas Jefferson had a crippled right hand from rheumatism.

Thomas Jefferson could read Latin, Greek and French in addition to English.