A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be a great democracy.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.

This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.

We all have potential for greatness in ourselves. The only thing we need to do is to find it.

A writer's work is never done, unless he or she has no readers.

When you're with someone, you want everything to be great. And that's the pressure that you put on, and what you just can't do.

It at once struck me that under these circumstances favourable variations would tend to be preserved, and unfavourable ones to be destroyed.

When I started, I decided to devote my life to it and not get sidetracked by all the other bullshit life has to offer

If you are going to focus on a teacher, you have to be focused on the teacher and not peripheral vibrations that might be around them or it will totally screw up your meditation.

Never give up on what you really want to do

I've been criticized for the things I chose and things I've chosen to do.

If there are two hundred people in a room and one of them doesn't like me, I've got to get out.

I have to force myself to get angry. But I want to show the world that there's another side to me, that I am capable of deep, deep anger and fury. They better watch out for how I'm treated.