A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing is so gentle as real strength.

Our growth depends not on how many experiences we devour, but on how many we digest.

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority.

Good habits which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life.

True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.

Christmas renews our youth by stirring our wonder. The capacity for wonder has been called our most pregnant human faculty, for in it are born our art, our science, our religion.

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.

We all have the power within us, to make something of ourselves, the thing is very few believe it.

How unladylike of you to mention such a thing.

Whenever one finds oneself inclined to bitterness it is a sign of emotional failure.

I'm raised to actually think, to use my brain.

California is beautiful to look at, but you can't be a part of it like you can in Michigan.

Wealthy people understand we're one America, and we do best when we're all together.

I had a job when I was 16 at a gas fitter, which was a bit like a pipe fitter.

For all the ghosts and corpses that shall never know the breath of our children so long for the sacrifice and endurance of our mothers and the sustained breath of our fathers we live

No person loving or admiring himself is alone.

My favorite songs are my favorite songs because they just feel like a certain moment, or a certain photo, just a snapshot for whatever three or four minutes the song is.