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

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.

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.

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action

How beautiful this city, or perhaps any in the world, is to a woman who knows her bed awaits her even as she lingers, barefoot in the rain at midnight.

There is no joy equal to that of being able to work for all humanity and doing what you're doing well.

Love cares about you. Leadership carries you.

"You're more trouble than the children are" is the greatest compliment a grandparent can receive.

The body moves naturally, automatically, unconsciously, without any personal intervention or awareness. But if we begin to use our faculty of reasoning, our actions become slow and hesitant.

But she never just accepted me for the way I was.

If you stop for one second and do something, everyone is happy. You pay it forward and it comes back to you twelve-fold.

At retirement, switching from "I must" to "I want" leaves me puzzled and uneasy.