As regards the extraordinary prizes, the element of luck is the determining factor.

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.

Feeding the poor will not eradicate poverty, but feeding the mind with true education will.

I had killed our careful relationship by driving my tongue through its heart and pushing it off a cliff.

Religion without reason is like making love without love.

I play enough other mad people, as well and some sane people, to vary the palette of what's scrabbling around in my head and soul to bring to the floor, as a storyteller.

God is not about religion. Religion is a structure that should house our faith in God. Too often it is used to hurt other people in God's name.

Poetry has ceased to be a public art and has become, as Whitehead said of religion, "What man does with his aloneness.

If I could believe that God was not angry with me, I would stand on my head for joy.

Marketing is the way your people answer the phone, the typesetting on your bills and your return policy.

We only have victory over satan when we walk in the Spirit in Christ Jesus.

Women serve but to keep a man from better company.