Believe in yourself and everything will change

Don't waste your time thinking about things you can't change, live in the moment

Keep your eyes on your blessings not your problems

John’s standard maneuver to ask someone to help him, especially in a moment of crisis,

Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues.

Never, ever give up. And smile

We've got to figure out a way that we give a private sphere for our public leaders. We're not gonna get the best people in public life if we don't do that.

A good book can teach you about the world and about yourself. You learn more than how to read better; you also learn more about life. You become wiser.

And I won't be laughing at the lies when I'm goneAnd I can't question how or when or why when I'm goneCan't live proud enough to die when I'm goneSo I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here.

True liberty does violence to self and, like Christ, who disregarded that he was sovereign becomes a slave to serve others.

I like to be beholden to the great metropolitan English speech, the sea which receives tributaries from every region under heaven.

Conspiracy theories are the refuge of the disempowered.

There is a difference between offering a service and being willing to serve. They may both include giving but only one is generous.