But there are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret.

Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.

There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.

The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.

We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.

If more government is the answer, then it was a really stupid question.

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.

It's not that liberals aren't smart, it's just that so much of what they know isn't so

I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.

I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born.

Would you like to take away the person? Or would you like to take away the heart?

Happiness is dealing with setbacks with more grace, understanding and acceptance

My sister and I never engaged in sibling rivalry. Our parents weren't that crazy about either one of us.

Friendly makes sales - and friendly generates repeat business.

A boy becomes a man when a man is needed

Today in America vast concourses of youth are flocking to our colleges, eager for something, just what they do not know.

Human beings are social animals and nearly all of us are driven by the need to be loved and the desire to successfully sustain meaningful romantic relationships for life.

I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously, and I live in terror of not being misunderstood.

I refuse to be misled by any kind of a mirage about any alleged success of what I write. Those things are too easily exaggerated, and even when they are true, they always mean less than they seem to.

The person with the most flexibility has the best chance of achieving the outcome he or she desires