Children don’t need beating. They need love and encouragement. They need fathers to whom they can look with respect rather than fear. Above all, they need example.

Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.

God is the designer of the family.

Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others

Let us never forget to pray. God lives. He is near. He is real. He is not only aware of us but cares for us. He is our Father. He is accessible to all who will seek Him.

You can be smart and happy or stupid and miserable. . . it's your choice

Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great purpose in heart.

Whatever you do, do well. Be good at it. Stand a little taller. Be a little stronger. Be a little better.

The major work of the world is not done by geniuses. It is done by ordinary people, with balance in their lives, who have learned to work in an extraordinary manner.

Gratitude is the beginning of wisdom. Stated differently, true wisdom cannot be obtained unless it is built on a foundation of true humility and gratitude.

Somehow forgiveness, with love and tolerance, accomplishes miracles that can happen in no other way.

The best things in life are beyond money

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.

We've all got a terminal illness. It's called life.

Hell is everything. Heaven is nothing.

Truth does not belong to an individual.

You can make one (self-contained self-rescuer) that would last all day, but you'd have to carry it behind in a wagon.

A lot of people don't believe in the American idea anymore.

Roland La Starza was tough, but Ezzard Charles was the toughest man I ever fought. I learned what pain was all about when I fought him.

I wondered – would a bullet through my temple actually kill me or just leave a really big mess for me to clean up?

Only responsible human beings can exist in an anarchistic society.