Cultivate within yourselves the mighty power of self-discipline.

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 man that wars and judges others is eternally lost. The man that wars and judges himself is eternally found.

Signing with Hollywood Records was a dream come true. I am so blessed to get to do the things that I love to do every day of my life. My fans can expect to be blown away with the music I'm writing.

A presidential speech is always the work of many hands.

I'm vain enough to want do a movie again, but right now more roles are the last thing on my list.

I get angry about stuff, I get very emotionally intense about stuff and that's how I get it out - with books, with the band, on my own onstage, but it's always kind of a wail.

It is confidently believed that our system may be safely extended to the utmost bounds of our territorial limits.

We are in the realm not of logic but of wistfulness, and I must maintain that wistfulness is a respectable, serious condition. How, otherwise, to account for much of one's life?

My people have been wearing green glasses on their eyes for so long that most of them think this really is an Emerald City.

You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.

Malicious tongues spread their poison abroad and nothing here below is proof against them.