Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force...Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

Start where you are, with what you have. Make something of it and never be satisfied.

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.

Most people search high and wide for the key to success. If they only knew, the key to their dreams lies within.

I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.

No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.

Do not let anyone claim tribute of American patriotism if they even attempt to remove religion from politics.

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

The future of this nation depends on the Christian training of our youth.

You get older, and you make your choices, and one by one the doors shut.

I don't ever feel like I've had a moment where I am like, "There it is; perfect and holy in all ways."

It's fun when the ball is going in the hole and things are going right, but it's a miserable game when things aren't going well.

The more one knows, the luckier he is, for knowledge is the greatest gift in life.

I had my own battle tactics.

I still feel, as I did when I was six or seven, that books are simply the best way to experience a story.

The reason I'm not an alcoholic is I don't like to drink in front of the kids . . . and when you're away from them, who needs it?.

It took less than half a second for me to realize that, as long as I was truly insane now, I might as well enjoy the delusions while they were pleasant.

Before she got here everything had stalled inside me, and every morning I was just moving toward nighttime.

One illusion is as good as another.