I am a quiet man who grows through adversity.

Disarming Iraq is legal under a series of U.N. resolutions. Iraq is in flagrant violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

Without economic development, any potential for political openness and freedom will be questionable.

Not acting to rid the world of weapons of mass destruction is neither politically nor morally acceptable.

The alliance should agree... to an effective NATO role against the new threats presented by international terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.

Young people in particular need real options to find a decent job and to lift their lives. I'm not sure the new Islamist governments will be the best to promote prosperity and growth.

Appeasement was never a very clever policy, and it should not be our option today.

There are countries that prefer to think that they're buying comfort at the cost of others, but I don't think that's the way you can act in this world. There are no neutral groups.

The harm done to Israel is damage done to the West. And delegitimizing Israel is a delegitimization of the West.

Speak less but act more.

My conviction is that the best strategy to defend the West is to defend Israel.

The very precariousness of weather excites a large amount of earnest prayer.

If you have a problem with the Moon in the sky and you are unhappy, change yourself, because the Moon won’t change!

toleration of exploitation, oppression, and injustice points to a condition lying like a pall over the whole of society; it is apathy, an unconcern that is incapable of suffering.

I always end up being the evil one, and I wouldn't hurt a fly.

Mental Toughness: The ability to consistently perform toward the upper range of your talent and skill regardless of the competitive circumstances.

But it is the nature of stars to cross, and never was Shakespeare more wrong than when he has Cassius note, ‘The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars / But in ourselves.

Homosexuality is the handiwork of Satan.

So long as I get some sleep and get to take care of myself and eat healthy and that sort of thing, I'm OK. I'm not out there digging ditches and it's not brain surgery.

Not even pencil or charcoal is needed. Drawing can also be done with a brush. But drawing is a must, if not, no painting can resist.

It will not do to depend on the mind alone.