I don't know what I expected, but my first morning in the Oval Office had a surprising ring of familiarity to it. It reminded me a lot of my job as governor.

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.

Man lives in the house of nature. If he destroys the house, he shall be destroyed as well!

You're both living these lives you didn't choose to live in a world full of people telling you what that's supposed to mean. That's messed up.

Decency is judged by our actions not by our words”.

And the sad truth is that nobody wants me to write comedy. The Exorcist not only ended that career, it expunged all memory of its existence.

When I turned 30, I knew my life was at a crossroads. It was either over, or I was going to restart.

If you're going to invest in an Internet stock, you must be a long-term investor.

I'm not really concerned with trying to turn haters into believers.

Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves.

Anything can happen, but it usually doesn't.

Each and every one of us should stop playing small and license ourselves to become one of the giants of the new century. We will need champions by the truckload.