I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.

No responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standard of ethical behavior for those who conduct the public business.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

Don't pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

You can't have all the answers now or you could never grow from making a choice. If you want to grow, you must face adversity and make decisions without having all the answers.

The Christian optimism is based on the fact that we do not fit in to the world.

Men build bridges and throw ra ilroads across deserts and yet they contend successfully that the job of sewing on a button is beyond them. Accordingly they don't have to sew buttons.

I still close my eyes and go home - I can always draw from that.

In this dark world, the Lord Jesus gave us the task of passing on His love

True power comes from standing in your own truth and walking your own path.

Do we root for Michael Corleone in the 'Godfather' films? I think so, even if he is a monster.

... since God commanded me to go, I must do it.

Is love supposed to ruin you? It seems to me you shouldn't destroy yourself out of life for purposes of love--or what good is it?

I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being.