I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country.

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.

Surround yourself with 'yay-sayers' not naysayers.

A mark of maturity seems to be the range and extent of one's feeling of self-involvement in abstract ideals.

Most of our competitors were one-product wonders... They would do their one product, but never get their engineering sorted out.

I do not want to be controlled by any superpower. I myself consider myself the most powerful figure in the world, and that is why I do not let any superpower control me.

Be willing and unafraid to write badly, because often the bad stuff...forms a base on which to build something better.

I have no problems with buying tampons. I am a fairly modern man. But apparently they're not a "proper" present. "Happy birthday, mum!"

In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows.

Music is magic. Music does s**t that money could never do. Music unites nations and stops wars.

Erecting the 'wall of separation between church and state'... is absolutely essential in a free society.

I have 3,000 penalty minutes. I don't need people dictating to me how to do my job.