I really learned how to write from Robert Louis Stevenson, Anthony Trollope, and de Maupassant.

You can't fight the desert... you have to ride with it.

When I die, remember that what you knew of me is with you always. What is buried is only the shell of what was. Do not regret the shell, but remember the man. Remember the father.

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.

Knowledge is like money: To be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value.

Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more.

There are good men everywhere. I only wish they had louder voices.

The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast, and you miss all you are traveling for.

Only one who has learned much can fully appreciate his ignorance.

Long ago I learned nothing gets done by just wishing it. You have to do it.

There is nothing more dangerous than a woman with a shotgun. Because you don't know when it's going to go off...and neither does she.

I is for Integrity, be honest with yourself and others.

Reach into the past and remember the reasons you fell in love. Hold on to that, son, and cherish it. Then you must start moving forward again.

There might be false starts and do-overs. You are entitled to experiment before you find your calling.

Talk happiness. The world is sad enough without your woe. No path is wholly rough.

One: balance the budget now, not later. Two: Get Americans jobs by ending illegal immigration and making legal immigration harder. Lastly: Impose term limits.

Our horizon is the creation of a noble society to which, like the medieval builder of those glorious cathedrals, you will have added your conception, your artful piece of stone.

The one thing I always do is I always brush my teeth before I play. I don't know why.

How is the economy supposed to recover when people can't afford to fill the tank?

People can only live with their equals, and not even with them; for in the long run they cannot tolerate that someone is their equal.

Bad things can happen to anyone at any time, whether you follow the rules or not.