I was summoned by my Country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love.

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.

Don’t let the present pass in sorrow, hoping that the future will be full of Joy.

Under questioning, a terrorist should be made to yield.

Learn to feel sorry for music because, although it is the international language, it has no swear words.

All my life I've been taught how to die, but no one ever taught me how to grow old.

Major League Baseball should retire Roberto Clemente's number, just like they did Jackie Robinson's.

People will buy snake oil from anybody who seems to be selling it in a persuasive way.

There were two saints in the desert, who had sewed thorns into all their clothes; and we seek for nothing but comfort!

[On The Hunger Games success]: "It hit on the zeitgeist of the disparity b/w the haves and have nots.

Many of us would probably be better fishermen if we did not spend so much time watching and waiting for the world to become perfect

When kindness has left people, even for a few moments, we become afraid of them, as if their reason had left them.