If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.

Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.

You can't increase prosperity by taxing success.

It makes no sense to try to extend a friendship that was only meant to be a season into a lifetime.

I do not care if nobody resembles me.

After all, inside every woman, no matter how grown up she is, there is still a frightened little girl.

Once a month, try something you don’t think you’d be good at. You can find such happy surprises.

I was an overnight sensation.

If you are ignorant, you certainly can get into some interesting arguments.

Like the early Christians, we must move into a sometime hostile world armed with the revolutionary gospel of Jesus Christ. With this powerful gospel we shall boldly challenge the status quo.

We never lose our loved ones. The accompany us; they don't disappear from our lives. We are merely in different rooms.

If civilians are going to be killed, I would rather have them be their civilians than our civilians.

I play football every Tuesday and Thursday early in the season. I am smart enough at the game. I score a lot of goals. I wouldn't be the best in the world but I am OK.