If we mean to support the liberty and independence which has cost us so much blood and treasure to establish, we must drive far away the demon of party spirit and local reproach.

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.

If you hate a person you hate something in him that is part of yourself.

I believe it is our own misperceptions of who we really are that leads to every self-created hell you'll find in this world.

Injuries obviously change the way you approach the game.

I bring a lot of passion to my life and my politics - I don't mind saying there is a very strong Latin component to it.

Humility simply means that you do a great job at everything and it isn't really a big deal.

Willem de Kooning paintings are a language to be learned. When they were first shown, they were ridiculed as being just drips and splatters and splashes. You had to learn how to read them.

Now The Beatles are four separate people, we don't have the impact we had when we were together.

Life isn't a fairy tale, and happy endings are few and far between

I believe all drunks go to heaven, because they've been through hell on Earth.

Each rebuff is an opportunity to move forward; turn away from them, avoid them, and you throw away your future.