In every difficult situation there is a door to opportunity for which optimism is the only key.

Assertiveness is most effective when least applied.

It is difficult to prove yourself reliable when people are required to wait for you.

Hypocrisy is the audacity to preach integrity from a den of corruption.

Dignity is the reward of holding oneself accountable to conscience.

Being assertive in the home does not produce any smiling faces, but it does bring out a few tongues.

In mere moments of togetherness, families forge their most indelibe memories.

Good men are bound by conscience and liberated by accountability.

Few moments in life are more gratifying than those when the arrogant are exposed as the ignorant.

Fairness is man's ability to rise above his prejudices.

A cheerful demeanor makes brighter the day; as the sun, chasing darkness and sorrow away.

Now you're being ridiculous. If your mom changed into a carrot, I'd think she'd change back before someone ate her, werewolf or not.

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

I have no intention of lingering through a season, just to have a chance to be an alternate on a relay. I don't want that.

The poor we shall always have with us, but why the hungry?

I stuck my head out the window this morning and spring kissed me bang in the face.

The federal government has never been known for its sense of humor.

No emotion, merely as an emotion, is a sin, because we cannot directly control the arising of an emotion in our soul.

Violence is the ultimate human degradation.

We are the only ones who can tell our stories because we are the only ones who have lived them.

We've seen what can be accomplished when we use 50% of our human capacity. If you visualize what 100% can do, you'll join me as an unbridled optimist about America's future.