In general I esteem it a good maxim, that the best way to preserve the confidence of the people durably is to promote their true interest

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.

Why is it that words like these seem dull and cold? Is it because there is no word tender enough to be your name?

If the land mechanism as a whole is good then every part is good, whether we understand it or not.

You May Fall In Love with Beauty of someone but Always Remember 1 Thing that finally you have to live with the Character of that person not with beauty

The tragedy of our time is that we've got it backwards, we've learned to love techniques and use people.

Whistling together. Some kind of performance. I mean, not just a conversation, but a performance.

I like to write adventure stories; that's what I tell myself. But you can't help letting your own personality, your own experiences, slip through.

The only parts I like out of any of those women books is the dirty parts. But I don't think their dirty parts are any good, really.

Our advantages fly away without aid. Pluck the flower. [Lat., Nostra sine auxilio fugiunt bona. Carpite florem.]

What do I believe? I believe in God, if he exists.

...we can only add to the world, where we believe it ends, more parts similar to those we already know (an expanse made again and always of water and land, stars and skies).