In liberating Iraq, we have rid the nation and the rest of the world from the danger of Saddam Hussein.

We have learned that power is a positive force if it is used for positive purposes.

The best public policy is made when you are listening to people who are going to be impacted.

My objective as Secretary of Labor is to look through the 'glass ceiling' to see who is on the other side, and to serve as a catalyst for change . . . .

To be impacted. Then, once a policy is determined, you call on them to help.

My commitment is to strive to lean on the Lord with my whole heart, reading His word daily and earnestly seeking His will in my life.

I am a firm believer in free but fair trade. However the United States should not be on the losing end of trade agreements that are not enforced. It is time that we make China play fairly.

We believe in the dignity of every life, the possibility of every mind, the divinity of every soul. This is our true north.

[On Ronald Reagan:] The President doesn't want yes-men around. When he says no, we all say no.

Despite recent media reports that have clouded, or even misrepresented, the facts, there is compelling evidence that al-Qaida and Iraq have been linked for more than a decade.

In seeking success you must also seek fulfillment. Ask yourself not only what you want to be but who you want to be.

Whoever shall call on God, shall be saved.

Sometimes even the best of us have to lose ourselves in fantasy to survive reality.

Your destiny is to find the truth.

The body can be a marvel of resiliency, a cactus when it comes to sleep - capable of surviving on mere drops.

At the end of everyday, you stand closer to your Goal.

Hope is a satisfaction unto itself and need not be fulfilled to be appreciated.

I don't think there's anything divisive about me.

Either you vegetate and look out a window, or activate and try to effect change.

I've been thinking so much about writing as a gift to readers - and how newness of subject (place or topic or person) is one of the biggest gifts at our disposal.

Acting is reacting. You can't react if you're not paying attention, if you're not listening.