It is far more important to be able to hit the target than it is to haggle over who makes a weapon or who pulls a trigger.

If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.

For every obstacle there is a solution. Persistence is the key. The greatest mistake is giving up!

The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.

Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.

The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.

If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

Always try to associate yourself with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you do, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you.

To be true to one's own freedom is, in essence, to honor and respect the freedom of all others.

The worst prisons were not constructed of warped steel and stone. They were carved out of expectations and lies, judgment and corruption.

Work is a world apart from jobs. Work is the way you occupy your mind and hand and eye and whole body when they're informed by your imagination.

For years I used to bore my wife over lunch with stories about funny incidents.

I’ve had so many knives stuck into me, when they hand me a flower I can’t quite make out what it is. It takes time.

Don't forget to turn your clocks back today if you don't want your clocks to be set to the right time.

Oh the folly of any mind that would explain God before obeying Him! That would map out the character of God instead of crying, Lord, what wouldst thou have me to do?

Fiction is most powerful when it contains most truth; and there is little truth we get so true as that which we find in fiction.

Change your story, change your power.