It is incumbent upon every person of every description to contribute to his country's welfare.

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.

The way I need you is a loneliness I cannot bear

Men who believe that, through some exceptional grace or good fortune, they have found God, feel little need of culture.

Everyone is just making the choices they think will help them get by.

We have fallen into this very mean description of humanity. Naturalism in fiction is too reductive in its definition of human beings.

Men love women but, even more than that, men love cars.

You know, I think I'm a stronger person for realizing that you can't make everybody love you.

The truth about our own modest contribution might immobilize us: much easier then, to tell ourselves a story about how much we make our own reality.

I can't get my wife to agree with me on everything or my kids to agree with everything.

The message behind the words is the voice of the heart.

Intelligence is a fixed goal with variable means of achieving it.