It is my conviction that the fundamental trouble with the people of the United States is that they have gotten too far away from Almighty God.

We need citizens who are less concerned about what their government can do for them, and more concerned about what they can do for the nation.

I am not fit for this office and should never have been here.

Every student has the ability to be a successful learner.

Treat your friend as if he will one day be your enemy, and your enemy as if he will one day be your friend

Less government in business and more business in government.

America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.

I don't know much about Americanism, but it's a damn good word with which to carry an election.

I knew that this job would be too much for me.

The black man should seek to be, and he should be encouraged to be, the best possible black man and not the best possible imitation of a white man.

There's good in everybody. Boost. Don't knock.

Whenever there's something wrong with your writing, suspect that there's something wrong with your thinking.

Photography is an art which touches and grips one's own heart's blood.

It's not a terribly original thing to say, but I love Raymond Carver. For one thing, he's fun to read out loud.

...learn from my miseries, and do not seek to increase your own.

Instead of looking for the success in your life, look for the thing that is going to bring you the greatest joy.

I guess the issue for me is to keep things dynamic.

That saints will aid if men will call; For the blue sky bends over all!

I read a lot. I am an inveterate reader. I always have a novel going.

If you just say nothing, there is no way they can make you talk.