It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities come he is ready.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.

This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in.

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.

It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.

Lord if this would be the right thing for Joannie and I, that I would see a bald eagle right here as confirmation from you that this will be a good thing for us.

They both listened silently to the water, which to them was not just water, but the voice of life, the voice of Being, the voice of perpetual Becoming.

Each of us now has 2.27 kg (5 lbs) of plastic embedded in our bodies.

I would rather be a babysitter than a nursemaid

I had hoped that the current presidential campaign debates might educate the public as to what is really involved in the ongoing controversy over campaign financing.

All whom the Lord has chosen and received into the society of his saints ought to prepare themselves for a life that is hard, difficult, laborious and full of countless griefs.

There has been an effect of business rap on the output of today's rap music. But I don't think that's the modern day rapper's fault.

Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.

Other men's sins are before our eyes; our own are behind our backs.