[L]eave nothing to the uncertainty of procuring a warlike apparatus at the moment of public danger.

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.

You can’t eat coconut without breaking its shell

It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.

He is proud of the lustre of his coat, and cannot endure that a hair of it shall lie the wrong way.

The female form is much more erotic than the male, who doesn't think that?

There are no small churches, just small people.

When you write in the third person, you get to imagine other people's interiority.

But be careful; sand is already broken but glass breaks. The shoes are for dancing, not running away.

When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.

The bottom line for everyone is I'm not good enough. It's only a thought, and a thought can be changed.

Everything has its price - and if that price is not paid, not that thing but something else is obtained... it is impossible to get anything without this price.