Many free countries have lost their liberty, and ours may lose hers; but, if she shall, be it my proudest plume, not that I was the last to desert, but that I never deserted her.

I will prepare, and someday my chance will come.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

No man is poor who has a Godly mother.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

Learning is the ecstasy of life which keeps our hearts young and our minds sharp.

Give yourself a chance to see how much better life will get. And it will get better.

Fatherhood is the most amazing thing that could ever have happened in my life.

We didn't believe in fate, but we believed in serendipity. We felt very lucky.

I regret the unhappiness of princes who are slaves to forms and fettered by caution.

Did you ever feel like the whole world was going to a party and your invitation got lost in the mail?

Because others have let us down, it is now our duty to face the hard truths and do the right thing--no matter the personal cost.

And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin to climb.

Keep at least one window pane clean to check the weather. Once when I didn't do this I sent the kids off with umbrellas for six weeks straight.

Men like to think well of themselves, and poets help them do it.