No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.

When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.

When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.

Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.

The one thing you can't take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.

Our greatest human freedom is that, despite whatever our physical situation is in life, WE ARE ALWAYS FREE TO CHOOSE OUR THOUGHTS!

There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man.

Success, like happiness, is the unexpected side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.

It isn't the past which holds us back, it's the future; and how we undermine it, today.

I am grateful to the Lord for blessing my path as a writer.

Be yourself is all that you can do.

The District of Columbia is the one spot where there is no government for the people, of the people and by the people.

History is a promise that is always broken in the end

Not many people are true, fake as the lies they tell

Myths are lies that tell the truth.

When a house is tottering to its fall, The strain lies heaviest on the weakest part, One tiny crack throughout the structure spreads, And its own weight soon brings it toppling down.

Surgeon general's job is to protect, promote and advance the health, safety and security of the nation.

Shakespeare is the one who gets re-interpreted most frequently.

The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.