No triumph of peace can equal the armed triumph of war.

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.

A woman's apathy is far more devastating than her wrath.

Goldie was a believer in the imperial project, which is to say, in the civilising power of social progress.

(Answers to life) - You don't have to have it all figured out by a certain age or time in your life. It will come in bits and pieces along the way.

My grandmother always acted in other people's interests, whether they wanted her to or not. If they'd had an Olympics in martyrdom my grandmother would have lost on purpose.

The kerosene record player is not a very efficient device.

We live with the decisions we makeThat’s what bravery is. Standing by the consequences of your mistakes.

Kings cannot ennoble thee, thou good, great soul, for One who is higher than kings hath done that for thee; but a king can confirm thy nobility to men.

In your eyes I see the doorway to a thousand churches.

Wake! For the Sun, who scatter'd into flight The Stars before him from the Field of Night, Drives Night along with them from Heav'n, and strikes The Sultan's Turret with a Shaft of Light

I think flowers are very beautiful things. Very nice and innocent things. They don't harm anybody.