Optimism is a good characteristic, but if carried to an excess, it becomes foolishness. We are prone to speak of the resources of this country as inexhaustible; this is not so.

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.

if you wanted to do something absolutely honest, something true, it always turned out to be a thing that had to be done alone.

Wisdom makes it even more likely that you will be exposed to the danger of fornication.

The historical sense involves a perception not only of the pastness of the past but of its presence.

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If you're going to run a small business, you need to know what everyone is doing, be the first one in and the last one out, and work weekends.

The tree is but a huge boquet.

All societies end up wearing masks.

A man's eroticism is a woman's sexuality.

I didn't never have to go to a therapist. I just always put it in a song and you heard me.

My job is to take care of the possible and to trust God with the impossible.