Ordinary people simply don't know what books mean to us, shut up here. Reading, learning, and the radio are our amusements.

Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because the regret is stronger than gratitude.

What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven't even happened yet.

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

Whoever is happy will make others happy.

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

Our lives are fashioned by our choices. First we make our choices. Then our choices make us.

You can always give something, even if it is only kindness.

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness.

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!

Guilt makes people do the weirdest things. It must be awful to have a conscience.

Your trials can release your Gifts and Dreams. Your trials can set you free.

For any new leader of any party at any given time it takes time if you are not in government to establish yourself.

The most certain way of ensuring victory is to march briskly and in good order against the enemy, always endeavouring to gain ground.

Rendering oneself unarmed when one had been the best-armed, out of a height of feeling-that is the means to real peace, which must always rest on a peace of mind.

We've always been in favor of improved wages for workers. When you have a strong middle class, they want to buy more stuff at Costco.

I was the chairman of the Budget Committee and the lead architect the last time it happened in Washington, and when we did it we had great economic growth, we cut taxes, and we had a big surplus.

I looked for perfection, and I found something better.

I was so fortunate to sing and work with so many amazing performers and artists.

Not only are bloggers suckers for the remarkable, so are the people who read blogs.