Our past has gone into history.

That's all a man can hope for during his lifetime - to set an example - and when he is dead, to be an inspiration for history.

The American flag has not been planted on foreign soil to acquire more territory but for humanity's sake.

In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.

Strong hearts and helpful hands are needed, and, fortunately, we have them in every part of our beloved country.

The liberty to make our laws does not give us the freedom nor the license to break our laws!

War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.

We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is manifest destiny.

The path of progress is seldom smooth. New things are often found hard to do. Our fathers found them so. We find them so. But are we not made better for the effort and scarifice?

The more profoundly we study this wonderful Book, and the more closely we observe its divine precepts, the better citizens we will become and the higher will be our destiny as a nation.

I do not prize the word cheap. It is not a word of inspiration. It is the badge of poverty, the signal of distress. Cheap merchandise means cheap men and cheap men mean a cheap country.

Teach a child to love his world deeply so that he may find the beauty and joy of life.

His boat sank. They were all on his side.

For "full" emotional communication, one person needs to allow his state of mind to be influenced by that of the other.

if we cultivate compassion for those who have hurt us, we have the possibility of overcoming our anger,pain, and fear. compassion is a great medicine.

I don't think we'll shoot 76 percent in a half ever again. That's crazy.

Smithson was someone of tremendous significance whose work was not beautiful at all. I think he was an iconoclast.

I've come to accept who my readers turn out to be, rather than having some sort of demographic target.

You have to love what you do to the point that you can't imagine doing anything else with your life.

When somebody comes along and says, "I think Washington, DC, sucks," that's not wrong.

I never go easy on kids when I play board games. The sooner they learn what the consequence of entering a competition is, the better. If they win, I punch them in the face like any adult.