Say not thou lackest talent. What talent had any of the greatest, but passionate faith in the efficacy of work?

The highest courage is to dare to appear to be what one is

Women are aristocrats, and it is always the mother who makes us feel that we belong to the better sort.

Each forward step we take we leave some phantom of ourselves behind.

We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us.

As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape.

Dislike of another's opinions and beliefs neither justifies our own nor makes us more certain of them: and to transfer the repugnance to the person himself is a mark of a vulgar mind.

Your faith is what you believe, not what you know.

What we love to do we find time to do.

Those who believe in our ability do more than stimulate us. They create for us an atmosphere in which it becomes easier to succeed.

When we have not the strength or the courage to grasp a new truth, we persuade ourselves that it is not a truth at all.

I can replace things, but I could never replace my wife and kids.

I don't think the world works on merit.

I do not want church groups controlling the schools of our country. They must remain free.

You have to continue and discover the grammar of things, of what we can see.

I am a strong believer in grass roots communities, but I also believe government resources, when available, should be equally available to all people.

The foundation of the world lies in the nation. The foundation of the nation lies in the family. The foundation of the family lies in the individual.

When I write something, it's usually 'cause I think it's funny or I have a way in, but when I direct something, I really need to be close to it.

I have discovered a truly marvelous proof of this, which however the margin is not large enough to contain.

I'm an occasional drinker, the kind of guy who goes out for a beer and wakes up in Singapore with a full beard.

Slavery has become so engrafted into the policy of the Southern States, that it cannot be eradicated without tearing up by the roots their happiness, tranquillity, and prosperity.