The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury.

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

Start where you are, with what you have. Make something of it and never be satisfied.

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.

Most people search high and wide for the key to success. If they only knew, the key to their dreams lies within.

I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.

No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.

Do not let anyone claim tribute of American patriotism if they even attempt to remove religion from politics.

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

The future of this nation depends on the Christian training of our youth.

Because even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you still had your mother or father at your back, you'd be okay.

A professor is someone who talks in someone else's sleep.

People will work eight hours a day for pay, 10 hours a day for a good boss, and 24 hours a day for a good cause!

The smartest people in Washington are the political reporters. They write about their inferiors.

Credibility is lost when there are big discrepancies between what leaders say and what they do. ... Increasing credibility requires openness. Hidden agendas will destroy trust.

If I could snap my fingers and import France's health care system today, I'd do it.

If you want to be clear, act.

Love and pain become one and the same in the eyes of a wounded child.

The cheapness of man is every day's tragedy. It is as real a loss that others should be low, as that we should be low; for we musthave a society.

I feel like every word I say now, I can really inspire people.