The more the plans fail, the more the planners plan.

Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.

There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.

The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.

We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.

If more government is the answer, then it was a really stupid question.

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.

It's not that liberals aren't smart, it's just that so much of what they know isn't so

I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.

I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born.

Life is serious but art is fun!

So much to love, so much to do.So much to care just for you.

It's immeasurably easier to live in a world that's all surfaces, that means nothing and demands nothing of you.

Love is like a knife. It can either hurt you or it's too dangerous to hold on too.

No story lives unless someone wants to listen. So thank you, all of you.

What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive.

At the foot of the cross, there are no racial barriers.

Clea and I were touring one of the cathedrals in Italy, and in front of the whole tour I go 'That's so cute! Look, they have birdbaths in the church!

Hedda's Hopper attitude was 'once a Commie, always a Commie.'

I've always associated the moment of writing with a moment of lift, of joy, of unexpected reward.