The only pleasure of endurance is its past tense.

Assertiveness is most effective when least applied.

It is difficult to prove yourself reliable when people are required to wait for you.

Hypocrisy is the audacity to preach integrity from a den of corruption.

Dignity is the reward of holding oneself accountable to conscience.

Being assertive in the home does not produce any smiling faces, but it does bring out a few tongues.

In mere moments of togetherness, families forge their most indelibe memories.

Good men are bound by conscience and liberated by accountability.

Few moments in life are more gratifying than those when the arrogant are exposed as the ignorant.

Fairness is man's ability to rise above his prejudices.

A cheerful demeanor makes brighter the day; as the sun, chasing darkness and sorrow away.

I just sit at my typewriter and curse a bit.

A happier life is a life for God & His Christ now & forvever! Alleluia! Amen!

I learned a long time ago that trying to micromanage the perfect vacation is always a disaster. That leads to terrible times.

But the point you need to know is that no president at war cut taxes $1.5 trillion, like George W. Bush did.

Jesus is a powerful guy in Hollywood. Not quite as powerful as Vin Diesel, but powerful.

If I feel I can play a part I do everything in my power to try to play it.

But somehow in identifying myself as the healer, there was still a seed of both self-righteousness and defense from a kind of emptiness.

The fact that I am still alive after 100,000 laps is my championship.

You realize that life is short and fragile; and when you are facing walls of water, you understand your own mortality can change and how quickly things could change.

Mitt Romney understands the importance of Alaska as a leader in our country's energy production and I look forward to working with him on such an important economic and national security matter.