The presidency does not yield to definition. Like the glory of a morning sunrise it can be experienced - it can not be told.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.

Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.

You can't increase prosperity by taxing success.

You have been with me from the very first life. You are my first memory every time, the single thread in all of my lives. It's you who makes me a person.

One day someone is going to read my autobiography and say “Wow, what a horror novel

There is an interdependence between those who have and those who have not. The process of giving exalts the poor and humbles the rich. In the process, both are sanctified.

Ana was a tornado. A jagged, hundred-sided peg in a community where everyone was supposed to fit into round holes.

I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it, on the inside.

My only wickedness is that I love you; my only goodness, the same.

Memories were short and history unkind. It was the way of the world.

I think often times when people choose to be part of a charity; it's usually because something is very personal.

The use of riches is better than their possession.

Segregation is evil; there is no pattern of life which can dehumanize men as can the way of segregation.