The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.

If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.

For every obstacle there is a solution. Persistence is the key. The greatest mistake is giving up!

The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.

Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.

The supreme quality of leadership is integrity.

If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

You don't lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.

Always try to associate yourself with and learn as much as you can from those who know more than you do, who do better than you, who see more clearly than you.

To be true to one's own freedom is, in essence, to honor and respect the freedom of all others.

Life is to be enjoyed, not endured

To attempt to know myself ‘apart’ from God is to choose to know nothing more than ‘a part’ of myself.

If every event which occurred could be given a name, there would be no need for stories.

Lovely as the morning

Love means to look at yourself The way one looks at distant things For you are only one thing among many.

Some forms of absolutism are not bad; they may even be heroic.

I'm filling in all the negative spaces with positively everything.

The grace of God has no charms for men till the Holy Spirit gives them a taste for it.

Dwight Eisenhower was candid in private, but he was circumspect in public.

Shine out fair sun, till I have bought a glass, That I may see my shadow as I pass.