There is no reconciliation until you recognize the dignity of the other, until you see their view- you have to enter into the pain of the people. You've got to feel their need.

We live out our call most fully when we are a community of faith with arms wrapped about a community of pain.

You don't give people dignity. You affirm it.

Godly leadership is not about attaining recognition or glory; it's about serving others.

The big deal is we think the power is in us individuallythe power is in us collectively. It is in the church.

Justice goes across racial and economic barriers - like the good Samaritan.

The poor need the motivation, the incentives, the skills, the education so they can help themselves.

Education is not a luxury in modern American society-it is essential for survival.

Yielding to God's will can be hard. And sometimes, it really hurts. But it always brings peace.

Without passion and satisfaction, there is nothing to make happiness last.

The best way to obtain truth and wisdom is not to ask from books, but to go to God in prayer, and obtain divine teaching.

I made 22 million in 14 years... with taxes, and travel and everything else, it gets blown out the window... which is why I still need to work.

If I had to fault President [Barack] Obama, I would say that sometimes governs like a visitor from a morally superior civilization.

There was a time when I was in this private school and the kids were so conservative and close-minded that it was just appalling.

A man's worth is estimated in this world according to his conduct.

What is the duty of the circumstances God has put me into?

If the constitution goes, I go.

It's nice to represent a woman who can be bigger than what you see as a typical skinny actress - being funny and desirable at the same time.

I prefer your smiles and laughter, wife, but there are far worse things than your tears wetting my skin.