We must...submit ourselves in adversity to the will of a merciful God as cheerfully as in prosperity.

A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday does not know where it is today.

Mr. Blair, I look upon secession as anarchy. If I owned the four millions of slaves in the South, I would sacrifice them all to the Union; but how can I draw my sword upon Virginia, my native State?

There are few, I believe, in this enlightened age, who will not acknowledge that slavery as an institution is a moral and political evil.

A land without memories is a people without liberty.

Remember, we are all one country now. Dismiss from your mind all sectional feeling, and bring them up to be Americans.

I have always observed that wherever you find the negro, everything is going down around him, and wherever you find the white man, you see everything around him improving.

I believe it to be the duty of everyone to unite in the restoration of the country and the reestablishment of peace and harmony.

The consolidation of the states into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of ruin which has overwhelmed all that preceded it.

So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished.

In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.

God’s presence in our lives gives us peace and joy.

A Sunday morning spent reading the paper together, maybe drinking some mimosas, alone, and talking until noon. That would be pretty amazing. Married couples with kids will understand.

I'm always interested in what you can do with technology that people haven't thought of doing yet.

My dear friend Jimmie Dodd was the heart and the soul of The Mickey Mouse Club.

The weakest believer and the strongest saint are alike equally justified. Justification admits no degrees. A man is either wholly justified or wholly condemned in the sight of God.

In Italy the Coach is a paratrooper who jumps out of the plane but doesn't know if the parachute will open or not.

Focus on your buyers and your buyers problems

Money to a writer is time to write.

I would rather believe something and suffer for it, than to slide along into success without opinions.

Enemies will kill you with a knife in the back. Friends will kill you with kindness. Either way you're dead.