We should talk over the lessons of the day, or lose them in Music, Chess, or the merriments of our family companions.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

As many ideas you can generate, encourage them to form nests in your mind, for one will surely liberate you.

Actions can let you fail or let you succeed. Either way it will never fail to give you experience which is much more important than success or failure.

I played it for my bride, and one day you will play for yours.

When God accepts a sinner, He is, in fact, only accepting Christ. He looks into the sinner's eyes, and He sees His own dear Son's image there, and He takes him in.

Basically, I think that there are some characters that you can just allow the truth of your character as a human being in your real life to come through

Jesse Jackson has to get back to "I am somebody" instead of "I am some color."

No virtue is more universally accepted as a test of good character than trustworthiness .

I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even put a stopper on death.

I've got no ego; I just like to have thousands of people write to me and tell me how wonderful I am.

Different development itself runs the threat of making life shapeless.