All the armies of Europe combined could not by force make a track upon the Blue Ridge, or take a drink from the Ohio. If we are to be destroyed, we must do it ourselves.

I will prepare, and someday my chance will come.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

No man is poor who has a Godly mother.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

The accumulation of grief over one lifetime is more then one heart can bear."Robert explained."Only the heartless could withstand more.Or the very young, those too naive to truly understand loss.

You are a miracle, you are a light. You are not made of our weaknesses but of your strengths. You are a masterpiece made by The Master. Don't see yourself less!

They had buried him under our elm tree, they said -- yet this was not totally true. For he really lay buried in my heart.

A genius is a grownup that remained a kid.

The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our dreams.

All you can do is hang in there and hope you don't get motion sickness and puke all over the newspapers.

I used to have six left feet. Now I only have one and a half left feet.

Life teaches us to be less harsh with ourselves and with others.

We are always peace. To get rid of the idea that we are not peace is all that is required.

I was always telling everybody that I could be funny.