Campaign behavior for wives: Always be on time. Do as little talking as humanly possible. Lean back in the parade car so everybody can see the president.

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

Happiness is not a goal it is a byproduct.

The giving of love is an education in itself.

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart

A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Understanding the world is a door to believing what we are, where we are living in and what we expect to come out of our actions.

Cutting libraries during a recession is like cutting hospitals during a plague.

Anything in life worth having is worth working for.

My guiding principle as president has been to try to do the right thing even when it's not politically convenient.

Everywhere there is apathy. Nobody cares whether that which is preached is true or false. A sermon is a sermon whatever the subject; only, the shorter it is, the better.

The god excuse, the last refuge of a man with no answers and no argument.

In a sense, all murderers are lunatics. Killing is a not a sane reaction to the circumstances of life.

Obviously, you make preparations before you engage in any meeting.

The absurd duty, too often inculcated, of obeying a parent only on account of his being a parent, shackles the mind, and prepares it for a slavish submission to any power but reason.

He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.