Government cannot do everything, so we need to first decide what government ought to be doing, then figure out what it's capable of doing, and then follow the jobs we choose to completion.

Education is our greatest opportunity to give an irrevocable gift to the next generation.

I would like this to be a new day. I would hope now that we can focus on doing the people's business.

State government has too often been used to look out for the insiders and not the citizens. This has insulated poverty from progress, and need from remedy.

This foundational principle - that human beings derive their rights from God, rather than from the State, or any other source - is what made America different.

A government of, for and by the people, requires much from the people.

If you can play with your pain, every day would be a party.

I could swear I’d just swallowed the sun.

After our honeymoon I felt like a new man. She said she did too.

Bacteria mineralized the rocks; they deposited the iron. They made the geology we see.

We're the team to beat. Everybody knows that.

If you do not choose the kingdom of God, it does not matter what you choose instead.

A true champion knows how to overcome doubts and manage those doubts and turn them into motivation.

Everything that's fun in life is dangerous. Horse races, for instance, are very dangerous. But attempt to design a safe horse and the result is a cow ... It is impossible to be alive and safe.

Aggressiveness is good in a combat leader. Combining that with ambition and insecurity becomes more problematic.

I so wanted to perform, and I grasped every opportunity.