I can remember playing under the big wooden desk in his office. My mother didn't like us to chew gum, so we'd go into his office, and he'd feed us gum under the desk.

People often tell me I could be a great man. I'd rather be a good man.

Choice or no, my heart is his.

Lead with honesty, total integrity, compassion, patience and tolerance — toward yourself!

A lot of lip service gets paid to being honest, but no one really wants to hear it unless what's being said is the party line.

If you seek revenge, it means you're scared or you feel guilty for what happened in some way. It's okay to be angry with someone, but don't think about revenge. It's like a disease that eats you up.

The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.

Try to earn your $$$$$$ before you spend them.

The same man cannot well be skilled in everything; each has his special excellence.

It is an old adage, "All is fair in love as in war," but I thought not of general laws, and only felt a private grievance.

The bible says that all people, not just believers, possess part of the image of God; that is why murder and abortion are wrong.

Be always displeased with what you are if you wish to be what you are not. Always add, always walk, always proceed. Neither stand still nor go back nor deviate.