May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us in all our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way everlastingly happy.

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

Start where you are, with what you have. Make something of it and never be satisfied.

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.

Most people search high and wide for the key to success. If they only knew, the key to their dreams lies within.

I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.

No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.

Do not let anyone claim tribute of American patriotism if they even attempt to remove religion from politics.

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

The future of this nation depends on the Christian training of our youth.

I believe when life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade...and try to find someone whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.

This invitation [to deny oneself] is less about depriving the self, and more about disowning, or renouncing a relationship with the part of ourself that is not what God created us to be.

I want to branch out. I want to write. I write poetry. I want to see my children grow up well.

The prime minister of Ireland will be celebrating St. Patrick's Day at the White House. So finally the Secret Service agents will have a drinking buddy.

But why must choices always lie along a linear spectrum with two poles instead of say among a sphere of possibilities

The doctrine of the equality of man was never intended to apply to the equality of the Englishman and the Chinaman.

We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends.

I have a passion for children's literature. Young adult literature. I love it. I've always loved it.

None can believe how powerful prayer is, and what it is able to effect, but those who have learned it by experience.

I admire the brazen qualities in people.