No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

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.

Why did you take me down this road if you don't want to walk with me? Why do you exist all alone, when you could just talk to me?

Habit if not resisted soon becomes necessity.

To play it safe is not to play.

I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by those who were inspired. I study the Bible daily.

No guy is worth your tears, but when you find that one that could be worth it, he shouldn't make you cry.

If we can reduce the risk of friction likely to lead to war, this is probably all we can reasonably hope to achieve.

It fascinates me to create beautiful paintings with the simplest means.

There is always a gap between conception and execution. We keep writing in the burning hope of closing that gap before we die.

I keep myself locked as a box when it matters, and broken open when it doesn't matter at all.

Religion is the great balm of existence because it takes us outside ourselves, connects us to something larger