Perseverance is a virtue that cannot be understated.

I ask you: turn a deaf ear to the special interests. Let politics stand down for a while. don't waste anytime thinking about future elections until we've done our jobs here.

Ladies and gentlemen: There can be no greater investment in Alabama's future than an investment in education.

Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the "hero" within us is revealed.

I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.

For too long, we have focused on our differences - in our politics and backgrounds, in our race and beliefs - rather than cherishing the unity and pride that binds us together.

According to our Christian ethics, we're supposed to love God, love each other and help take care of the poor. It is immoral to charge somebody making $5,000 an income tax.

Drugs are the enemies of ambition and hope - and when we fight against drugs we are fighting for the future.

The fight for reform comes down to a simple goal: giving our citizens the confidence that government serves the people first and the people only.

Tolerating evil leads only to more evil. And when good people stand by and do nothing while wickedness reigns, their communities will be consumed.

If we are going to save this country, if we are going to reestablish that belief in God, it's up to us. If we don't do it, who will?

... The soul which is led by God and His wisdom, rather than by bodily concupiscence, will certainly never consent to the desire aroused in its own flesh by another's lust.

The mountain remains unmoved at seeming defeat by the mist.

I don't like to drink alone 'cause there's nobody to fight with.

Although you feel tepid, approach with confidence, for the greater your infirmity the more you stand in need of a physician.

Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.

A strategy that doesn't take into account resources is doomed to failure.

Gotta use your brain, it's the most important part of your equipment.

In Europe I couldn't be anything but a black cook working for somebody. My inspiration was to own, to be the chef.

It didn't help that she was painfully shy and kept to herself, because then they just thought she was stuck-up, which she wasn't. She was just quiet.