President Obama has got the most moderate temperament.

The kids are Job One. So, to be quite candid, if they need me, I do my utmost to make sure I'm there.

Progress is the product of human agency. Things get better because we make them better. Things go wrong when we get too comfortable, when we fail to take risks or seize opportunities.

The larger picture here is that a North Korea with nuclear weapons adds to the larger proliferation risk.

I have been to Libya and walked the streets of Benghazi myself.

I would rather be alone and a loud voice for action than be silent.

If you want change, you have to make it. If we want progress we have to drive it.

Once you've learned to study in a bathing suit on the grass with muscled men throwing frisbees over your head, you can accomplish almost anything.

Focus on something that stirs your soul, it's hard to excel at anything that you don't love.

I have no regrets whatsoever that I have acted in a way to advance my country's interests

We have to know who we are and know what we believe.

We do not need such things to help us to see God, ” I countered. “We have His Word, and that isenough.

When in doubt, give it out. Regardless of what is happening in your life, there is always someone else worse off that needs your help.

...I remember the oily smoke of a cigarette suspended in a shaft of sunlight - with you, everything was beautiful...

You will find a joy in overcoming obstacles.

I give thanks everyday that I've been able to take my craziness and make it work for me.

I thought I was clever enough to write as well as these people and I didn't realize that there is something called originality and your own voice.

it is not good to repudiate the dead because then they do not leave you alone, they are like dogs that bark intermittently at night.

Battle not with monsters, for then you become one.

it is true that nothing is gained without something being lost: everyone knows that in fulfilling oneself one necessarily sacrifices some possibilities.

Cultivate Curiosity. If you really want to grow in your lifetime, learn to be as inquisitive as a child. Curious people are never bored, and for them life becomes an unending study of joy.