Some so speak in exaggerations and superlatives that we need to make a large discount from their statements before we can come at their real meaning.

Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.

Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.

Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed by logic.

We never reach our ideals, whether of mental or moral improvement, but the thought of them shows us our deficiencies, and spurs us on to higher and better things.

If you would thoroughly know anything, teach it to others.

Thoughts lead on to purpose, purpose leads on to actions, actions form habits, habits decide character, and character fixes our destiny.

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.

Some of the best lessons we ever learn we learn from our mistakes and failures. — The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future.

True humility is not an abject, groveling, self-despising spirit; it is but a right estimate of ourselves as God sees us.

We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death; but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven.

Would you mind repeating that? I'm afraid I might have lost my wits altogether and just hallucinated what I've longed to hear.

When we first wake up every morning, there’s a calm in our minds. The challenge is to keep it there all day.

If you have a problem with the Moon in the sky and you are unhappy, change yourself, because the Moon won’t change!

Galleries are frightening places, places of evaluation, of judgement.

My own inclination is to skew towards humor. They say that some people view life as a comedy, others as a tragedy. Me? Comedy all the way.

Confident because of our caution

Beauty is cruel, cruelty is beautiful.

I have no choice but to defend the most vulnerable among us.

Forgiveness is essential to health, growth, and healing.

The worst thing about not being president anymore is I was disoriented for three weeks because nobody every played a song when I walked in.