The laws of man may bind him in chains or may put him to death, but they never can make him wise, virtuous, or happy.

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.

Try and fail,but don't fail to try.

The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.

Whoever tells the best story wins.

I inhabit a weak, frail, decayed tenement; battered by the winds and broken in on by the storms, and, from all I can learn, the landlord does not intend to repair.

America... goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.

I have to study politics and war so that my sons can study mathematics, commerce and agriculture, so their sons can study poetry, painting and music.

The Sermon on the Mount commands me to lay up for myself treasures, not upon earth, but in Heaven. My hopes of a future life are all founded upon the Gospel of Christ.

I am a warrior, so that my son may be a merchant, so that his son may be a poet.

Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.

The problem is that rich are getting richer by not giving and poor and getting poorer by not receiving.

You have to first discover yourself before you could succeed in being your true self.

Value the wisdom of humility, as well as the sense of perspective it gives you.

I'm 86 and my doctor used to tell me to slow down - at least he did until he dropped dead.

The only true animal is a cat, and the only true cat is a gray cat.

The moral sense is always supported by the permanent interest of the parties. Else, I know not how, in our world, any good would ever get done.

What is the next thing you need for leadership? It is the ability to make up your mind to make a decision and accept full responsibility for that decision.

Works for me. For the ones we love, today we’re allies. Tomorrow we resume our natural order of mortal enemies. Gentlemen, and I use that term loosely for all of us, have we an accord? (Acheron)

Let me rest in Your will and be silent. Then the light of Your joy will warm my life. Its fire will burn in my heart and shine for Your glory. This is what I live for. Amen, amen.