The problem of power is how to achieve its responsible use rather than its irresponsible and indulgent use; of how to get men of power to live for the public rather than off the public.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.

No responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standard of ethical behavior for those who conduct the public business.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

Don't pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

You are often prevented from reaching your full potential because you hold so tightly to your past success.

Angels are not beings with wings

It is privilege of living to be ... acutely agonizingly conscious of the moment that is always present and always passing.

I owe a lot to my parents, especially by mother and my father.

You have fettered yourself of your own free will, man - break the fetters!

Goodness strives not, and therefore it is not rebuked.

I need a stimulating environment to write because my books are driven at 100 miles per hour at a time.

Republicans think that [Ted] Cruz would be like Barry Goldwater. He'd lose in a landslide and pull the party down with him. They'd lose Senate and House seats.

It's the rare happening when actors get together and you have chemistry, connection, just something that works, that's bigger than what's on the page.

You need not know what you are. Enough to know what you are not. What you are you will never know, for every discovery reveals new dimensions to conquer. The unknown has no limits.