To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

Good writers can't die. Their words live on forever.

Heaven's net is wide, but its mesh is fine

Emotionally intelligent people think before they speak and exercise discretion.

Taking up my cross means a life voluntarily surrendered to God.

Every time Washington regulators pass down another heavy-handed rule or levy another hefty fine, Colorado loses potential jobs, revenue, and economic security.

To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.

We must know Jesus before we can imitate Him.

and don't you know that God is Pooh Bear?

Tennis is what I do and is part of who I am.

It seems like a dangerous concept to have someone who's just your drinking buddy. Someone you have nothing in common with, if you're sober, is probably not a good, healthy friendship.