Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we, as a people, can be engaged in.

I will prepare, and someday my chance will come.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

No man is poor who has a Godly mother.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

Find that person who will make your whole world tremble with a few words. Apprentice yourself faithfully to him until you can make your own world tremble constantly.

We have all heard of the web of life. The way we live threatens to trap us in a web of death.

The same love that made me laugh makes my cry.

Schools should be places to learn, not to teach.

When I first decided to open a restaurant, I was turned down by several banks. It was the late 80's and many restaurants were failing. I refused to give up because I knew I had a good concept.

If children are different from us, they are more spontaneous. Grown-up lives have become overlaid with dross.

Without false modetsy, I don't think I have a fraction of the talent of either Bevan of Foot.

Jesting, often, only proves a want of intellect.

Life is lived forwards, but understood backwards.

Most people, no doubt, when they espouse human rights, make their own mental reservations about the proper application of the word "human."