We can be fervent in our disagreements without being factitious with our beliefs.

The truth of the matter is the tone is toxic here in Washington, and we have been exporting it around the country.

Hope fills the holes of my frustration in my heart.

I have family in Tanzania. I can't even explain the joy of riding through the Tanzania national park and seeing giraffes run across the road and elephants over in a pond and baboons running.

There is more power in unity than division.

Hope is the motivation that empowers the unemployed, enabling them to get out of bed every single morning with unbounded enthusiasm as they look for work.

We've gotten to the point now where Republicans and Democrats have nothing in common besides being members of the 'caustic caucus,' and we can't get anything done.

Social Security is a covenant that should not be broken.

Let's do more than say the 'Pledge of Allegiance.' Let us live it!

[Raul Castro] is one of the most amazing human beings I've ever met.

Congress is unable to do the work of the American people because too many politicians believe that compromise means capitulation.

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

The key to your success or failure lies in your daily habits.

And sometimes I do freak out. Sometimes I get offended. I feel anxious, but it’s okay, because it usually goes away.

Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round.

Be honest about what you see, get out of the way and let the story reveal itself

One hundred trout are needed to support one man for a year. The trout, in turn, must consume 90,000 frogs, that must consume 27 million grasshoppers that live off of 1,000 tons of grass.

The nature of impending fatherhood is that you are doing something that you're unqualified to do, and then you become qualified while doing it.

Some gifted adventurer is always sailing round the world of art and science, to bring home costly merchandise from every port.

Let us make of our homes sanctuaries of righteousness, places of prayer, and abodes of love, that we might merit the blessings that can come only from our Heavenly Father.