Without the assistance of that Divine Being...I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail.

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.

Happiness is a choice and a state of mind.

Capote I truly loathed. The way you might loathe an animal. A filthy animal that has found its way into the house.

The world offers you comfort. But you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness

Whenever we have opportunity to serve, we must serve with all our heart.

The Amateur Marriage grew out of the reflection that of all the opportunities to show differences in character, surely an unhappy marriage must be the richest.

I knew if I got loaded I was going away for a while. People would say, Oh, you're just sober because you're on probation.

I think that Frank Sinatra was maybe the greatest pop singer.

The manager once called me the 'best freak' in his stable, and, sad as it sounds, I took pride in that. When you are an outcast, even a tossed stone can be cherished.

If you don't do the choosing, life will choose for you, and it may not be the choice you want.

Weakness is constant strain and misery: weakness is death.