“Of all the mental and physical polluters of life, nothing exercises such a poisonous effect as fear.”

Lawyers are men whom we hire to protect us from lawyers.

Academic education is the act of memorizing things read in books, and things told by college professors who got their education mostly by memorizing things read in books.

Responsibility is the price of freedom.

Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed – there’s so little competition.

What others say of me matters little; what I myself say and do matters much.

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.

The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.

We make our money out of our friends. Our enemies will not do business with us.

Man is not what he thinks he is, but what he thinks, he is.

The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.

We are punished by our sins, not for them.

Down in their hearts, wise men know this truth: the only way to help yourself is to help others.

A goal without a plan is a dream.

I believe the only way we can reach the Kingdom of Heaven is to have the Kingdom of Heaven in our hearts.

Folks who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do

Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.

Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcome.

When we attempt to exercise power or control over someone else, we cannot avoid giving that person the very same power or control over us.

To look and feel my best, I watch my calories and exercise.

Whenever I feel the need to take some exercise I lie down until the feeling goes away.

A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.

Reason is intelligence taking exercise. Imagination is intelligence with an erection.

Exercise is the key not only to physical health but to peace of mind.

Too many people struggled, suffered, and died to make it possible for every American to exercise their right to vote.